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Hello peoples,
I'm seeking advice from people who have lived in mountain towns...
I've been unemployed for a while now and just got an interview at a bank in Summit County. I have a Finance degree, so hopefully this wouldn't be just a seasonal position
Your thoughts on working at a bank in a ski town?
Will I want to shoot myself staring outside while I work 9-5 and it is dumping and the only days off are weekends and holidays summit county shitstorms?
I'm not familiar with what other sort of ski town opportunities are available to someone with a finance degree, but having said that, I'd rather work in a bank in a ski town than work in a bank in a non-ski town. But if you like driving to the mountains on weekends instead of being in the mountains all the time, then disregard my thoughts.
"working in a bank" right out of college probably means being a teller, just bag it and work for the mountain or something and get a real job in Denver next spring.
All of the banks I've been to in Summit have beautiful chicks working as tellers. No bull. Let me know if you end up here, always looking for new ski buddies.
IME the banking industry beats retail anytime
Thanks for all the reply's. I'm still up in the air about it. It terms of riding, I should just get a part time job in Denver and ride during the week, cause I can live down here for free.
But I still want to live in up there. Banker hours are just no good....
You can always do dawn patrols before work.... plus you get all the holidays off. I had a buddy who worked in Big sky as a construction manager (whatever that means). His office had a great view of Lone Peak. He said it was miserable....
9-5 is lame for shredding.....until spring when the pow comes and you can do the 5am-830, or leave early and hit it before sunset.
I would not consider any 9-5 job.....i like shredding weekdays.
A lot of banks are open longer hours these days including weekends and nights. If you are applying for a frontline position you could volunteer for what everyone else considers the shit shifts (weekends and evenings) and have the weekdays free to rip.
So I went ahead and passed on the job, I could see myself just driving by work and going to the mountain with the first big snow. Last year that would have been fine, I wouldn't have missed a day until April, lol...
Thanks for all the thoughts
every single chick in my paramedic program in breck is a teller at Alpine, WF or 1st.
They get paid well and get a pass
if you get a pass = you win
NO ONE is working in this town right now unless its for the gov or for banks so take what you can get, THE bro'bras and pro'ho's are gathering their parents money and getting ready to come out of summer hibernation, and they'll be snaking any shit work they can...
I'd love a bank job just so I don't have ot smell like fuckin dope just from working outside :sheesh:
lucky me I get to cook instead... :fuckyou:
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I just took a job as a staff accountant here in Jackson. 9-5 with no chance of playing hookey for a pow day.
That being said Im happy as a clam.
You need to ask yourself a question. Are you going there to move and become a part of the community long term, or are you going there for a season, or maybe 2 years and just want to ride as much as possible (then you need to ask if Summit is the best place for this, but thats another thread)?
I moved to Jackson 3 years ago for 1 season jsut like everyone else. 600" later I decided fuck the real world, Ill make it work here somehow. I thought that hotel management would be the gravy train, ski everyday, real job with benefits, whats to lose right?
Your fucking sanity thats what. Try and hold down a job that benefits ski time for more than a couple seasons and it just plain sucks. You work crazy fucking hours, cant make plans more than a week in advance cause your manager hasnt told you what days you have to buss tables yet, etc. etc. Try doing that for the rest of your life. Its not all cold smoke and pro hos man.
So, given that I wasnt going to leave but hated service industry jobs, I bit the bullet and got a real gig. I can use accounting anywhere if I ever do decide to leave, opposed to "10 years experience waiting tables" on the resume.
So yeah, if you're looking to ride for a season, fuck the bank, but if you're looking as a place you might actual call home for yourself, think it over.
Also - news flash - entry level finance/banking/accounting gigs are damn hard to get in a ski town. Think long and hard the next time an opportunity comes up.
I just paid my way to living in Jackson Hole for the rest of my life, what do you want? 1 epic season, or 30 pretty awesome ones? Take your pick.
Adiron, thanks for the thoughts. I understand what you are talking about the service industry, I did that through school and I am all done with that.
I guess I was trying to have the best of both worlds, finding a real gig and move up there full time and that would have some flexibility. But it probably is too much to ask with the scarcity of finance-type jobs...
I also have worked for 2 years in an accounting office, a/p and a/r, so I was hoping to find something that built on that. Just out of curiosity, what industry are you accounting in Jackson?
Hellgate, thanks for those, I will check them out for sure
I work in hotels, and am going to be kinda of a jack of all trades type guy.
At my specific property, they dont have specific AP or AR positions. Just accounting managers who do a little bit of everything that the hotel needs.
Im stoked as its the perfect entry level position that wont only teach me one specific element of accounting, perfect for a fresh out of f&b transfer.
Those two other positions posted above could be right up your alley.
It can be done getting the flexibility, by owning your own business. My plan is to use my employers education benefits, get my masters in accounting and sit for the WYO CPA exam, then put out my own shingle. Gotta take one for the team first I guess and rack up some experience points.
As an 8 to 5er in a mountain town...there is a reason for sick days!
I know people who work non-9-5 hours and work banks. The money is often good. Weekends are not so terrible compared to if you are in Denver (you don't have to drive I-70). You do get more holidays as a banker. 9-5 does work well in the spring because you can do great dawn patrols for pow.
But if you are a lift-serve-only skier, it's not the optimal ski job. It is better than working for the ski resort 5 days a week.
Neversummer, if you can establish yourself as a good bookkeeper/payroll, there is good opportunity to contract yourself out in this county. There always seems to be a shortage of good bookkeepers.
There is no paramedic program in Breckenridge. There hasn't been for over ten years. :confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by kevincspan