Pros
-Experienced trainers with long-term financial stability in mind tend to be great to work with and learn from
-Get to work out for free every day
-Be part of a gym community and get to know the regulars
-10% commission on total contract value, which is usually $8k-$14k ($800 - $1,400) / contract. If you can sell, you can thrive.
Cons
-Pay is extremely client based. No hours, no pay
-Depending on location, you may be starved for clients
-Upper management (fitness managers' managers) often give hiring mandates and incentives to them, which cannibalizes the potential new clients for training staff.
-Poor on-boarding
-Goodlife sales mantra is outdated and very "cult-like"
-Goodlife takes 65% of contract value, so after the 10% commission, you need to work for the last 25% of the contract. If clients don't show up to their sessions, you're screwed. Working for money is normal, working for money already earned is weird.
-Vacation structure is poor. Get paid 4% vacation pay of total earnings for that pay period every pay period. So if you take vacation thinking you'll be paid your 7.5 hours / day (10 days a year to start) at your level's rate, think again. Basically, if you take a week off, because your pay is halved, so will your vacation pay. It was normal to see $40-$60 of vacation pay per pay that included vacation days taken. Consider you're rate is $40/hour, you'd think "oh, 7.5 hours X $40, I'm covered for my vacation" ---- think again.
