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Trying to get promoted within can vary depending on your team for the account you service. Leadership is not the greatest. HR isn’t the greatest,  as if a concern arises between employee’s they are on sided!!! If a concern does arise with a client, they are quick to punish the employee! Considering if actions come from the client, and are bottom line petty ones. Job security isn’t the greatest. Could loose your position within 3-6 months of starting, if client has budget cuts. Trying to promote to a bigger site with the same position, there will not be a pay raise. Considering if it’s a longer commute and heavier work load. The PWL I worked with was not supportive at all when concerns arose. Their support was growing weaker if more concerns occurred. Faced disrespect and from a direct report and no sort of disciplinary action was implemented. The company is strong in diversity and inclusion, but lacks it in upper or account management roles. Training for roles really isn’t provided from the company, or an employee manual. You’re basically thrown in and learn as you go. Depending on your client, you may be robotic when it comes to planning programs & events. Can’t use your own  creativity to create flyers, challenges, or programs. Causing burnout for participants.  Client might make it mandatory you earn a certain certification by a certain deadline. Otherwise, if not obtained could lead to termination. 

Typical day started out as puting laundry bags/ loops away in lockers, preping washers and dryers , picking up laundry baskets full of laundry, loading and unloading machines as needed cycling the laundry. inbetween folding enough towles to properly maintain the locker rooms.In afternoon cleaning exercise machines.

I learned more about my health , but not enough personal time to apply it to every day work appled it after my shift. You mostly work on your own. This job requires at least two full time people.You should be physically fit.Trying to get days off for the position is difficult.You typically need a two week to a month notice..

Management is constantly changing , difficult to adjust to new management. HR & management does not always help sometimes they make the job more difficult than it should be..Management does not help you if you have a physical health issue especially if your poverty. It my be difficult to afford medical care even though they have insurance coverage.No sympithy.

co-workers were nice.

hardest part
Job is rough, alot of work, physically demanding.Non stop, cannot sit and rest management does not help you if your falling behind. I'ts not a job for only one individual to handle. Like i did all of the time on my shift, when i did get help it was very minimal. It was still on your shoulders. Also products come in on large pallets once every couple months very large and heavy I would not recamend for a woman.

The most enjoyable part is if management doesn't micro manage you, you might actually like the job. if your left alone.To actually work and stop adding more work on your plate.

	Designed, produced and implemented print, trade show & web based communications & operational materials including: 
–	sales presentations, proposals, feasibility studies, due diligence reports, white papers
–	logos, stationary, brochures, flyers, advertisements, signage,
–	operational training manuals
–	client lists, business profiles and corporate communications
•	Effectively managed outside resources (i.e. advertising & marketing firms, vendors, suppliers, & print companies)
•	Supported internal customers at corporate headquarters, 156 Corporate and Hospital Fitness Centers across the US, and a sales team of fifteen, with creative cost effective marketing materials, and administrative support
•	Produced packaged and delivered over 60 sales proposals and exhibits, per year on deadline
•	Prepared proposal materials, including gathering, verifying, and formatting proposal information
•	Procured and maintained corporate stationary, business development materials and marketing collateral inventory
•	Collected and updated content in client lists, business profiles, and marketing collateral
•	Assembled sales, and business development materials such as brochures, presentations, articles, mailings, etc
•	Maintained physical corporate library, and electronic sales and marketing archives
•	Created and managed databases to track clients, employees, materials and projects
•	Collaborated with management to develop company web site
•	Routinely performed software tech support and administrative duties
•	Supervised logistics, procured, packed, and shipped tradeshow booth and materials to multiple remote locations
•	Managed corporate identity and adherence to style and formats.


This is a company with clear potential, but significant management challenges create a difficult work environment, which explains the high turnover.

The Positives:
There are some bright spots. The senior manager is approachable, communicative, and seems to genuinely care. The pay is generally considered okay for the role.

The Challenges:
Unfortunately, the daily experience is heavily dependent on the Program Manager, and it's a major point of frustration. The core issues include:

· Micromanagement: There is a severe lack of autonomy. Every single move is scrutinized, creating a culture of anxiety where you can never feel truly confident in your work.
· Lack of Transparency & Unfair Policies: Decision-making often feels illogical and inconsistent. Policies are not applied uniformly, seeming to target those who are less favored.
· Communication Silos: Management communicates updates selectively, creating a significant information gap between "preferred" employees and the rest of the site. This fosters a divisive "in-group/out-group" dynamic.
· Reactive Workload: The workload isn't based on clear objectives, but often on the fallout from poor team management, making it unpredictable and stressful.

Advice to Management:
This company would benefit immensely from investing in consistent, fair, respectful and transparent leadership training for its mid-level managers. Establishing clear, company-wide communication channels and applying policies uniformly would dramatically improve morale and reduce turnover.


One of the most significant challenges during my time with this company was the lack of effective and respectful leadership from direct management. Employee concerns were consistently disregarded, and communication was often dismissive rather than collaborative. I was spoken down to on multiple occasions and reprimanded without constructive dialogue or context.

