Life Time Employee Reviews about "free gym membership"

Pros

Amazing facilities, great amenities, excellent space to train and work. Rates are competitive and higher than local averages making work lucrative if you have a full or nearly full book of clients. Free membership is a perk but creating the time and space in your schedule for yourself can be challenging with the "always on/always helping" corporate mentality. Some opportunities for advancing in your professional field, mostly through your own commissions (100% as a trainer) through selling training, products, nutrition and other services.

Cons

LifeTime is a large corporation and consistently has the bottom line in the forefront of club/management. Sales is a huge driving force and you MUST be able to sell yourself and your services.. the demand and turnover rate is very high.

Pros

Free gym membership Weekly pay Insurance is okay.

Cons

4 spa managers in a 3 year period. 3/4 spa managers were tremendously inexperienced, dismissive of employees, unethical. If an employee is made uncomfortable or sexually assaulted by a member, management will dismiss you and allow that member to return unless you make a scene (S. Patton former manager). The spa has a cancellation policy that protects the pay of technicians when clients no-show appointments;They refuse to enforce it, costing the spa and the technician. Commission is determined by the revenue per hour in the 4 week period prior to the current pay period. But they won’t tell you that directly in your interview. High turnover. Not actually African American friendly. Manager M. Henry offered to shred an intake form for client to allow a tech to perform a service with a severe allergy to ingredients included in the service. Management lacks time management and critical thinking which is why technicians are running out of supplies and are not able to replace them. Management is scatterbrained and vague when asked direct questions. The spa has taken a deep decline in management. Madison’s Henry and Felsenthal are the worst.

Pros

I loved the co-workers and trainers I met and worked with. The free membership was nice.

Cons

They overwork their staff and underpay them, yet they keep building clubs and increasing prices for membership. Once a person is a member, the ethics line is blurred and that person’s story as to why they signed up is shared with everyone from each department to figure out how to get them “connected” in the club. Obviously it’s a way to squeeze more money out of members, but I know I wouldn’t want a room of 12-15 people knowing my personal reason for joining. If you have any suggestions for change, they won’t take it, they’ll just coach you out as they expect you to shut up and just roll with what you’re told to do. Management training is terrible, and they expect you to know everything immediately. They systems failed often, so processes couldn’t be completed. The running joke some of us employees always had was a “healthy way of life for everyone, but the people who actually work here.” Do not expect to get a work/life balance unless you suck up on a regular basis. I was with the company for a number of years, and I had a lot of hope that things would get better. Just don’t waste your time.

Pros

- Free gym membership - Discounts on products, spa services, café items

Cons

- Members come first. And in this case, that means employees come last. Their Talent Operations model is 1st and foremost that everyone is replaceable. - Their culture over the years has become less and less of a team building environment, and they have combined roles to make 1 person do the job of 2. - Easy to get up to club management level, beyond that it becomes very much so all about who you know and whether you are shaking the right hands. Not at all about whether you are qualified.

Pros

Meet a lot of new people, decent pay, free gym membership

Cons

Management would gossip about employees in front of guests and didn't communicate well

Pros

Free membership Good for building customer service skills Good for building managing skills

Cons

Having to deal with a lot of angry members that treat you bad. Most of the members are friendly, but the ones that are bad are really bad and rude to staff.