I feel we are bringing way too many people up to the mountain at the height of this pandemic. We should limit to pass holders only and have a daily limit of 3000 to 4000
There is absolutely no way to be safe with the crowds we are seeing especially on the weekends.
Some coat hooks on the columns and walls in the employee lounge would be good.
Thank you for this suggestion we will look into some coat hooks in the team lounge.
- Jeremy Riss
Having a blast this year!! Love our mountain community. Wishing we had food options that we're not so expensive...wish I could purchase a simple burger with no fries. Also, we all need to do a MUCH better job of keeping the employee break room clean!! Pick up after ourselves!
Hopefully the temporary food discount increase to 70% has been helpful with food cost.
- Jeremy Riss
Non communication from management on the flow of parking. Then management shared frustration but no solution to the problem. Which created more confusion for the rest of the shift
PS:
Create a team member discount at the van out front of main lodge!!
Please apply the employee discount to food and bev sold from the Parking lot sprinter van!
The parking situation is a disgrace. The head in the snow bank approach doesn’t cut it. The blatant lying to the media is unconscionable.
It is a real kick in the pants not being able to travel and use our exchange program. We have worked so hard all summer and winter abiding by all covid procedures to be able to open the mountain safely. People can come to Meadows from all over the country and my exposure to them at work is acceptable. Are we only letting Oregonians ski at Meadows, not out of state guests? On my own time away from work I can't be trusted to follow safety protocals to visit a neighboring ski resort safely? It seems the only acceptable place for me to get sick is at work not on my free time. Really need to rethink this one.
I was physically threatened this week for asking guests to cover their mouth and nose with their masks in the lift line. I have received insults and borderline tantrums from people when politely asked the same thing, whether I’m in uniform or out of it. It. Is. Time. For. Enforcement. We need lift ops to start pulling passes and stop giving free passes, we need public safety to pull some weight and get outside. We need internal communications, not public Facebook press releases, informing staff in all departments what the policy is, what kinds of warning/leeway people get for failing to comply or acting insolently (hopefully fairly little as we have been pretty clear on this policy with the public, what kinds of masks fail to comply (those neoprene P.O.S.’s get my blood pressure up), and what we can actually do about non compliance when we see it.
I also feel that more and more tasks keep landing on ski school’s doormat- we’re being called every day to do maze control, to shovel lift areas, to do mask control, to set up safety fencing, to tech skis, to fit boots, to greet guests, the list goes on. It is one thing to need some extra help once in awhile- it is a huge undertaking to keep this mountain going and it ain’t always gonna roll smoothly. It is one thing to offer us extra hours- I appreciate picking those up. It is one thing to ask employees to go above and beyond the basics of their job- I am happy to put my energies into an organization I care about so much. What it feels like now is that the institution has failed to appropriately plan for their needs and is repeatedly scapegoating to the ski school to pull every ounce of weight that is being left behind. Setup and tear down in particular are becoming more and more of a chore as more responsibilities are added and what few hands we have to do the task are pulled to other departments.
In regards to enforcement we are absolutely pulling passes for those that will not pull up masks or have to be consistently reminded. If you are seeing examples of that not happening please reach out to a supervisor or manager.
-Jeremy Riss
The parking situation is a disgrace. The head in the snow bank approach doesn’t cut it. The blatant lying to the media is unconscionable.
The parking situation is a disgrace. The head in the snow bank approach doesn’t cut it. The blatant lying to the media is unconscionable.