Vail Resorts reviews

3.4

58% would recommend to a friend

(2,782 total reviews)
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Rob Katz

36% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

Vail Resorts has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 2,782 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
Feb 15, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

- Nationally Recognized name/brand can bolster resume - "Free" Season Pass for you and dependents (but they use this against you) - Lift Tickets for friends/family - Young, fun co-workers (estimate the average age in my dept to be in the early-mid 30's) - HRA health insurance is 'ok' (but expensive if you are healthy and don't visit a doctor often) - Free Starbucks coffee in the lounge (keep you hopped up and productive)

Cons

- Compensation is at least 15-20% below market (they know this and say that pay shouldn't be a driving factor for people to work here) - Time Off is virtually non-existent (they base the 'PTO' policy around the resorts and apply that to corporate office in Broomfield so you get 0 holidays off; instead you must use PTO to take off holidays) - Executive Committee ('EC') micro-manages everything to the point of chaos/design by committee (Senior Management/Directors have no authority to help their employees do their job and must have everything little thing approved by 'EC') - Poor, out-dated equipment/tools to do your job (poor support from management to have the tools to work efficiently) - Consistently talk about making changes to compensation, PTO, 401k matching, etc. just enough to bait people but nothing ever happens; talk the talk but don't walk the walk - Leadership/'EC' totally out of touch with employees work-life balance and constantly are changing course on decisions (and then mostly likely changing course back to original decision after about 3 or 4 course changes) - Consistently hire from outside and rarely promote from within (terribly difficult to move up and usually specialty skills are cited as the reason to go outside of the company; however they do not offer professional development for current employees to gain specialty skills and the pay is so low that you take a huge hit trying to get those skills on your own dime <the tuition reimbursement they talk about in hiring process is a sham>)

3.0
Jan 26, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

cool location, some guests are very nice, ski pass

Cons

disorganization, top level management not very nice to line level associates

5.0
Jan 23, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

High recognition of all resorts within the vail resorts chain Good benefits for employees Friendly and dynamic environment Competent managament group

Cons

As every business depending on the economic and weather conditions, there were several times when you couldn't complete your weekly hours.

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