Life Time Fitness Employer Reviews

I had worked with Lifetime back in 1998 and the atmosphere and quality of life was much better. I enjoyed training, I enjoyed the clients and watching them reach their goals. After, returning to Lifetime, I found that it did not match my lifestyle and my family's morals.

Going into work always gave me a chance to help someone grow into a stronger and more knowledgeable person. I myself learned new ways to promote learning and a healthy way of life in other people, everyday. Management and co-workers were always supportive of my decisions and allowed me to do my job to the best of my abilities.

The hardest part of my – more... job was making the decision to leave it after making so many connections with the people within our community which was the most enjoyable part of my job. – less

I loved the job description when I was hired by Lifetime Fitness. I got to work with kids and got a free membership. A basic day was rotating back and forth between four rooms: the front, middle, baby and back. The front room was where you watched children, where the computers and the arts/crafts were and where you checked children in. The middle room – more... was where many toddlers played and the back room was where most of the older children were. The baby room was for infants from 3 months to a year. I liked the job at first but started to then realize how poor Lifetime Fitness treated their employees. There were only two women that had been at the childcare center for awhile and both had never gotten a raise, except when they became Supervisors and their pay went from $8 an hour up to $9. The pay was extremely poor and if you couldn't find anyone who could cover your shift (which was hard to do) you had to come in. Even if you were deathly sick which was unfair to the workers as well as the children. Many times I also had more kids then I could watch by myself. (Once I had four month old twins that were preemies and then nine other kids.) I liked the job description but not how I was treated as an employee. – less

free gym membership. Fun and casual environment. Long hours/low pay.

I started at 5:30 a.m. to open for food and beverage cooked food from scratch did most prep work needed such as dressings,sauces,salads sandwiches etc. I did learn some good idea's like gluten free diets ,vegan ,vegetarian what they really meant. the management was always turning over and went from bad to worse, my co-workers for the most part were – more... really nice good workers. the hardest part of job was management because of they could do no wrong even thought you would see it happen. the fitness members were the most enjoyable part of my job – less

This is a good progressive company to work for. It keeps you constantly engaged in the business and customer focus.

DONT DO IT, NO PAY, THE ONLY GOOD THING IS THE FREE MEMBERSHIP

The work is exactly what you'd expect going into the job. The management is very good, and it is easy to get along with both customers and coworkers. There are some great benefits like getting to use their amazing gym anywhere across the country. The hardest part can be dealing with the sun on a constant basis, or lengthy stints on the lifeguard stand – more... with minimal breaks. – less

I worked in the child care center at the shelby, Mi LTF. The dept. head was horrible. He played favorites, overworked the hardworking employees, and railroaded everyone! The pay is minimum wage and you are not guaranteed your hours because whether they need you or not is based on the number of kids. The corporate culture was horrid. The turnover was – more... great in the entire club. Definitely a great place to work out but not to work at. – less

I really enjoy what I do at Lifetime. Very people focus organization to help everyone do the best they can do.

I really enjoyed my fellow employees and liked the facility. They payed minimum wage and getting a raise was almost an impossible struggle for those who tried. The turn over was the most I had ever seen at any job! They really took advantage of a lot of good hard working people. I only did this part time for a year but the people who were there 50plus – more... hours a week making the place run were truly walked all over by higher management and corporate! – less

Management was definitely so-so. NIce people though. The pay was definitely minimum wage but getting paid to tan isn't all bad.

A day at Lifetime Fitness involves a lot of smiling/cleaning/getting yelled at/some more smiling/having great conversations with members/and feeling like you work in a totalitarian state.

Any place you work at that has customers will by definition have some truly terrible people walking through the door, but those people are easy to get over (put on – more... your big girl panties and deal with it).
However Lifetime Fitness has some truly awful people EMPLOYED in the company. I've heard horror stories from other clubs, and until recently I dismissed those stories as hogwash and nonsense.

The management at my particular club is dishonest and cutthroat. We received a new General Manager after the previous one (darn good man, best of luck to him) was promoted within the company. After three months it is safe to say that the new GM is a terrible fit for an upper management position. I understand that I'm just a lowly supervisor within the company, but I'm constantly getting left out of the loop on things that I can change immediately.

