Greedy Hypocritical Executive Management - All Talk About Caring About Employees, No Action - Anonymous employee Vail Resorts Employee Review

1.0
9 Oct 2018
Anonymous employee
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Pros

*Ski Pass - Nice if you have time to use it but working here you probably won't *Health Insurance - Credit where it is due, they have the best health insurance I have ever had for my family

Cons

*Expected to work tons of overtime, unpaid *Expected to be "on call" at times when not working, again unpaid. And with no guidelines around the expectation, you just simply get to sit around all weekend in case someone calls and needs something. * Company rewarded Top Executives & Investors who have equity stake in the company with over 105 Million in annual dividends increases in the past two years. Employees who worked their butts off here got nothing. Bonus pools were not fully funded either year & annual raises don't keep up with the rate of inflation in the Denver area. The executives are greedy hypocrites who preach about how they care about employeees but never show it by rewarding employees financially

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Pros

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Cons

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2.0
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Pros

- Most people are smart, passionate, and enjoyable to work with and be around. - Fairly frequent opportunities for development and advancement through the internal job board. - Nice perks if you're into skiing or riding.

Cons

- There's an unspoken expectation to regularly work significantly more hours because the majority of employees are very passionate about the ski and ride industry, which isn't great for work life balance. There's not much down time either; you're either hustling in season or hustling to prepare for the next season. - Climate change poses a significant threat to the future of the company. The season pass model mitigates some of the impacts, but not as much as senior leadership asserts. And, since bonuses are tied to company results, you can end up working super hard all year and still end up getting half of your bonus target due to uncontrollable weather conditions. - The culture has taken a serious hit since enterprise transformation work began. Lots of people are constantly stressed out and the atmosphere in the office is depressing. - Most of the time, it feels like senior leadership makes decisions in a vacuum without consulting any of the people that would be responsible for the downstream work associated with the decision. For example, I've seen senior leaders decide on a savings target multiple times without consulting the experts, who then have to scramble to figure out how to make it work. It creates chaos and negatively impacts morale. - This organization has a wordsmithing problem. I've never worked at a company that spends such an inordinate amount of time on the framing of a message compared to the actual substance of the message.

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