There were instances where I was accused of performance-related issues without any evidence or documentation, and I was not given the opportunity or support to address or resolve these concerns. This created a work environment that felt both unfair and unsupportive.

Despite being rarely onsite, management maintained a micromanaging approach that undermined trust and autonomy. Team dynamics suffered as issues were handled individually rather than through open, team-wide discussions, fostering division instead of unity.

Perhaps most discouragingly, I was told that I am overpaid for my role. This comment not only undervalued my contributions but also sent a clear message that there was no path for growth or development within the organization. It is difficult to remain motivated and engaged in an environment where leadership devalues both employee input and potential.

I hope this feedback is taken seriously, as these management practices are not only detrimental to employee morale but also to overall team performance and retention.

Moral is very low within the team. Most of the team feels very burnt out from being over worked and underpaid. There is no "real" professional on-boarding process. A learn as you go a long the way type of structure. Which ultimately leaves you feeling lost and confused from the beginning. 

There is a lot of traveling back & forth between different sites. Handling a plethora of issues for employees.  

Business is handled remotely via phone and email. You don't have the ability to walk to someone's office and get something handled. Once you place the call or send the email your in a "waiting period" until the individual you have communicated with responds to you. Which can leave you "high and dry" because of the pressing issues that need to be resolved. 

The manager does not provide clear direction on how to handle things because most of the time she does not know. The main concern is satisfying the client. While the people on the front end (benefit advocates) are left feeling unappreciated and over worked.

The benefits offered by the company is another con about this position. One of your primary job duties is to educate and help employees navigate their awesome benefits plan. While your benefits package is one of the worst.

As health fitness professional at entry level, you will do everything:
open, close, train, teach classes, do advertising and health promotions, incentive programs/ marketing, front desk, member sales and other enrollment duties, some locations you will fold towels or do laundry, cleaning, etc. Each site is completely different (may be different company and culture at each location) and your work/life balance, management, shifts, work day will all be contingent on that.  Some sites have as few as 2 workers, some have over 10. Whether you are a mule or a stallion, is up to you; you need to be self-motivated and able to operate with a high level of autonomy and flexibility.   

Compared to a lot of jobs being offered at entry level, this offers far more stability than working in commercial fitness. It's not a hard core sales position; it's more oriented to customer services . It's a great job fresh out of college or during your last year or two. It's a perfect job for a graduate student, as it is encouraged that you advance yourself. They give a little tuition reimbursement, but not a lot of certification money overall.  However; they do give you a lot of resources to educate and access to gain CEC's using different online tools and that depends on what certs you already have. 

Hardest part of the job is leaving that stability. Most enjoyable part of job is being able to have diversity.

The job is like any corporate wellness/fitness job. You do some administrative work, maybe train and or teach classes. You fold/roll a lot of towels. Pay is pretty low compared to other corporate fitness companies. The organization I'm contracted with has been with three different wellness companies and I must admit Health fitness is handling the contract poorly. Since health fitness took the contract over by acquiring the previous wellness company, turnover has been high and employee morale has been in the gutter. You can be one of the top selling trainers and the members absolutely love you, yet it means nothing if your attendance is not up to their standards. Their attendance policy is very strict and they will terminate those who have excessive unexcused absences or tardiness. The claim that the person's attendance affects the team but what really affects the team in a negative way is when they terminate good employees when the contract is already understaffed. 
If you value job security and advancement I strongly suggest you apply to another company. I have worked for multiple corporate fitness companies and Health Fitness is by far the worst. 

I have worked for this company on 2 separate occasions, both negative experiences. First, I was hired at an Aquatics Center to create and grow their personal training services.  After 3 months, I had to cut my losses because the Manager would not move forward with anything!  I came in multiple times to the gym being closed, without any communication from the rest of the staff. 

Most recently, I had the worst experience with another Program Manager. I was told I was doing a great job the entire time there, but as soon as I gave my two week's notice for a new opportunity, the Manager tells me I have no respect for them or the job, intentionally sabotaged the job, didn't give enough notice (even though I gave 2 weeks), and that I went about leaving the "wrong" way, whatever that is supposed to mean...the most unprofessional way a Manager has ever spoken to me. I stuck up for myself and in doing so, I became enemy #1 to the staff and was given the silent treatment for my last couple of weeks there. After going through this, I wouldn't recommend this company to anyone, especially this location in particular. I am utterly disgusted by how the end of my time there was handled. 

In this position I am able to do short nutritional counseling sessions with corporate employees of different companies. We go over their cholesterol levels, triglycerides, glucose and blood pressure levels. I already know what levels are manageable, so it is a good feeling to be able to explain to people what helps if their levels are too high or too low. I enjoy educating people on trying to cultivate healthier lifestyles for themselves. The management and co-workers are typically good. Sometimes I think the management stresses themselves out over small things, like when people walk-in to the health fairs and they are not scheduled, it messes their schedule up of when we will take breaks or when we will end our screenings. The hardest part of the job is probably dealing with how fast or slow others are working. Some people are not as efficient with their time as others. The most enjoyable part of the job is the one on one nutritional counseling sessions I get to do.

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