For example: Had a fairly light snow not too long ago. The floors in the lobby were a little wet so I grabbed mats to prevent people from slipping in the lobby's atrium. (The rest of the lobby (indeed the rest of the club) has winter carpet down in order to minimize messes and to prevent mishaps). The next day I received an email from my Department Head who had received an email from the GM that wet floor signs should have been posted. The GM walked right by me the night of the snow and said not one thing about it.

That could be his management style, but frankly it is awful and demeaning.

Also I've become aware of far too many stupid things that my own DH does. This DH sends her team members her email and passwords so that her team can do her job, refusal to do so results in employment termination. HR doesn't do a darn thing about it. And she got promoted a few months back! Unbelievable....

Also the way that Lifetime has approached its lower level staff has been very confrontational, I was informed that half of my 'guys' would be fired within the next six months for failure to meet 'The Lifetime Way'. Most of my guys deserve to be reprimanded for an occasional slip-up, but employment termination is certainly extreme.

The corporate mandates are silly and often make my job harder to do, and my DH's unwillingness to perform her darn job is infuriating.

This doesn't even count the personal stuff the lady lets in the club. She is 50 yo and her boyfriend comes into the club and screams at her. Real professional.

In short this company strives to be something great but its personnel decisions for anyone Department Head level on up seem to be truly hit or miss.

Makes me miss my old janitorial job from time to time. – less

Typical day included accounting reconciliation, processing all membership changes, ongoing coaching of team members and ensuring members had a great experience. I further developed my human resource skills pertaining to hiring, interviewing and training. The hardest part of the job was at times times management. The most enjoyable part of the job was – more... building relationships with the members. – less

I loved working there because I was always around people and talking to them. I made tons of friends with employees and members. I learn a lot about personal health and fitness. I enjoyed working from the morning to mid afternoon and then working out after work.

Life Time provided me with an excellent space to be myself and foster relationships with people every day. A typical day was reviewing previous days results with team, formulating a plan for the current day and setting up the next day for success. We did this by making phones calls, sending emails, speaking with current members and guests in the facility – more... and outreach outside of the facility through personal and professional referrals. I learned the true meaning of hard work and perseverance because I worked for 100% commission. The hardest part of my job was trying to juggle all the demands of the job in the time that I was there. Work/Life balance was a struggle and the biggest downside to the job and working for Life Time Fitness. I enjoyed my co-workers and members the most. They truly made coming to work each day worth the drive to work. – less

Be clear. If your goal is to gain experience within Wellness Nutrition and a client base for perhaps your own business (think internship), this may be a good fit. After a chunk of months it will (like an internship) run it's course. An RD requires a base pay, which the structure is not a base pay. It is a commission job, after training.

I was able to help the people "members" I worked with.
I learned an awful lot about nutrition.
Absent management. Asisstant Department Heads were more worried about their sales than training theor team and being their to deal with issues that might arise.
Good group of people I worked with. I felt like they cared about their members "clents" wanted – more... a full time department head.
Numbers, Numbers.
Making a difference and giving people a great member experience. – less

I was able to help the people "members" I worked with.
I learned an awful lot about nutrition.
Absent management. Asisstant Department Heads were more worried about their sales than training theor team and being their to deal with issues that might arise.
Good group of people I worked with. I felt like they cared about their members "clents" wanted – more... a full time department head.
Numbers, Numbers.
Making a difference and giving people a great member experience. – less

You work set shifts at LTF, but you are very free to expand on those hours. It's not necessarily encouraged to work more than 40 hours per week, but your management appreciates when you grow your business. The people you meet are always interesting and unique, which is fun because you always get to think about what you're doing and it doesn't feel like – more... a repetitive job.

Your co-workers are all in the same journey that you are to build up clientele and so everyone bonds together. You won't find a lot of sympathy, but nobody is a dog eating your lunch either.

Without question the most difficult aspect of your job is to build up enough clients to be able to make a worthy paycheck. To make a paycheck that's really worth the time and effort you've put into educating yourself, you need about 25 hours of clients a week at a minimum. You only have members of the club to find those clients, and while management consistently tells you how many members there are in the club, finding the ones that want help, need help, and have the means to afford you as a trainer are definitely few and far between. If you can handle generating leads and can close the sales aspect of the job, you will succeed. If you are uncomfortable with the sales aspect of the job, you are definitely going to struggle. – less