Employment Opportunities
The Hideout’s season runs from the end of March to the first week of November, which is long season for a seasonal operation.
Many of our employees have been with us or have been returning year after year. Some have been employed by our ranch for over 25 years. Several came as guests and then joined our team.
Every season we still look for new and additional seasonal employees.
“What stood out to me was that every member of the crew told us spontaneously how much they enjoyed working at The Hideout and how respected they felt working there!” – Hideout Guest
How To Apply
Please email a resume, references, and available dates to info@thehideout.com
- Most of our jobs offered are for our full season, from late March through beginning of November.
- A limited number of positions can start in April and May
- Wranglers need to be at least 25 years old, have a clean drivers license and will need to send in a riding video.
- Servers need to be at least 18 years old so they can serve wine and liquor
- Given our international audience, we welcome foreign wranglers, but they need valid paperwork and work permits.
- Realize that the only people on vacation at The Hideout are our guests
- The Hideout team is here to work and make sure our guests have an incredible equestrian and hospitality experience, which is one of the most rewarding parts of joining our team.
Working at The Hideout Lodge & Guest Ranch
The Hideout is in the hamlet of Shell, Wyoming population 74 nestled in the foothills of the Big Horn Mountains. We are 1.5 hours’ drive east of Cody and 2 hours east of Yellowstone National Park. Greybull is 16 miles from Shell.
The Hideout is all about horseback riding and horsemanship. We take great pride in our horses and horse program. We are upscale, intimate and pay a lot of attention to detail. We care deeply about the well-being of our horses, staff, and guests. This passion is key to a great guest and riding experience.
The owners, Marijn and Peter, are originally from Belgium but have called The Hideout and Shell, Wyoming home for many years. While still involved more behind the scenes and interacting with our guests, over the last couple of years they have gradually handed off increasingly day-to-day management to their capable and experienced management team who have mostly worked at The Hideout for many years.
What is important to our culture?
Some of the important principles working at The Hideout are:
- Leading by example
- To see work
- Never ask anybody to do something you are not willing to do yourself.
- Ride for the brand, help each other and care for each other
- Have resilience and be a positive energetic person
- Be open minded
- Under Promise and Over Deliver
Who are we?
While we are upscale, we are not a spa or resort and have no intention of becoming one. We typically have about 25 guests weekly. All guests arrive on Sunday and leave Saturday morning. The Hideout takes pride in a growing number of repeat guests and international guests from around the world.
Working at The Hideout is fun, fast paced, and professional. The Hideout has high standards and expects excellent work ethics from every team member.
Prior to applying, please read our website in detail, to gain full understanding of the kind of ranch we are and the experience we offer our guests. While offer future opportunities to our current crew first, we are always looking for hard-working, positive, energetic, and authentic individuals for our 2027 Guest Season.
Culture is key
Like any organization, The Hideout has a specific culture. Jim Collins in Good to Great talks about “The Right People on the Bus”. We are looking for people who fit our culture authentically and are specifically looking to work in this kind of environment with an open mind and being professional, positive, ethical, transparent, respectful with a Win / Win culture. Joining The Hideout only because we pay well and offer nice living quarters is not enough. While we believe this is part of caring for our crew there is more to it. We expect you to respect and care equally for your colleagues, horses, our property and our guests.
This is a great organization to join to learn, to grow and meet people from around the world. This ranch is a great fit for travelers and riders looking for this culture and this kind of riding vacation surrounded by authentic hospitality.
AH Horsemanship & Hideout Hospitality
Authentic Horsemanship is our brand of relationship-based horsemanship. We communicate with our horses in a non-verbal way using pressure and release to encourage our horses to respond. That’s how we establish trust and connection through consistent leadership. We carry this approach of kindness and encouragement throughout our whole organization – this is the core of our hospitality culture. Our corporate culture embraces the 3 Cs of Character, Conduct and Competence, knowing one can train for Competence but Character and Conduct is imbedded in your own culture and how you live your life in general.
2027 Employment Opportunities:
Wait Staff
Experience working in a high-end service-oriented hospitality environment. Serve three meals daily, help clean and wash dishes and make an excellent dining experience your priority. Keep the dining area clean and welcome guests as if they are dining in your own home.
Housekeeping
Our housekeeping crew and families have been with us for over 30 years. All these positions are filled by their friends and families. All positions are currently filled.
Maintenance and Irrigation
Our Maintenance Team has been with us for over 25 years. These are year-around positions, but if the right motivated candidate presents him / herself, we always have seasonal positions available depending on the background and experience of the interested individual.
Seasonal Maintenance, Landscaping & Farming jobs
Each season we employ several seasonal employees in these positions. Most of these employees are returning but we are always looking for the right candidates.
Wranglers
We are looking for mature, fun, hardworking Wranglers with both horse and people skills and a positive attitude. After attending our Wrangler training, your job is to lead guests on enjoyable and safe trail rides. For this you need to be a confident and experienced rider. Good communication skills and a strong work ethic are crucial.
- Riding experience in both English and Western is a plus
- We are always looking for Wranglers with vet tech experience
- Wranglers must be 25 years old, have a valid driver’s license and must be willing to learn to drive trucks pulling gooseneck horse trailers. We trailer out 95% of the time
- We care deeply about our horses and invest considerable resources in starting, training, and caring for our horses. All our Wranglers need to authentically embrace our culture of horsemanship.
- Knowledge of additional languages and being well travelled is a plus
- Experience, confidence, and ability to ride upcoming new guest horses and greener horses is a plus. Our green horses are all started, trained, ridden, and cleared by our horse trainers.
- Having a formal equestrian college education is a plus
- Being able to provide riding lessons is a plus
- Wranglers need to have both horsemanship and people skills
- AH Horsemanship is our horsemanship culture
- Be athletic, able to saddle horses daily and spend long hours in the saddle. Strong team player
- All Wranglers need to provide a video introducing themselves, showing tacking a horse and riding horses at all gaits, including transitions.
- Experience with trapshooting, archery or fly-fishing is a plus
“I love working at The Hideout. You really feel respected at The Hideout. And if needed the owners and barn manager do not shy away from addressing uncomfortable situations. They lead by example and fight for brand and culture”. – Hideout Wrangler
