4.0
Apr 1, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Flexible working hours, constantly varied work days
Cons
Early morning and late nights = Split shift
CrossFit Reviews
3.9
73% would recommend to a friend
57% positive business outlook
CrossFit has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 90 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there.
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Apr 1, 2025
2.0
Feb 18, 2016
Not the dream-job you think it is.
Former employee, more than 1 year
Scotts Valley, CA
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
Benefits: 100% free medical and dental (no vision) PPO, HSA / FSA options. instant-vest 401K, with 100% match up to 5% of annual pay. $1000 gift card for your Birthday, and $500 gift card for Christmas (Both are income, and you will pay taxes on them) Free stuff / discounts: 40% Discount to Reebok. Free seminar attendance. (usually) 1 free pair of shoes at the games, plus a small gift bag from Reebok, usually some shirts and shorts. Free protein, gum, and good coffee in the Scotts Valley office. Work Life Balance: Great people to work around - Everyone loves CrossFit. Working too hard is seen as a negative, so a pretty liberal work-life balance. Fully stocked gym on site in Scotts Valley.
Cons
Its owned by ONE man, and ONE man only. -Greg Glassman owns the company. There is no board, no empowered COO. Employees chase lots of shiny objects for no reason. -You will never get any kind of bonus, or equity. -Career advancement is non-existent unless you are a CrossFit OG - or a personal friend / spouse of senior management. Business Stuff: -HR in general is pretty ineffective, and usually focus more on trying not to get the Company sued, and less on taking care of the employees. -It is a very Male-Driven culture. 'Male-Anatomy' drawn all over the walls, a general disrespect of women is rampant. 'Fraternization' between very senior members of the company and their staff is common. Management: -Senior employees in the company are generally poor managers, and have very little skill at managing employees. -Middle managers aren't given any training, and generally lack any skill at personnel, fiscal, and time management. -Management in general is perfectly happy to hire someone based on their love of CrossFit and burn them out while they discover how dysfunctional the company is. -For SKILLED employees, (People with a degree, previous experience in a field, etc) pay is substandard and wages are uncompetitive. -Employees without normally marketable skills (interns, helpdesk, 'generic workers') they are paid better than competitive for entry level work, making it hard to leave. -For all employees, training and career progression are completely ignored. -A 'weed and feed' mentality on employee turnover. Rounds of layoffs every 18-24 months like clockwork as the company overspends without corresponding growth.
2.0
Mar 16, 2016
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook
Pros
What the company stands for is great and something anyone would want to get behind, who wouldn't want to create a healthier future. There are some great opportunities to travel.
Cons
The IT side moves at a sails pace, everything takes years longer than it should (this is no exaggeration). Management is a joke. Getting a raise is a joke. There is no opportunity to grow, you will sit in your same position or move laterally, while "favorites" will get positions they are not even qualified to do. They constantly hire under qualified wives/girlfriends husbands/boyfriends of employees.
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