Not worth it, there are better options out there. - Human Resources Vail Resorts Employee Review

1.0
30 Jun 2015
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Exciting industry. Some decent free swag. Coffee and Soda machine. Commiserating with certain fellow employees.

Cons

Low compensation. It’s well below market, and the benefits don’t make up for it. You can get more anywhere else, and often this means your coworkers are not the most capable. Unreasonable workload and expectations, high employee turnover is a mainstay. Constant meetings, 1-on-1s, group activities and unnecessary added distractions from the high workload. Surprisingly few people at Broomfield actually ski/ride, so it's not the culture you might think. Many folks plan to or "want to" but weekends are too difficult, and taking days off means you have to catch up on tons of work and missed meetings. Crowded, loud, cramped cubicles. Traffic on the commute continues to increase. Many initiatives (e.g., Flexible time off vs Paid time off, Pro-rating merit increases, Approach to minimum wage increases) are done to save money, and presented under the guise of doing the right thing or industry-leader thinking. Stock price soars as employees get none of it, low pay, limited bonuses and pay opportunities. This place is a joke.

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5.0
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CEO approval
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Pros

Fun job. Great coworkers. Great benefits including ski pass

Cons

You are expected to work holidays

2.0
14 May 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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