Does Vail Resorts pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Vail Resorts employees rate their compensation and benefits as 3.1 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Vail Resorts. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Vail Resorts?

56% of Vail Resorts employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Vail Resorts 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.2 for culture and values and 3.0 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Vail Resorts?

Ski Instructor (194) , Lift Operator (132) , Manager (47) , Snowboard Instructor (32) , Children's Ski Instructor (28) , Assistant Manager (27) , Front Desk Agent (26) , Instructor (26) , Retail Sales Associate (24) , Supervisor (23) , Ski Lift Operator (21) , Director (20) , Sales Associate (19) , Senior Manager (19) , Server/Waiter (18)

What are the pros of working at Vail Resorts according to real employee reviews?

"Easy to recruit for the great outdoors and the people you work with are the best." ((in 213 reviews)); "You receive a free ski pass that is good for a large number of ski resorts." ((in 201 reviews)); "Great benefits and perks and you get to work in a fun environment with people who have similar interests as you." ((in 159 reviews)); "I loved working for a place where I was interested in the subject matter and my coworkers were great." ((in 83 reviews)); "team morale and culture in this department were great" ((in 76 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Vail Resorts according to real employee reviews?

"Low Pay (I could have gotten paid more anywhere in the next two towns)" ((in 342 reviews)); "Poor management and review system." ((in 160 reviews)); "Long hours and weather dependent" ((in 62 reviews)); "Upper management does not care about employees at all" ((in 43 reviews)); "The amount of stress and unattainable goals is not worth the ridiculously low salary." ((in 41 reviews))

What are employees saying about Vail Resorts layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Vail Resorts layoffs and their outlook for job security at Vail Resorts in 2026.

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3.3

56% would recommend to a friend

(2,774 total reviews)

Rob Katz

34% approve of CEO

37% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.4

Diversity & inclusion

3.2

Culture & values

3.1

Compensation and benefits

3.0

Career opportunities

2.8

Senior management

Vail Resorts has an employee rating of 3.3 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

2.0

Sep 14, 2011

The job ruined the skiing.

Spa concierge

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

good pay- high hourly rate plus commission and tips

Cons

some management was not skilled enough to successfully manage employees and very very condescending no teamwork unreasonable expectations targeted certain employees and gave unreasonable tasks for them to complete that weren't given to employees of the same rank/job priority given to full time employees no praise for hard work HR is hard to contact and then they do very little to react to your complaint (unless your contact corporate HR and then keystone HR will respond) scheduling was unfair- year round employees and the employees the managers favored got the best shifts and the other employees got the worst ones--aka ones during skiing hours

3.0

Sep 5, 2011

Not the "experience of a lifetime" as they claim you will receive, but awesome perks.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

ski pass, location, awesome co-workers

Cons

work holidays, work so much it's hard to get use of your pass

1.0

Aug 28, 2011

Low pay, no opportunity for growth, too much turnover.

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Free ski pass, beautful settings

Cons

No teamwork between departments. Horrible pay. Corporate headquarters is too far away from operations both physically and mentally. Senior management in the mountains has lost touch with day to day operations by attempting to run a business with little formal business training.

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