You pay to work at Gold's - Certified Personal Trainer Gold's Gym Employee Review

2.0
Feb 10, 2023
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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.

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5.0
Jan 23, 2026
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Pros

Free gym membership Discounted drinks, food, and merch Learn customer service skills and management style for gym organization

Cons

Lead time for broken equipment Dealing with difficult customers/finance issues

1.0
Jun 16, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Nothing. Do not even think its going to be good.

Cons

Everything. Company is using software from two decades ago. Their daily company meetings are pointless. The company is ran by juice heads who are only promoted because they been with the company for awhile, not because they excel and know how to train and develop people. They run through people like no tomorrow because the pay is under industry standard.

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