Gold's Gym reviews

3.6

62% would recommend to a friend

(2,428 total reviews)
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Adam Zeitsiff

74% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

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
2.0
Feb 10, 2023
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

It's an ok place to get started as a trainer.

Cons

The company doesn't really do anything for trainers except limit what they charge, and then take a piece of it. Trainers need to do all of their own marketing and client hunting, and are basically on their own in all regards. Pay can be demoralizing, since you are only paid if you have a client training with you. This used to somewhat work: trainers could gain rank and increased pay levels (level 1, 2, or 3) by attaining specific certifications (all on their own dime), and if you hustled and put together enough hours then it is a feasible part time gig. However, the suits decided one day that they were going to change the pay structure to base trainer leveling on the number of clients a trainer maintains. As of the date of this review, trainers need to keep 55 sessions every two weeks in order to maintain level 3, and your sessions are counted in order to reassess your pay rate every 3 months. Ultimately, if any of your clients leave or go on vacation, there goes your pay , your pay rate, and your insurance if you had it in the first place. Additionally, all of the little jobs around the gym like cleaning, front desk work, or even doing your paperwork as a trainer have separate pay rates that you must specifically clock in and out of.

1.0
Feb 28, 2022
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

free membership to a crappy gym

Cons

i have a degree in child psych and had to fight for $9 an hr. its not worth it

1.0
Sep 7, 2019

Broken

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Work life Balance, good people that care.

Cons

Broken processes. Management buffer to ceo clueless. No identity or direction. Beyond repair. It’s really too bad, but there’s pure panic in the organization right now.

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