I highly recommend this company and location. - Banquet Manager Vail Resorts Employee Review

5.0
9 Sept 2010
Recommend
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Pros

The company was great to work for in general. It's Keystone Resort was OUTSTANDING, in part because of the location but also because of the team and the way the company operated there. You are not going to get rich working there, but you will most likely enjoy every minute of it!

Cons

The biggest down side that I can think of is that there are sometimes really long hour involved in working Banquets for an operation of this size. During "high season", you could work several 12-14 hours days back to back. Other times are much more normal, but when it's go-time, its GO-TIME!!! (and you will work your butt off during those peak times)

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5.0
8 Apr 2026
Recommend
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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