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      Vail Resorts

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      Vail Resorts reviews

      3.4

      58% would recommend to a friend

      (2,780 total reviews)
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      Rob Katz

      36% approve of CEO

      36% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.4

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.4

      Work/Life balance

      3.2

      Culture & values

      3.1

      Compensation and benefits

      3.0

      Career opportunities

      2.8

      Senior management

      Vail Resorts has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 2,780 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Vail Resorts employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Artes y entretenimiento industry (3.9 stars).

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      3K reviews
      1.0
      Apr 1, 2019

      Low Pay - No Idea How to Use Talent

      Senior specialist
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The people slogging with you are great. And you'll need them to keep you sane and to give recommendations when you leave.

      Cons

      Minimal Viable Product is all it takes to get something out the door, which basically equals nothing. Majority of people don't do anything all day and just doing as little as possible. Pay is so low that they throw food drives for employees so they don't starve (mostly). Everything is a fire drill and no one understands how anything works. Most raises are non-existant and most promotions do not come with more pay. You join plenty of tone-deaf self help mandatory meetings they can pretend they are "developing" you. Really they are just wasting time.

      3.0
      Mar 27, 2019

      Good experience

      Lift operator
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The mountain is pretty epic...and so is that free Epic Pass. Lots of opportunity for overtime (pay time and a half). Sometimes can ski on the job. At least too and from lift every day. If not wanting overtime, you get 3 days off to play and ski each week! If you love shoveling and shaping snow to perfection as I do, this will be a fun job! Bosses love a good looking lift! Often got some green donations from chill riders for best looking chair on the hill that day.

      Cons

      Employee housing is only offered first year. $10/hr is hard to survive on in Vail but working at least 1 day of overtime a week definitely helps. Boss is demeaning if you actually do call in sick. I get it though, lots of college age kids just raging hard every night and call in hungover, but if you actually get sick you're out of luck. (I had flu and couldn't move for a day to find someone to take me to get a doctors note and had to come in the next day to work or risk losing my bonus). Try not to get sick as it will count as a strike each time towards your end of season bonus. Working for rich and entitled clientele base is always fun. Got yelled at a few times by guests who wanted to be better than they were at skiing and fell on our beautifully maintained ramps. Yes it's my fault you tried to turn ON the ramp and caught your edge and pulled your husband down with you :/ My bad.

      2.0
      Sep 21, 2016

      Overworked & Underpaid

      Buyer
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Fun loving culture that embraces the love of outdoors.

      Cons

      Pay is low compared to competitors. A free $700 ski pass does not offset a $5000/year pay penalty.

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