Trainers, do not work here. - Personal Trainer LA Fitness Employee Review

1.0
Oct 21, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Very little. Good starter job. I am struggling to find 20 words to be positive about in this review. is this enough?

Cons

1. Only paid when you train. 2. That rate is $6 per session. 3. You will be expected to do sales job for free. 4. You will be expected to clean for free. Serious cleaning, not just picking up weights. 5. The company will attempt to steal every penny that you earn. 6. You have to call hr to be paid for working on holidays. 7. You have no control over your rates, or retaining clients. 8. Three separate departments in one building, none talk to each other. 9. You will be transferred instead of fired. When you can't arrive on time, you are considered a self termination. 10. Expectations will be set almost unreasonably high with zero training or instruction. 11. Your clients will be locked into an extremely shady contract that only guarantees the company will be paid. 12. "Master trainer" is only a marketing term. It only applies to people that have been with the company for an extended period of time. Actual master trainers are still payed at the same $6.00 per session rate until they build up enough clientele. 13. Trainers are the bottom of the hierarchy chain of this company. You can and will be replaced whenever they choose. 14. Basic trainers are expected to have 20+ hours available, master at 30. You will not be paid for this time unless you train people. That is a part time job worth of no money if you are at a quiet club. 15. Benefits are only for upper management. 16. Pay days are arbitrary and based on factors like if they feel like it.

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