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      Vail Resorts

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      Vail Resorts reviews

      3.4

      58% would recommend to a friend

      (2,783 total reviews)
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      Rob Katz

      39% approve of CEO

      36% positive business outlook

      Ratings by category

      3.4

      Diversity & inclusion

      3.4

      Work/Life balance

      3.2

      Culture & values

      3.1

      Compensation and benefits

      3.1

      Career opportunities

      2.8

      Senior management

      Vail Resorts has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 2,783 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Vail Resorts employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation industry (3.9 stars).

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      3K reviews
      2.0
      May 18, 2014

      No investment in employees

      Products sales and services
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Beautiful outdoors, great people to work with

      Cons

      No investment in long-term employees makes it difficult to put forth the effort to provide the level of customer care that is expected. Managers do not interact with employees in a productive manner and training is minimal.

      3.0
      May 6, 2014

      About what I was expecting

      Cashier
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      Free lift pass, fun people to work with

      Cons

      With the cost of living, the pay is basically minimum wage. Hours typically aren't great either.

      1.0
      May 2, 2014

      If you enjoy skiing, teach elsewhere.

      Alpine ski instructor
      Recommend
      CEO approval
      Business Outlook

      Pros

      The mountains are great and teaching skiing is naturally fun.

      Cons

      Vail is a joke of a company in terms of how they treat their ski instructors. Their HR department is a mess. They'll pay you like a Wal-Mart employee as aforementioned (even if you have certs), while expecting you to act and work like you are being compensated well. Many of the full time instructors I knew needed other jobs just to get by. It seems that Vail Resorts preys on the passions their employees have for teaching and skiing as well as high turnover rates to justify their horrible wages, but who knows. I have taught at multiple other ski areas and worked for Fortune 100 companies as well as small startups; Vail Resorts is hands down the worst company I have worked for. I would highly recommend teaching at a mountain owned by another company if you are looking to make a living wage and be treated fairly.

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