Pros
Worthy mission of improving women's health with exercise & healthy nutrition programs. Wonderful co-workers & members. Members get fast, efficient systems for reasonable dues. Locations are individually owned. Most owners & staff have altruistic motives: want to do good for women. A great training ground for running a business. Curves International has excellent marketing and training materials available to the clubs. Many owners are former staff or members.
Cons
Too much competition from big, cheap, overcrowded gyms means about 70% of Curves owners are just breaking even or are losing $ every month. So pay is low & anxiety high with worry that your club will go out of business. Curves International had a good thing, but then got greedy & put too many franchises too close together. When a location closes, CI tries to collect thousands to tens of thousand of $ in lost future royalties. If owners had that kind of money, would not have gone out of business in first place. Eventually most owners & managers get overwhelmed & exhausted from long hours & anxiety caused by mountains of debt.