Thread: Vail Resorts wanted lots of visas this year

Vail Resorts wanted lots of visas this year
This year, ski company didn’t get a lot of permits for foreign workers
BY EDWARD STONER
eagle county correspondent

VAIL — This year, Vail Resorts sought to bring 1,900 seasonal workers to the country through the H-2B visa program, but “mostâ€

Obviously, Vail Resorts has little to no interest in hiring American citizens!

Exactly! This statement says it:

Vail Resorts employs 15,000 people at the peak of the winter season. It will turn to other methods to recruit employees, including holding more job fairs nationwide, recruiting more at colleges and summer resorts such as Nantucket, creating a new Web site and turning to social-networking sites to find workers, the company said. It also hired a new director of recruiting.

Officials say they are confident the company will be well staffed come winter.

Wow how innovative. Can you imagine that?

I recently vacationed in northern Wisconsin, where there were normally Polish waitresses and store clerks. This year there were American kids lined up to get those jobs. It was refreshing to deal with Americans and we were sure to tell the restaurant and store owners how we felt.

All I can say is GOOD, now maybe my niece who lives in the area can get a better paying job!

This is happening everywhere in America; American do not have jobs anymore

The the employers hire illegals; then taxes go up to take care of the illegals.

And Americans cannot get help from the government; it is like Americans are invisible or dead.

Originally Posted by zeezil

In 2007, Vail Resorts said it needed:
• 738 ski instructors, with a proposed pay of $9.06 to $18.05 an hour.
• 251 short-order cooks, with a proposed pay of $7.81 an hour.
• 242 lift operators, with a proposed pay of $6.85 or $6.32 an hour.
• 111 hotel clerks, with a proposed pay of $8.78 an hour.
• 362 housekeepers, with a proposed pay of $9.17 an hour.

Can you believe how low these wages are? And Vail is not a cheap place to live either.

Originally Posted by Bowman

Originally Posted by zeezil

In 2007, Vail Resorts said it needed:
• 738 ski instructors, with a proposed pay of $9.06 to $18.05 an hour.
• 251 short-order cooks, with a proposed pay of $7.81 an hour.
• 242 lift operators, with a proposed pay of $6.85 or $6.32 an hour.
• 111 hotel clerks, with a proposed pay of $8.78 an hour.
• 362 housekeepers, with a proposed pay of $9.17 an hour.

Can you believe how low these wages are? And Vail is not a cheap place to live either.

It's all about the cheapest labor, legal workers need not apply.

Originally Posted by zeezil

Originally Posted by Bowman

Originally Posted by zeezil

In 2007, Vail Resorts said it needed:
• 738 ski instructors, with a proposed pay of $9.06 to $18.05 an hour.
• 251 short-order cooks, with a proposed pay of $7.81 an hour.
• 242 lift operators, with a proposed pay of $6.85 or $6.32 an hour.
• 111 hotel clerks, with a proposed pay of $8.78 an hour.
• 362 housekeepers, with a proposed pay of $9.17 an hour.

Can you believe how low these wages are? And Vail is not a cheap place to live either.

It's all about the cheapest labor, legal workers need not apply.

These look like 1980 wages to me.