Massage Envy reviews

Each franchise is different - for better and worse. Depending on owner's background and experience and clinic management, some clinics have minor workplace issues. Employees on average are in their 20's - pettiness and work drama is an ongoing problem. The top con about working for Massage Envy is the pay rate. Entry pay is minimum wage and raises are cents. Sometimes tips earned are higher than your hourly pay. It takes time to build up repeat clients and stay completely booked. Expect to be sporadically booked for a few months. You realize you are under paid when your monthly paycheck can't cover rent for a studio apartment.

I've worked for a great owner in the past, but the owner/operator I now work for is childish and emotional/unfair in their approach to management and operations. It all comes down to the bottom line, as corporate as it comes. That's why I became a therapist was to move out of corporate world and be treated like a person and not a money maker (asset/deficit). The wrong operator approach and you will be used up and burnt out. I'm 51 years old and in really great health, but I know my limits as a therapist. Problem being, you ARE NOT IN CONTROL of your existence and you will be taken for granted and advantage of in a heart beat. You will be ignored when you demand a break in the middle of your shift in lieu of selling a guest at that hour for your 4th straight hour of service. You will be ignored when you state that you don't do deep pressure work, AT ALL. You will be treated like a slave, piece of property, insignificant and replaceable. You will be written up if you decline to work on a client for these reasons.