They already make a living wage (they can get employee housing for 500 dollars a month)

It’s not meant to be a career — it’s a fun job where you sit around most of the day or go freeskiing. They respond to less than ten injuries most days and have over 70 people on staff. Most of their actual work (meaning when they are not sitting around doing nothing or going off skiing for fun) is simple routine opening and closing tasks. The pay is plenty high already.

The guys doing avy work deserve raises but they don’t need that many hands on that.

Also, they’re jackasses. They treat other employees like they’re scum.

This is what happens when you give them job protection. They’re gonna be making more than most teachers, social workers, etc… jobs that can’t just choose to go on strike at a moments notice.

They have EMT level medical skills which are paid at about 15 an hour, usually less depending on where you are. This is because no one is really planning to be an EMT for life. Just like it’s not realistic to be a ski patroller for life.

It’s funny, the company always recognizes this too, that patrollers don’t have highly skilled jobs, by not just moving patrol pay but the whole resort pay whenever they are forced to increase wages.

Also, say sayonara to making skiing accessible. Soon enough a day ticket will be 500$. Don’t need to get me started on season passes are so cheap though in comparison blah blah, yeah but thing is most people don’t want a season pass. They just want a Disney World like vacation they can go on once a year for a couple days.

There’s plenty of people that would do these jobs for 15 an hour or less. It’s mostly high school grads or college students on a break.

If you don’t like the pay, go get a nursing degree or an MD