Pros
You’re no longer afraid of hell because you’ve already met the devil. You never have to worry about anything innovative, because they’re too busy taking you back to the 1950s because they can make more money off of a call-center than decent technology. You’ll learn to read every piece of paper put in front of you because they lie to get you to sign things, and then use them later, to destroy your finances and your business.
Cons
This company collects smaller franchises that used to be built on family values, and passion for working with children, and tears them apart from the inside out. There’s nothing worse than watching everything you’ve ever worked for destroyed by maniacal monsters that laugh after they threaten you with promises of turning you into the next person whose life they’ve destroyed. When other people in my franchise started telling me about the terrible experiences they were having with this brand, I was blissfully, unaware, and very happily ignorant. When it came time for a renewal, I learned how much I wish I had listened earlier. Not only did they threaten me until I agreed to sign a contractual amendment I’ve regretted every day sinse, but they said if I didn’t sign a renewal contract that had so many changes in the terms, then I would no longer be able to make money, and would lose my business, they promised that if I didn’t sign this impossible to sign contract, they would sue me for everything I’m worth if I got another job in the next two years, after losing my business. I had a successful business, and now I’ll have nothing. Three class action lawsuits have been filed against them by three different groups of franchisees in just the last couple years. Dozens of franchisees are currently suing them in secret arbitrations. Every one of their franchise brands has formed an association, and when we just formed ours, They immediately told us that they would turn us into the next The little Gym and Premier martial arts, destroying everything we love in court, until we had nothing left if we didn’t stop. I’ve never been so afraid, nor so broken hearted in my life. They’ve terrorize the Franchise association board members to the point of abject, capitulation and fear. They sent me an email in the last few days bragging about the way they destroyed the life of another franchisee, followed by a call, letting me know that they already destroyed another franchisee in court, and that I would be next. Just two years ago I would’ve told everybody to join our brand, now, I just hope you all know what we know before you get in bed with these terrible terrible people. And while Michael Browning says he went to Texas Christian University and pretends this is a Christian-based organization, their conduct says otherwise - these people are anything but! The people that work at their home office are absolute monsters. Stay as far away as you can. They lie with ease, from what I’ve seen, they commit perjury, and then they take the suffering of others they’ve already destroyed, and use it to scare the rest of us into staying silent.
