It's been a little over two weeks since Jiminy Peak was blanketed in the wrong kind of winter storm.
I'm packing up for a spoice roadie up to Stratton, Bromley and Magic Mountain this weekend, and while I try and figure out what to feed a horde of shredded-out buddies for breakfast in an AirBNB kitchen, I've got some thoughts.
Because of this column and everything it celebrates, I've been asked a handful of times over the past couple of weeks for my thoughts on the "All Employees" letter posted somewhere on Jiminy's campus the week of a big mid-January snow storm [Martin Luther King weekend], the ensuing fallout, responses and the re-dredging up of the child labor violations of last summer.
Before I dive switch nose first into this mogul field of a situation, some background on this particular grommet's upbringing and background.
While I've never worked at a ski resort, I have spent 10-plus years of my life in the hospitality business, mostly waiting tables and tending bar. A lengthy stretch of that came at a restaurant inside a major hotel and convention center. I will also say that over the past few years of working in Berkshire County, Jiminy Peak has been very good to the Powder Report with communication and information for stories. While my writing career was in flux before joining The Berkshire Eagle, I went through the application and interview process for a part-time job at Jiminy, though I did not ultimately choose to follow through with employment there.
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