Replying to Vail Resorts Struggling?

I know how much we all like to shit on vail as a company, but continue to ride their mountains(some of us) but is it more or is the company really starting to thin out their resources? My brother is a bootfitter at one of their retail stores and hasnt been scheduled for a few weeks and from an on the hill experience at vail, i havent seen a single yellow jacket for weeks so its been more or less an all out free for all. Is something going on like a protest, walk out? Or did all the yellow jackets pick up smoking and hide at all the smoke shacks now? Ive only been at vail lately so i have no idea how the other hills are, but lemme know. Theres already the discussion of their shrinking parks, however unlike other resorts, vail still hasnt implemented the automatic gates at base chairlifts. If this keeps up, looks like there will be more speed filled adventures in the slow zones haha.