Great place to work! - Electrician Helper and Apprentice Vail Resorts Employee Review

5.0
7 Nov 2025
Recommend
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Pros

Cool managers in both the maintenance and electrical departments. You can learn a lot. When working on projects, I always felt heard and respected, even though I was a new guy. Super fun place to work, and all of my coworkers were pretty rad mountain dudes, great place to make friends. The work was really fun, flying around on lifts in the Summer, climbing 100' towers on a mountain, in the Winter you're crusing around on snowmobiles, and in the Summer you're offroading in a truck of a side by side. You work on a friggin mountain, lots of wildlife, moose, deer, elk, fox, bear. Opportunity to make a decent living if you are motivated to learn, contribute, be a team player, and add value to the team.

Cons

Starting pay isn't the greatest, but in my department, I saw several colleagues move up fairly quickly when they applied themselves. The managers will do what they can when they think you are putting in the effort.

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5.0
4 Jun 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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
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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