Vail Resorts reviews

3.3

57% would recommend to a friend

(2,774 total reviews)
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Rob Katz

32% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Vail Resorts has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 2,774 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
Dec 5, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Free lift tickets but that's about it for this company. I don't recommned this company unless you like working 70 hours week.

Cons

High medical insurance cost, minimal vacation time (no Good Friday as an example and no Friday after Thanksgiving unless you use your own vacation time). 401k match is 50 cents on the dollar up to 4 percent.

1.0
Nov 7, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Free season pass and nice co-workers was about it.

Cons

It is supposed to be a full-time position, expect to only get 10-20 though starting out and when its not busy with 30 prob being the max. Shifts are pretty much never 8 hours. People get sent home as soon as the morning rush is over. I was scheduled 12 days in a row (short shifts) with no overtime because the way the days fell on the workweek. They mention that the company offers benefits 401k etc this won't apply to your position.

2.0
Oct 29, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Most co-workers easy to work with Free Starbucks coffee Free granola bars Work environment is relatively new Free ski pass

Cons

Compensation -Salary - Pay for non-management positions is 15-20% lower than market (managers are being paid 50% or more than direct reports) -Time-off - Holidays come out of employee's PTO; PTO is very slow to accrue for employees just starting (i.e. < 5 years at company) -Medical - Limited medical plans for employees (i.e. only one plan) Work Environment -Cramped cubes and getting worse; Company is more concerned about cost of leasing space than worker productivity Technology -Company does not give high quality technology to development staff -Fails to upgrade IT infrastructure because of cost Employee Development -Consistently hire externally rather than promote from within -Internal training options are nearly non-existent -Consistently fail to cultivate talented employees -Training guidelines and allocation of training money is opaque process -Review process that is currently in place is used to push employees' salary into bell curve regardless of an individual's true performance Management Communication -Upper management puts on charade to gather employees' input, but almost all decisions are foregone conclusions and employee input is not used. -Communication for large changes is typically vague in order to hide negative impacts to employees until the last minute (e.g. change in health care plan) -Management fails to answer direct questions from employees

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