Vail Resorts – “Being treated like crap in one of the most beautiful places in America.”

Pros

You get a free pass... That's really the only reason to work there. You also get subsidized housing (if you get there early) but much of the housing is disgusting and almost unlivable. That said, you are working in a beautiful place with fun (if incompetent) people.

Feedback is direct but actual recognition comes in the from of gift certificates and du-rags.

Cons

The pay is awful. You can't get OT. Promotion is limited and based on seniority, not skill. The low level management is largely miserable and incompetent. You will not get to ski and ride nearly as much as you want. There are no opportunities for raises. There is zero flexibility in scheduling.

Advice to Senior Management

Treat your employees with enough dignity and respect to keep some of them for more than one season! Offer pay incentives. Promote talent.

If you do not treat your employees, especially your ops folks better, you will keep grinding through them and ending up with an army of new teenagers every year.