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kootenayklaus
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Today, I was talking to a park staff member and a ski instructor at my new home resort, basically to ask them about the mountain and how good working there was. (Lakeridge is the hill, 300 feet vert, deece parks.) From what I got out of the conversation, workers:

-Get no discounts for working what so ever.
-Only full time instructors get a pass provided to them (which brings the point, when would they be able to use that pass working full time, and wouldn't they be worn out after a full week of skiing? I love to ski, and go whenever I can, but after four days straight I need a good two day break to recoop.)
-A full day pass at Lake is about 5-10$ less than a full day pass at most mountains out west.
-Pay is only meh there.
-The owner is a straight bitch from what I've heard and couldn't care less about the problems with the hill, etc. and just "expects" it to be perfectly run.

How many of your home mountains are like this, or is the owner at Lake just an extremely greedy bitch? I had almost full intentions to work there, and now I think I'm just going to pass and work somewhere else. Do your thang NS.
Jan 30 2011 12:24AM
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charmander
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you should read my blog
Jan 30 2011 12:55AM
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ElbridgeGerry
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The management at our hill is sort of like that, but my boss is cool as fuck. They always buy new shit for the park(which is really nice) but they jack up the fucking ticket price like maddddd. It's now 50 dollars for a student for a full day..at a hill that has 12 runs at 300 feet of vertical. The whole attitude of the hill has changed. Lift staff that work there are still fucking legit and my boss is well...a boss but the crowd that is coming in has COMPLETELY changed. From regular normal people that shred, to douchey tryhards in 450 dollar Spyder jackets and GS skis who do not give a FUCK about anyone but themselves.


I love the hill to death, and I'll rep that place til I die but I see a change and it's NOT for the better.
Jan 30 2011 1:01AM
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SteezyasPie
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I used to teach at a mountain part time, and even though the pay was shit (we got paid for 1 hour of work per shift, or by the lesson, whichever was more, I took home a 7 dollar paycheck once after taxes), the benefits and overall mood were fantastic. I would definitely work there for just the benefits, I enjoyed it so much. Short list:

- Free season pass(unlimited)
- 50% off all food/drink (only in the cafe/waffle haus, no alcohol)
- 15 - 40% off items in the shop, depending on what it was/if you were part or full time
- Once a year (pre-season) they'd have a bunch of reps and vendors come, and we'd get 50% (or sometimes more) off retail prices.
- Discounts on lift tickets at other mountains (more of a professional courtesy, they couldn't make guarantees)
- HUGE End of the year party for all employees, usually was nuts.

And overall it was like being the cliche huge working family. Really miss working there, by far the most fun job I've ever had.
Jan 30 2011 1:08AM
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ElbridgeGerry
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Forgot to add


-Free lift pass
-Free food
-End of year staff party
-We get some sort of discount at the proshop there
-mount jobs are free
Jan 30 2011 1:11AM
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kootenayklaus
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See, that's the type of management I want to work at. Not having to pay to teach, I'd rather just ski and not work there. The earnings that I would get there would be nothing because I have to pay for my own passes and equipment.
Jan 30 2011 1:19AM
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wait.what
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Canada Olympic Park in Calgary is run similarly, minus the whole no discounts for employees and such, any part time ski employee gets a season pass, so I believe. But as for the park and what not, the people who run the place think that the park is good enough and that they can't improve it any, they even ask for suggestions and then ignore them, which sucks because there facebook page is chock full of hate on how they run the place. They should take into consideration the people who actually use the hill to make it a better place.
Jan 30 2011 1:38AM
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