1.0
Jan 23, 2018
Former employee, less than 1 year
Steubenville, OH
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros
Freedom to control your own gym to a point. There's a hometown gym feel. Great to work and interact with members.
Cons
Most likely you will get a private owner who is into fitness so they think they can run a gym. In my experience, they didn't have a clue and didn't give me tools to succeed. Also made terrible decisions with training department ruining club culture. Too unreliable. Gyms could sell or close at anytime. Which mine ultimately closed with no notice whatsoever. Pay was well below average for being a manager of a gym. You end up being the only employee which means everything depends on you. Simply not enough hours in the day. Because it's often or always privately own there is no room for growth.