We began getting emails yesterday morning (February 29, 2012) saying that California’s Mammoth Mountain had cut a large portion of their full-time staff. Some were saying 75 full-time employees were cut after having already taken 10 percent pay cuts. Now, the details have been confirmed by Mammoth CEO Rusty Gregory in a Mike Lewis story on TransworldBusiness.com.
Twenty percent of the mountain’s full-time employees have been laid off and most of them were from senior management, admin, accounting, IT, and maintenance. Gregory blamed it on a really bad season.
“It was clear things weren’t going to change dramatically. If we can’t pay our bills, everyone loses their jobs,” says Gregory, who has been CEO since ’95. “This was one of the most heart-wrenching decisions I’ve ever made. These people are part of the community. Our kids all go to school together.” Gregory adds that while the decision was hard on him, it “was a million times harder for those that lost their jobs.”
Yeah, we bet. Luckily, the lifts are still running and there is snow. We know, we just tasted some. And who knows if things get too bad maybe Vail Resorts will swoop in and snap up another legendary California resort.
[Link: Transworld Business]
