Vail Resorts reviews

HORRIBLE pay (Vail pays 20-30% less than most other employers for experienced professionals) Vacation policy is mediocre at best -2 weeks of accrued PTO for the first five years, but ALL holidays must come out PTO -1 week of sick time Other benefits are mediocre -Only one medical plan to choose from with two tiers of coverage -Dental plan is average No attempt to develop internal employees -Most new and exciting work done by a staff of contract resources -Training is almost non-existent (Internal online training is a joke) -Annual training budget is rarely communicated -Identifying, communicating and advocating for outside training falls on the individual employee and is rarely, if ever, approved by management Tiny cubes in cube farm unless you're middle to upper management Little to no upward mobility -Hiring external candidates for management positions is typical for almost all departments -This goes back to the lack of internal employee development -Flat organization leads to rare openings for upper management positions -No career path defined for technical leaning staff. Micro-management from executive staff -Executives must approve EVERY minor decision by middle management Example: Executives sign-off on hiring of contract staff Poor communication for upper management -Decisions made by upper management are never communicate well with leads to departments blaming each other for unilateral executive decision that were NOT well thought out -When decision are made by executives there is no communication regarding the reasoning behind these key decisions. Lack of innovation -Executive staff seems to believe that if they weren't the source of an idea it isn't worthwhile -Many key staff members have been with company too long and aren't open to new ideas or ways of running the business -Company is not willing to invest money in key systems. Many believe, "if it ain't broke, why fix it"

- Vail openly states they pay at the 50th percentile -- although most jobs are much less! - Vacation -- working in the corporate office I've actually had less time on the slopes and traveing -- unless you are in Marketing/Sales/HR/PR of course -- these groups outsource all the difficult work to agencies and spend their time on the slopes, twitter, facebook - Volume of Work -- you don't just do your job, you're constantly taking on "special projects" which are nothing more than tasks that need to be completed due to lack of planning, sheer volume of work, or things to get done because of the extremely high turn-over rate - 401k -- like I said, if you're under 25 then don't worry about it, if you're looking to plan for the future then good luck - other perks -- most companies these days provide things like gym memberships, subsidized meals, RTD/transport passes/discounts, health care, etc. -- not Vail! You get the ski pass, 1/2 off food on the mountain, and deals at the hotels that are usually worse than what the public can get. - The executive management is extremely disconnected -- for example, the last year corporate has had to deal with pay cuts, extra work due to acquisitions, and high-turnover. Yet the Chief HR Officer has the gull to ask employees to submit for Outside Magazine Best Places to Work - ha!! What a joke -- we are light years from this when looking at other companies on the front range and what they offer employees. - Tuition Reimbursement -- Vail offers nothing