Fun, good experience, but not for long - Personal Trainer Gold's Gym Employee Review

2.0
May 4, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Great co-workers Ability to make own hours Free to train clients uniquely; no restrictions on how we trained Free gym membership

Cons

Overworked and underpaid (had to work 6 days a week; only day off was during the week; got paid minimum wage for floor hours; would be at the gym for 6-7 hours, but only get paid for 3-4 due to lack of floor hours and time in between clients) Under-appreciated by management Unrealistic goal expectations (every other Wednesday, we were "required" to sell minimum $500 worth of training) Poor management (FM had favorites, some trainers were fed clients while others were given none; would call us out one by one during meetings to see how much we've sold on that day)

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5.0
Jan 23, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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
CEO approval
Business outlook

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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