Embarrassing how low the pay is, even for the hospitality industry. - Staff Accountant Vail Resorts Employee Review

1.0
2 Jul 2010
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Pros

You'll meet some decent people working there and for some reason other companies actually respect Vail Resorts. You'll also get a free ski pass ($599 value) but since most accounting got moved to Broomfield it could be hard to take advantage of.

Cons

The pay is probably the worst in the hospitality industry, which is not high to begin with. If you have a bachelors degree in accounting don't expect to make more than $12 an hour to start off. Health benefits for a single person run over $160 a month and the coverage isn't great. Also, promotions are very weird and do not make sense. It seems people are "promoted" on a horizontal level from department to department. It is not uncommon for someone to go from selling lift tickets on the mountain to auditing. Very corporate setting with a lot of bureaucracy and favoritism.

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5.0
4 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Upper management was very helpful

Cons

Seasonal position only, wished it was year round

2.0
14 May 2026
Recommend
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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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