Life Time Fitness Reviews

Pros

You get a free membership. There are ample opportunities to network and meet people. The discount on services and Cafe food is nice.

Cons

Very low pay for what is expected of you. A weak department head yields a weak department; certain departments in the same building tend to clash.

Advice to Senior Management

Stick up for the employees. Some of the lower level employees have concerns that don't seem to be communicated to the people that matter.

Pros

Very flexible with your scheduled and working with you for hours.

Cons

Pay is terrible and so are the raises IF you get one after a YEAR. People treat you like trash or like you're their servants. Not alot of management support.

Pros

Great Facilities with various locations

Cons

Employees treated like meat. All services provided by employees are commission based, PLUS employees needs to pay ridiculous shop fees. Poor management, very strong disconnect between general managers and part time employees. Chain of command is horrible. Questions or Inquiries take days to get resolved. Management has high expectations, goals are set way to high, intending to make even more money off their own employees. Don't expect to take any days off in January, and be prepared to use your vacations for all the holidays. 7 days vacation, this includes PTO, sick, and vacation time. Very underpaid, think twice before accepting positions here.

Advice to Senior Management

LISTEN TO YOUR EMPLOYEES. They have been or are the experts in their area. Whether is an unsatisfied employee or an employee that needs a promotions, speak up for your employees to higher chain of demands if you claim to stand behind your employess.

Pros

Life Time Fitness offers the best fitness facilities I have ever seen for both members and employees. I've worked for more than one location and visited several others and had great experiences at all of them.

Cons

The facilities are so big that it can be intimidating to new gym members. I can see how someone may get the impression that the fitness staff is unfriendly HOWEVER its because they are busy trainer clients. They have highly qualified trainers with a high success rate for helping members reach their goals.

Pros

- Free membership
- Access to great info on health, wellness, nutrition, and exercise
- Very easy work; makes a great second job or part time job for students
- Work with others with similar healthy lifestyle goals
- Structure; they teach you what they want you to know for the most part

Cons

- Job happiness is heavily reliant on the quality of management at your particular location
- Lots of turnover
- Limited positive feedback
- Environment seems to promote gossip among employees/negativity
- Lower wages/benefits

Advice to Senior Management

Treating employees with compassion, positivity, and respect will positively affect how employees view their jobs, and in turn, how they treat the members. It is difficult to instill pride and work ethic in team members that do not feel appreciated, regardless of how hard they work. This is a fantastic company and can be a very good job with a lot of opportunities - it just depends on what location you work at, and how management happens to be there.

Pros

Great atmosphere. Lots of equipment to choose from. Extremely fun staff. Diverse members. When i started working there I was brand new to town and didn't know anyone, I met some great friends from this place.

Cons

More leadership. Better pay scale. Work life balance is awful, at least 3 times per month 12 hour days are mandatory. High turnover rate

Advice to Senior Management

I started in February 2010, today January 2012, most of the staff is different. This includes 2 general managers and 3 sales managers, since then. Some of the corporate management could use some help and maybe the turnover rate would not be as high

Pros

Life Time is a great place to work if you are a people person, and enjoy meeting new faces on a daily basis.

Cons

The management can be "shaky" at times. But overall the company is run efficiently.

Advice to Senior Management

None.

Pros

Free membership, although the work conditions significantly lower the value.
Plenty of practice being fake and robotic.
There are TVs to watch from time to time.

Cons

Depressing atmosphere
Constantly disrespected, then told to smile.
Regardless of what your department is, you are a janitor.
You can never do your job properly.
Don't compare this job to other minimum wage jobs, or even other jobs in the $7-$10 an hour range, it will only make you feel badly.
Employee morale is rock bottom, but that doesn't matter to LTF.
The LTF Vision statement used to be about being a premier employer, at least they aren't lying anymore.

I have spoken to multiple employees at other LTF locations and it isn't completely consistent, but things are trending downward all over.
I would only recommend working here part-time at best, and doing so once you have exhausted all other options.

Advice to Senior Management

Poor compensation leads to a poor base morale and a weaker job pool. The better, more aware workers will seek greener pastures once they realize how much you exploit them, and you will be left with the kind of people that won't be able to deliver the kind of service you try to promise to your members.

You won't find enough professional, yet ignorant employees to staff your payroll with unless you are a master motivator.

Pros

It offers a great facility and top-notch programming.

Cons

I feel defeated most days when I leave. There is a huge lack of support and respect from upper management.

Advice to Senior Management

Take the time to do things right and have an effective plan in place instead of changing things on the fly. It may seem to work ok in the moment, but it creates problems down the road and a very poor experience for your employees.

Pros

free membership
pay is ok but 100% commision

Cons

you will work all the time
dont expect holidays off
end of the mont you will work 40hrs in the last 3 days
the amount of "motivtional emails" is ridiculous

Advice to Senior Management

listen to your employees