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    LA Fitness Reviews

    Updated July 19, 2017
    1,501 reviews

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    1,501 Employee Reviews

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    Pros

    • Free gym membership & part-time flexibility (in 251 reviews)

    • You get a free membership for any LA Fitness in the US (in 245 reviews)

    Cons

    • Don't really know, high turnover rate (in 55 reviews)

    • Ridiculously long hours if you want to make any decent money (in 98 reviews)

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    1. "developer"

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      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Irvine, CA
      Current Employee - Anonymous Employee in Irvine, CA

      I have been working at LA Fitness full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      flexible hours (can come early and leave early), have 980

      Cons

      just 3 sick days per year!, 80 hours vacations and just 5 or 6 paid holidays per year! Need to work the day after Thanksgivings too.

    2. "Not my favorite"

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      Former Employee - Operation in Piscataway, NJ
      Former Employee - Operation in Piscataway, NJ
      Doesn't Recommend
      Neutral Outlook

      I worked at LA Fitness full-time (More than 3 years)

      Pros

      Free gym membership was good

      Cons

      No job security was bad

      Advice to Management

      Slow down the turn over rate of employess

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    3. "Very shady company."

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      Former Employee - Sales Counselor in Austin, TX
      Former Employee - Sales Counselor in Austin, TX
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I worked at LA Fitness full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      Opportunity to make decent money if you put in the hours.
      Good sales experience!
      Free membership.
      1 hour break but my co workers are almost to scared of our GM to even take theirs hahaha

      Cons

      Need to be working min 60 hour weeks to make any real money.
      The whole company is so outdated, they don't put any effort into revitalizing the systems they put into use like 10 years ago.
      They lie a lot about advancement opportunities.
      Your GM will most likely lie about how much they make.
      Cold calling.
      LA fitness doesn't spend any money on marketing, instead they have sales counselors go out every day and gather leads in parking lots/malls/stores. Etc...

    4. "general manager for 6 years"

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      Current Employee - General Manager in Boston, TN
      Current Employee - General Manager in Boston, TN
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I have been working at LA Fitness full-time (More than 5 years)

      Pros

      Amazing place to work , can make alot of money in a fun laid back job .

      Cons

      Alot of hours and always 6 days a week. But well worth it for our compensation.

      Advice to Management

      Some random days off here and there to recharge your batteries .

    5. "Personal Trainer"

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      Former Employee - Personal Trainer in Kent, WA
      Former Employee - Personal Trainer in Kent, WA
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at LA Fitness part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      The members and the employees are very pleasant

      Cons

      Very slow with preparing equipment and personal trainers do not look the part of trainers when it comes to being fit.

      Advice to Management

      To manage their facilities and not just hire whoever comes for an interview. Trainers should have to be tested with doing a program.

    6. "Operations most ideal for students"

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      Former Employee - Front Desk Receptionist in Indianapolis, IN
      Former Employee - Front Desk Receptionist in Indianapolis, IN
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at LA Fitness part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Free gym membership & part-time flexibility.

      Cons

      Constant change in management; upper management is widely known for their drug use, unethical debt collecting values.

      Advice to Management

      Obtain a more respectable upper management who can value employees.

    7. "Kids Kub Attendant/Front Desk Attendant"

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      Current Employee - KIDS KLUB Attendant/Receptionist in Dunwoody, GA
      Current Employee - KIDS KLUB Attendant/Receptionist in Dunwoody, GA
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at LA Fitness part-time (More than 8 years)

      Pros

      free membership nationwide/ nice members/locations everywhere

      Cons

      minimum wage/ bad operations management/ have to work multiple departments without extra pay/ no holiday pay/no benefits / no overtime

      Advice to Management

      pay better/ pay fair/give raises/ appreciate the staff/give more hours/be organized

    8. "Decent job"

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      Current Employee - Front Desk Receptionist in Arlington, TX
      Current Employee - Front Desk Receptionist in Arlington, TX
      Recommends
      Neutral Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at LA Fitness part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Manager is flexible/willing to work with college student schedule

      Cons

      Sometimes it is hard to get off for last minute emergencies

    9. "operations coordinator"

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      Former Employee - Operations Coordinator in Cincinnati, OH
      Former Employee - Operations Coordinator in Cincinnati, OH
      Doesn't Recommend
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I worked at LA Fitness full-time (Less than a year)

      Pros

      great gym with great members

      Cons

      high pressure almost every week

      Advice to Management

      better sales strategy

    10. "Fitness Instructor - Limited Possibilities"

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      Current Employee - Fitness Instructor in Houston, TX
      Current Employee - Fitness Instructor in Houston, TX
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      No opinion of CEO

      I have been working at LA Fitness part-time (More than a year)

      Pros

      Freedom of schedule, ability to pick up shifts, easy to get subs, friendly staff

      Cons

      Limited music choices - makes it difficult, not able to host extra activities (instructor trainings), no extra support, LA Fitness is 'cheap' - they will not pay for extra music licences, pay for AC in Texas Summer ("controlled by Cali home office")

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