It seems with the upcoming forecast we're really straining to make Memorial Day happen. I can see us doing more damage by offering a sub par experience and spending a lot of operational money to make it happen. With the recent start of our construction project combined with the low visibility, it doesn't feel we'd be ending on a high note like we did after Pond Skim.
On that topic, it really felt we should extend our operations later than 4pm that day. With the crowds and extended daylight, it seemed as though we were rushing guests out before they were ready. It was an awesome day and the only complaints were the massive lines for the bbq and beer stations. It'd be great to over-staff that event in the future and hopefully we continue to end our operations in such a positive way.
Thank you for the feedback. As everyone is aware at this point we agree with you that unfortunately the forecast did not look good for Memorial Day weekend and we ended up canceling operations. We appreciate you sharing your opinion!
-Jeremy Riss
Back for weddings at Cooper. Excited.
The new tent and pavers look awesome! It should be a great wedding season at Cooper.
-Jeremy Riss
I am disappointed in Meadows; Public Relations decision to send team members the "prepared meal tax" email urging them to vote "no" on the proposed prepared meal tax in Hood River county.
I feel it's not the place of an employer to try and influence the political preferences and behavior of their workers. Meadows, the employer, controls the economic circumstances of its team members and are therefore in a position of power over them. While our e-mail to team members did not carry out any direct threats of retaliation against employees who do not align, it was implied in the message that if the measure passed "yes" the business and therefore the economic welfare of the employees would suffer. This is a form of coercion.
There are no laws against an employer leveraging its workforce to political action, but does this align with our core values? How does integrity and acting ethically align with political coercion? How does this fit into our motto of welcoming all to their Mountain Home, no matter their political tendencies?
Where do we draw the line and what precedent does this set? Will we start endorsing political candidates in elections?
There are also concerns I have relating to recruiting and retention and civility in our workplace. There is no better way to polarize than to bring up politics, and by thrusting Meadow's political opinion into the inboxes of its team members, we will do just that - polarize and alienate certain team members who have different values and political views than our public affairs team and CEO. I do not want to see Meadows carry this reputation and I hope my concerns are heard.
Thank you for sharing your concern regarding the Hood River County F&B tax email. The intention was not to make anyone feel obligated to vote in any direction and we apologize if that is how you felt. We did want to inform our team of the reality that if the tax had passed it would have had a significant impact on our company and team members.
Re-reading the email, we do think the content of the message could have been improved significantly and if we had it to do over again we would have crafted the email in a more authentic voice from our leadership which hopefully would have reduced any anxiety that it might have created.
Meadows team members should not feel any obligation to vote one way or another based on what our company leadership and board of directors might believe however, we do believe our company should make its stance known on significant issues, which will effect our company and team. This is not a new concept for Meadows has we have freely made our stance on climate change known for years and supported many initiatives to reduce the impact of global warming.
Again, we thank you for having the courage to share your opinion, as it will help us improve in the future.
-Meadows Leadership Team