Truly not an Innovator of anything. - IT Department Vail Resorts Employee Review

1.0
27 Apr 2021
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Pros

The pro list is very short. The people you work with do care about you, but anything above an individual contributor, they do not.

Cons

Now here is the LONG list. I worked with both IT and Marketing. And neither had the leadership to make anything worth while or lasting. They always wanted the cheapest and quickest way to fix something. But if something would take 10 hours to fix fully, but only 8 hours for a band aid solution they would do the 8 hours and then never document how anything was done. So when it would break again in 2 months they would need to spend another 8 hours on it. The C level leadership talks a big game about inclusion and promotion with in the company, but when a person would want to move into something new it was either to big of a move for them or it was because the teams were to small to promote. I was in a group that saw NO growth with so many promises of expanding. While other teams brought in new head count we were never allowed to grow or expand. So many teams would be like it is not my issue and pass it on, no one ever helped anyone else out with anything. They were very Siloed and no talk between teams. Management who did not understand the systems we had in place would make recommendations about what could or could not be done. You are expected to work long hours and on weekends with no compensation or regards for the 40 hour work week. Work life balance is non existence there. You have to work on silly presentations to appease the Sr level managers to show that you are loyal to the company. Everyone has to listen to the CEO's Podcast as you will be asked questions about it meetings. You must follow the CEO blindly and hope they are making the right choices.

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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
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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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