Life Time reviews

3.5

59% would recommend to a friend

(7,654 total reviews)
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Bahram Akradi

59% approve of CEO

50% positive business outlook

Life Time has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 7,654 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Life Time employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Servizi personali per i consumatori industry (3.6 stars).

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8K reviews
3.0
Oct 9, 2015

What a shame

Recommend
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Pros

Higher commission than chain spas, free gym membership, full benefits,

Cons

Companies expects YOU to build up your own clientele by doing FREE chair massage on members and employees and free services on management. You pay shop charges on every client to see, your commission goes down ( sliding scale) if your revenue is down, and then they take more out of your pay if you don't meet your retail sales goals. So they are constantly taking money out of your pay. Then when you do the math , take out all the expenses they charge you for, your pay check is still wrong!! There is always money missing! Trying to get upper management and corporate payroll and HR to help is a joke. You can work 50-60 hrs a week for months, then it slows down so you leave early when you have no appointments. They threaten to drop your benefits because you are 2 hours short of your full time hours status just once! No overtime pay, no holiday pay, and we were open every day! Having to fold our own laundry, clean our own department, for free! We are commission based remember. So we don't get paid to do this FREE labor!

1.0
Jan 14, 2016

The Evil Empire

Recommend
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Pros

You have a job Lot's of Kool-Aid to drink, if you hope not to get fired. The motivation you gain by quitting and aspiring to move up in life.

Cons

I have first hand knowledge of how this corrupt and narcissistic company works.. I consider myself and honest hard woking person, what I experienced during my time at life time fitness was the worst I've ever experienced. As I look back at my experience, I realized that it was more like being apart of an occult then a company. You either worshiped the Iranian born CEO Bahram Akradi and his soulless followers or you did not. That is why this company has such a horrendous turnover problem. I was a manager, and most of the people I hired never lasted. If you were overweight or did not fit the company standard you never made it to the second interview or if you were hired, were sent off to the laundry room to wash and fold hundreds of towels day in and day out. This was so you were not "seen" by members. Good people were either let go, financially starved and just walked out. The slave wages and poor benefits are used like a dangling carrot until you realize it's just not worth it.. Iranian CEO Bahram Akradi has amassed a large fortune off the backs and sweat of people like me, and my staff desperate to earn an honest living. While he pushes the lie of "The Healthy Way of Life Company" Its all a lie folks, smoke and mirrors. I was so tired of 10+ hours days trying to keep his clubs clean, that working out was physically impossible. Plus, any time I had left was time spent with my family, whom I barely saw. Bahram Akradi's best skill as a leader?.......... EXPLOIT CHEAP LABOR. Go to school, become a professional, earn a trade, start your own business, do whatever you can to stay away from companies like Life Time Fitness.

1.0
Nov 6, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

membership, 24hr shifts, dental coverag

Cons

I had tried for many months to get a job with Lifetime Fitness it had the hrs and convenience that I needed to have a family life too, plus a free membership. And being a memeber for 4yrs it seemed, from the outside, like a great place to work. I finally get the job and I was so happy. Well it turns out to be the WORST company I have ever worked for. They have no idea how to treat their employees. The turnover rate is so high and now I know why. Low pay, wich would be ok if you were able to do OT but OT is not an option. HIgh turnover rate so very hard to gel with those you work with. hard to get shift coverage 7 days of PTO per year this includes sick and vacation days. I have a family and if kids or I get sick i now can take a family vacation becasue I dont have the time. I have family out of state and go visit atleast once a year and need a week for travel. expected to be in uniform go pick up a radio and then punch in, this is time I am expected to work and not getting paid for. there are no incentives

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