Does Gold's Gym pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Gold's Gym employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Gold's Gym. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Gold's Gym?

62% of Gold's Gym employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Gold's Gym 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.5 for culture and values and 3.1 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Gold's Gym?

Personal Trainer (327) , Front Desk Associate (167) , Front Desk Receptionist (101) , Fitness Consultant (82) , Front Desk (75) , General Manager (66) , Certified Personal Trainer (59) , Sales Associate (49) , Manager (42) , Trainer (38) , Group Fitness Instructor (36) , Kids Club Associate (32) , Customer Service Representative (31) , Operations Manager (30) , Sales Manager (30)

What are the pros of working at Gold's Gym according to real employee reviews?

"Meet great people and develop decent sales skills" ((in 123 reviews)); "It is very friendly and flexible hours for full time students" ((in 83 reviews)); "It is an extremely clean gym with a great staff and everything you could possibly need." ((in 77 reviews)); "Coworkers are great and supportive." ((in 59 reviews)); "Good work environment and professionals around you." ((in 52 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Gold's Gym according to real employee reviews?

"Low pay and very part time work" ((in 243 reviews)); "poor management and long work hours" ((in 206 reviews)); "No benefits and the hours can be long" ((in 72 reviews)); "Managers do not care if you have more kids than you can handle." ((in 47 reviews)); "I was recruitEd as health and fitness instructor and after 3 months they started forcing for personal training clients." ((in 43 reviews))

What are employees saying about Gold's Gym layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Gold's Gym layoffs and their outlook for job security at Gold's Gym in 2026.

Gold's Gym reviews

3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(2,428 total reviews)

Adam Zeitsiff

74% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Culture & values

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.1

Senior management

3.1

Career opportunities

2.9

Compensation and benefits

Gold's Gym has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 2,428 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Gold's Gym employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Artes y entretenimiento industry (3.9 stars).

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2K reviews

3.0

May 10, 2017

General Manager

General manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Golds gym is the authority of fitness, I truly believed that while working for the company. On paper, it stands for something and I was proud of that. I made a lot of money, grew professionally and personally and met some great people during my tenure with Golds.

Cons

My regional support team was/is very unethical and did not handle situations in a professional, lawful way. They played favorites and some individuals were racist, sexists and plain ignorant. This is not a company that supports forward thinking, live by the brand, young people. It's very unfortunate when success cannot be spread between everyone. Also, the new COO is taking the company down a dark, dark path and it's sad because again, I love Golds Gym. It's seems as if there is something going on (a possible sell) and it's not being communicated with the field.

1.0

Aug 19, 2016

Sales

Fitness consultant

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

a comp Gym membership since the prices for one are outrageous. Greed's gym buys out the competition in the area and raises membership rates but can't give the employees a .50 cent raise.

Cons

Lack of any decent management for starters. Unrealistic goals in sales and poor compensation when achieved. It will never be good enough you could do five things right and they'd find another ten to pick at you on. We bust our butt to make this company thousands so they can give you bread crumbs and table scraps. Manager literally made things up and exaggerated things to write me up twice. This company could care less about any of the people that make them all their money. It is all about the paper here at Greed's Gym. Numerous workers here have gone to HR about shady practices that go on here at the gym and not one thing has been done about it. The owners care more about putting $100,000 dollar paintings on their wall instead of in the pockets of those who've slaved to make them all the money.

3.0

May 30, 2015

Assistant General Manager

Sales manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

-Great Training For New Hires -With Improved Senior Leadership company could grow

Cons

-Lack interest in fresh ideas for growth -Watched them burn thru multiple solid GMs with poor senior mngt

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