Not at all what they advertised as - Travel Consultant Vail Resorts Employee Review

1.0
Jan 20, 2022
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Pros

Really no pros to this job

Cons

6 day weeks bc they can’t hire anyone. Minimum wage. Rarely get your schedule more than a week in advance (they originally made it very clear that we’d have our schedule a month ahead). Very heavily a sales job, you have to meet certain numbers and they want you to be really pushy on the phones even though they explicitly say in training that you shouldn’t be pushy bc skiing is expensive. Get yelled at on the phone constantly bc of greedy business practices from vail and managers don’t seem to care at all when we report that guests are pissed off that they are losing crazy amounts of money. Ex: huge storm hit and nobody (literally nobody even employees) could get to the resorts and vail didn’t allow refunds or dates changes if you had a trip booked. We are told to tell guests it’s their fault for not buying travel insurance but I’ve heard many reports from guests that have bought our travel insurance in the past and never got their money back even if their reason for cancellation fell under the terms of the insurance. We get a bonus if we hit certain numbers but they can deny the bonus if they don’t like the way you sounded on the phone. Bonus checks come a month after the month ends so that delay is a bit annoying. Also barely makes compensation a living wage even w the bonus.

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5.0
Jun 30, 2026
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Pros

Amazing company to work for! Appreciate the environment, the benefits.

Cons

Seasonal position which can make benefits a challenge.

2.0
May 14, 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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