I worked for vail resorts for a period of two years - Anonymous Vail Resorts Employee Review

1.0
22 Oct 2018
Recommend
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Pros

Ski pass that’s about it

Cons

Employees are not valued here whatsoever, they can underpay you, and overwork you and treat you like replaceable scum. Sell their slogan about an “expierence of a lifetime” ask any of the employees here they will tell you it was quite the opposite. They keep a revolving door here, get new employees in and get rid of them in a span of two years. Employee housing is terrible lots of drugs theft in rooms, and a loud party environment. Can’t leave valuable things in your room. Lots of employees are on drugs when I was a Liftie people would operate the ski lift on cocaine, lsd, marijuana, and alcohol I have seen it first hand. Everyone has fake urine that they get from eagle vail so no one is worried. I had a miserable time in my two years and am so thrilled I am getting out in a few days. The skiing was fun here but the rest of it was a horrible job

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5.0
12 June 2026
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Pros

The managers were really cool and the work was fun. Pretty relaxed environment.

Cons

It was cold sometimes and long hours standing but that was all in the job description and we got jackets.

2.0
14 May 2026
Recommend
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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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