Vail claims its part of the problem. It is. - Senior Marketing-Manager Vail Resorts Employee Review

1.0
4 June 2021
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Pros

I had amazing and smart team members.

Cons

Vail prides itself in being a great leadership company, but the reality is there are two leaders in the CMO and CEO while everyone else is left to tactical execution only. Vail does not value its employees as can be seen by the high level of turn over in the corporate offer and horribly under-market salaries. Additionally, Vail's DEI efforts are superficial at best. While Rob Katz, the CEO, continues to post public letters on the importance of DEI, white men continue to have higher salaries and hold the majority of leadership positions. Proceed with caution. You think it can't be as bad as people tell you - it's worse.

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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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