terrible - Lead Diesel Mechanic Vail Resorts Employee Review

1.0
Sep 20, 2023
Recommend
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Pros

none. there is nothing good for you.

Cons

You should seriously consider this, if you are a Fleet mechanic looking to turn wrenches in the high country. Keystone/vail resorts is a place too join for the good ole boys club. A bunch of lazy rhinos with no skills. Keystone will throw you under the bus and fork lift. These Gremlins have no talent, ambition, organization, Process, technology, facilities, leadership. This company, shop, and crew will use you to progress them selves. If you want to talk philosophy, be passive aggressive, use people, and blame others, then look no further. You have found the Mecca in America for these traits. From firing 30 year plus managers with nothing to show but one person barley saying thanks for your service. Extorting talented hard working young ambitious humans for the same pay as a lift operator. Feeding their machine and lifestyle with your life, soul, and hard work. You have the spot. I pity the sucker they conn into this career trap. Make sure they pay you out your PTO once they have drained you for all you are worth and realize the truth. Don't do a major job for them, such as swapping an engine. they wont recognize you for it. Keystone will make sure too remind you that they believe you are replaceable with warm bodies. they will make sure to ask that you sweep under your box instead of saying thanks for hard work dedication and service. The epidemy of a modern corporation full of self centered, narcissistic, greedy, skeletons resembling the remains of a Neanderthals. If i could give a 0 rating and it show it I would.

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5.0
Jun 12, 2026
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Pros

The managers were really cool and the work was fun. Pretty relaxed environment.

Cons

It was cold sometimes and long hours standing but that was all in the job description and we got jackets.

2.0
May 14, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

- Most people are smart, passionate, and enjoyable to work with and be around. - Fairly frequent opportunities for development and advancement through the internal job board. - Nice perks if you're into skiing or riding.

Cons

- There's an unspoken expectation to regularly work significantly more hours because the majority of employees are very passionate about the ski and ride industry, which isn't great for work life balance. There's not much down time either; you're either hustling in season or hustling to prepare for the next season. - Climate change poses a significant threat to the future of the company. The season pass model mitigates some of the impacts, but not as much as senior leadership asserts. And, since bonuses are tied to company results, you can end up working super hard all year and still end up getting half of your bonus target due to uncontrollable weather conditions. - The culture has taken a serious hit since enterprise transformation work began. Lots of people are constantly stressed out and the atmosphere in the office is depressing. - Most of the time, it feels like senior leadership makes decisions in a vacuum without consulting any of the people that would be responsible for the downstream work associated with the decision. For example, I've seen senior leaders decide on a savings target multiple times without consulting the experts, who then have to scramble to figure out how to make it work. It creates chaos and negatively impacts morale. - This organization has a wordsmithing problem. I've never worked at a company that spends such an inordinate amount of time on the framing of a message compared to the actual substance of the message.

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