Life Time reviews

Management made the job seem great before I was hired. They said the earning potential was unlimited. Once I started I realized this was far from the truth. Life Time sets insanely high quotas that are incredibly hard to achieve without working 30 days per month. Management looked down on you for taking 2 days off per week. They encouraged working 6 or 7 days and doing whatever it took to hit quota. Awful work life balance for a company that is supposed to be about “living the healthy way of life.” Unless you plan on spending your entire life at work do not take this job. Turnover is extremely high. Also, it does not end with simply selling a membership. Everyday you sit in meetings that critique you on why you did not up-sell them on personal training, team training, etc. Also sick days do not exist. When I was sick once I had to make the sick day up that week or else you get written up. Lastly, some clubs do not even have a break room of any kind! I regret leaving a job to work at this company and was back at square one upon leaving.

- No work/life balance. Something that was touted as a core company value when I interviewed was LifeTime's deep commitment to integration of one's work and personal life. Total BS. They may *provide* every employee with a free Platinum grade membership (mid-level), but personally, I never had the chance to use it since I was working 70 hours a week from the first day. I was told that many people joined the company because they were "tired of working 60-70 hour weeks" elsewhere. Hmmm... - Simply put, this was the most UN-healthy place I have ever worked. A feeling shared by many of the staff. A young woman sitting next to me, who started several weeks before I did, was sitting at her desk in tears one afternoon - I never saw her again. - I was told in my final meeting with senior management that LifeTime is a "performance-based company" (whatever that means), and that they would always demand more, regardless of how well I performed. Basically, what they were saying is that my best was never going to be good enough. - It is a company that relishes the fact that it is a powered by "Type-A / Driver-Driver" personalities, who thrive on maintaining a daily, stress-induced adrenaline rush. If you're into that scene... go for it. If you want a life that doesn't involve fanatical dedication to the company and to working-out in their facilities in your "free time", resist the temptation, and keep looking for a good job somewhere else.