NOT WORTH THE PAY - Anonymous employee Gold's Gym Employee Review

1.0
28 Jun 2012
Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Most of the co-workers were awesome. Also free membership.

Cons

EVERYTHING ELSE. We had to clean bathrooms and all the equipment, sell memberships, sell merchandise...for 8 bucks an hour. All the while at the regular gyms, you get paid the same amount but do A FRACTION of the work. NOT FAIR. Also, your GM of the gym will most likely not know run the gym because the salary is so low and the corporation is in dire need of GMs so they rush the process. Also, because you are serving a lower demographic, the members are less inclined to be polite about money issues.

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Free gym membership Discounted drinks, food, and merch Learn customer service skills and management style for gym organization

Cons

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2.0
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Pros

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Cons

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