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"Pretty good work/life balance most of the time, for most teams" (in 13 reviews)
"Free Shakeology all day every day" (in 18 reviews)
Cons
"Upper management claims to have a hiring freeze but brings in multiple VPs with ridiculous salaries" (in 29 reviews)
"Very poor senior management, changes frequently, abusive managers" (in 14 reviews)
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"My Experience At Beachbody"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Beachbody full-time (More than 8 years)
Pros
Beachbody has been always so flexible and loving, I was able to continue my education while working full time, until I finished my B.S. degree. Beachbody was always supporting me all the way. For me education is really important and they offer so many opportunities for growth in leadership. Thanks!
Cons
Every team, including IT needs to push towards always making the company revenue and learning about attribution.
Advice to Management
Learning about attribution
Beachbody 2018-11-05 13:19 PST Helpful (2)
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"Absolute best job I have ever had"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Beachbody full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
Culture, People, environment, Bonuses, Benefits
Cons
Can be very hard work. Very competitive & is definitely a high performance environment
Advice to Management
Keep up the good work!! You rock!!
Beachbody 2019-03-12 15:01 PDTHelpful (10)
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"Disengaged Upper Management"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Beachbody full-time (More than a year)
Pros
Only the freebies and handouts like onsite gym and stocked break rooms.
Cons
Upper management is non existent and so disengaged they don’t even know what their own teams do. The executives chase off the good people. If the annual layoffs don’t cut headcount then you’re sure to lose people on a weekly basis. The turnover is absurd. People leave for better opportunities. The company is more worried about bringing in outside hires for insanely high titles that never work instead of promoting the people that actually work.
Advice to Management
Find senior staff that actually show up for work and lead their teams. If the CEO is so worried about is Instagram and being in workout videos then focus on just that. Hire someone that actually knows how to run a business and stop the bleeding.
Beachbody 2019-03-07 06:24 PST![Beachbody Logo]()
"Great products, good support, tough compensation"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Beachbody part-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Wonderful products for health and wellness, positive environment of growth
Cons
Tough compensation at 25% of any sales. Yes—if you build a big team you can make big money, but hard if you only want to share with friends and family.
Beachbody 2019-02-05 15:59 PSTHelpful (16)
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"If you have any other option, I suggest you take it"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Beachbody full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
They pay well above the market... because they have to.
The level of effort required to survive is near none.
You could literally get a job, collect inflated paychecks for a year or so and do zero work. It happened more than once in my time there.Cons
Unfortunately Beachbody is affected by a terrible case of leadership disconnect and ineptitude. The company is full of long tenure incompetence and individuals that have titles well beyond their skills and experience. They're horrible at running the business, so expect yearly layoffs and no bonus payouts at least half the time. There's no denying that the company grew and grew rapidly, but this was a situation of right thing at the right place at the right time. However, leadership thinks they're some sort of business savants and refuses to admit that they're in over their heads. They don't know what products work or why. They have zero tech talent at the leadership level that can rationalize spending and accomplish meaningful progress with the horribly antiquated technology stack, a cobbled together mess of Oracle products created by poor tech talent and managed by even less talented individuals. The many silos that exist in the culture create a culture of back stabbing and self interest, but on the plus side, they do give you a place to hide if you want to avoid doing any work.
Advice to Management
Get some help. On the technology side, take a long hard look at your staff and your stack and make the right decisions to move forward with a modern architecture. Stop rewarding incompetent leadership with new roles. Start asking yourself "why?" a lot more often than you do now. And for goodness sakes, take care of what little talent is left int hat place, because you've made it near impossible to recruit anyone worth employing in Los Angeles.
Beachbody 2019-02-13 13:29 PSTHelpful (14)
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"Analyst"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Beachbody full-time (More than 8 years)
Pros
Great benefits, free snacks, on site gym, tuition reimbursement, flexible work schedule, unlimited PTO
Cons
Promotions are difficult to achieve. Raises are far and none. If you do see promotions and raises, you seem to ask yourself why did they get one? What do they do here? Favoritism is obvious. Upper management claims to have a hiring freeze but brings in multiple VPs with ridiculous salaries. Go figure...
Advice to Management
Hire the worker bees that actually run the business. The company is at a state where everyone is overworked and you decide to bring in people who are new to the business and can’t lead. Why do you need a Director, Senior Director, VP, and Senior VP in one department and only have 2 lower level employees that actually do the work and make you look good? People will eventually start leaving.
Beachbody 2018-11-23 11:20 PSTHelpful (6)
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"Promotions"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOPros
There's a lot of flexibility here which is a big plus.
Cons
Promotions are very difficult to achieve. When you do hear about promotions you find out they are being done behind the scenes because everyone is being told all promotions and hiring's are frozen.
Advice to Management
Tell your employees the truth about what is happening so they don't hear about it from the rumor mill.
Beachbody 2018-11-29 09:38 PSTHelpful (2)
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"Manager"
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RecommendsI worked at Beachbody full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Great benefits, great work/life balance, flexible schedule, gym on site that you are actually encouraged to use, very friendly and diverse employees, and overall a fun place to work.
Cons
Like many quickly growing companies, there are some growing pains and uncertainty. Layoffs two years in row were difficult and took some time for company to clearly define their vision for the future, but I think they're on the right footing.
Advice to Management
Keep offering good benefits and accepting feedback from employees. Keep up the transparency and accountability of senior management.
Beachbody 2018-10-28 18:40 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Director"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI worked at Beachbody full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Great work life balance and great pay. Opportunity to work with talented people and to develop your career. The company really does try to take care of the employees.
Cons
There has been high turnover as of late, but this has also been an opportunity to take on more responsibility and grow one's skillset
Beachbody 2018-10-12 14:48 PDTHelpful (1)
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"Growing company"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI have been working at Beachbody full-time
Pros
Shakebar, Free Gym, Free BOD, Fun environment
Cons
Very hard to move up
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