Vail Resorts reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(2,782 total reviews)
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Rob Katz

36% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

Vail Resorts has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 2,782 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
4.0
Sep 1, 2014
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Pros

Living in Vail, CO is amazing! Every employee shares shares a passion for skiing or snowboarding and the mountain lifestyle and that creates a great community. As an employee some of the best perks are a free ski pass, half price food, ski locker at the base of the mountain, and tons of discounts on ski gear. Benefits are also good if you have enough hours to get them or are year round.

Cons

Pay sucks. It is expensive to live in a ski town and for lots of employees half or more of each months pay goes towards rent. Also, working seasonal jobs has major disadvantages. If you have health benefits through the company, you probably lose them for a few months out of the year, you might have significant amounts of time off, and you don't accumulate benefits like PTO. There is also very high turn over.

1.0
Aug 30, 2014
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Pros

There were no pros...maybe pretty scenery.

Cons

housing was 500/month per person no sharing allowed. My first paycheck was 460 working full time. My commute one way was 1.5 hours (worked on top of mountain) which none of was paid for even though much of this time was spent on Vail property. So, if the gondola isn't working and I can't get up to work to clock in....too bad. The bus pass was 50.00 further adding to cost of living. Because of this disparity between cost of living and earnings I was forced to take on two other jobs so I could buy food and pay bills. With these two jobs and the long commute, on certain days I was getting three hours of sleep. This left no time to enjoy the mountain and the free lessons (the only perks of this job). On top of all this, the people I worked with were internationals on student visas. To be fair some of them were great. And meeting others from different countries is always rewarding. However, the majority had never worked before and had very poor work ethics. Very poor!! This made the work environment even more challenging and frustrating. I can not express how horrible of an experience this was and would warn everyone, everywhere to stay far away from this place and company. THE BENEFITS DO NOT OUT WEIGH THE CONS. Sincerly, Vail hater.

4.0
Aug 27, 2014

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Pros

I have been given a lot of opportunity to grow and develop in my job. I have also been given more responsibility each year I have been with the company. The benefits are great - which add to our overall annual income. I am thankful that we have such great insurance, as well!

Cons

We have a tremendous amount of responsibility for our positions. I feel like each year I am given more responsibility, but not necessarily the pay raise to go with it. I like my department and direct bosses, but think that raise in pay should come with extended responsibilities. I work a huge amount of hours for my salary - and if I really add it up, a lift op probably makes more than I do per hour.

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