massage therapist

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front desk agent

sales associate

spa associate

LaVida Massage

I gave 4 years of my life to this job, I went in bright eyed and bushy tailed ready to give it my all, 100%, and gained nothing in return. This job beat me down. No benefits like health insurance or a 401K, no raises, and was told when I asked for one to work more hours or upsell more product. No opportunity to move up. Management was super clicky, if you brown nosed you were their best friend if not you were their enemy. The work environment stressed me out! I found myself coming in angry ready to fight all the time. Managers often had their “favorites” who could do no wrong, and those people knew they could get away with being lazy. The ones who worked hard, stayed after cleaned up, and stocked. They never got noticed for it. As a massage therapist you know what you are capable of doing, when your body has reached it's limit. Even after setting a schedule you were comfortable with you were constantly asked to pick up more days or hours or they would schedule you back to back to squeeze in as many clients as they could.  
The few things I loved about the job was my clients, so many sweet people coming threw there. They understood how hard I worked and would tip well. Also I often got along great with my fellow co-workers. We would sometimes go out to eat after a long work day and relax they made it a blast. And I'll deeply miss them and my clients. 

20 per massage, no 20 per 75 mins. Expect to have your head filled with lies about how she is the best pays the most. No she pays per massage, my starting pay was 20 a client, seems outstanding. Look beyond that, I worked 8 hrs days but only booked max 6.5 hr worth of actual work, they say 75 minutes for each client with 55 mins of hands on. Toward the end of my time there is was only doing 5.5 hrs worth of work in an 8 hrs day, averaged out to 13.75 an hour. She DOESNT pay for no shows, she charges 25 for a no show but you do not see any of that.  She expects you to not take a break for lunch and moans when you want one.  Or she will put it at the end of your day so you are working non stop.....Ish. she CHARGES you if you do not do S.O.A.P notes. The place is nasty dirty, dust everywhere. She always tell everyone how broke she is. She doesn't value her staff at all, she see us as a dime a dozen. The esthetics room is not even up to state code bc she doesn't want to fork out the money to make it such.  She thinks bc she pays 20 an massage you owe her everything.  It takes 4 months to get anything accomplished. Horrible to the clients if she doesn't like them.  Her management doesn't want to deal with anything so her famous line is "not my problem" DOESNT PAY FOR TRAINING, AT ALL. IT'S AGAINST THE LAW. She is a piece of work thays for sure

I actually loved working here for the years I was in college. The owner is an incredibly generous person who genuinely seems like he cares about the well-being of his staff. I was given several decent pay increases basically every 6 months. 
I worked at 4-6 different LaVida Massage locations and it was a very easy, relaxed job (aside from really busy times like holidays). Generally, the shifts consists of checking people in & out, answering phones/VM, opening/closing of the store duties, confirming appts, selling packages and upselling. Holidays are the busiest times with people coming in to buy/use gift cards, but generally the clients are patient and nice. Only a handful of times I had to deal with mad people. 
When I worked here, the schedule was M-F 9AM-9PM, Sat-Sun 10AM-6PM. Usually broken into two different shifts per day; 9-3, 3-9. 
A good 70% of my shift I was easily able to do my school work, while still able to do the job duties. And because it’s a franchise that has separate owners for different locations, any “huge client issue” can just get passed off to HR lol.
Few negatives I can think of are the actual benefits (they sucked) and people calling in alot and having to work lots of doubles (9-9 shifts)

All-in-all, awesome place to work for college students, or just someone who needs some side money🤷‍♀️


LaVida is a great place to work at with the workflow, responsibility and duty. It's more than a receptionist job, it's pretty much a sales job to get people to sign up for memberships to compensate for the amount of money being put out for advertisement. High customer service skills is required with the amount of face to face interaction and time spent on the phone.

The only gripe I had with the place is my manager, she was condescending, unprofessional and talked to me in a shaming way.

Training is not paid for until 90 days afterwards, which is unfortunate. There are no lunch breaks since the receptionist is the only person at the front.

A typical day for the spa duties include: assigning rooms to the massage therapists, scheduling appts, taking payments, keeping up with cleanliness of each massage room, counting the cash drawer and front petty cash, scanning intake forms and answering the phone.

Although my employment there was short lived, I did learn a lot with front desk skills that usually aren't dished out unless you have a degree of some sort. Which is probably why the position starts at minimum wage. 

This place is a great way to start any front desk career or sales. Just wish it had better management.

I have been working here since December 2017 and have seen a change in ownership.
The new owners have experience in the field of health care and are efficient in running a business. I have been pleasantly surprised at how busy the center stays even during summer when people are generally not receiving as much massage.
The management team understands that what is best for the therapist, is going to be what is best for the whole center. They offer all the tools we need to be successful and truly listen to us when we communicate what our needs are. 

The benefits are great as well. We get PTO, supplemental insurance, CEU compensation, as well as discounts and a free monthly massage. 
Performance reviews and raises are done semi-annually.
The environment as a whole is very friendly. There is no competition between therapist. 
The break room is awesome! Plenty of room for everybody and there is a small kitchenette! 
This is the third place I have worked at as a massage therapist and it is by far the most understanding and successful.

I cannot say enough good things about the franchise owners of LaVida Massage, Johns Creek, GA location.

I have been in the healing arts for 21 years & I have NEVER worked with individuals so ethical and upstanding.

The entire year and a half that I was employed I had schedule changes and things come up personally that forced me to care for my body and my family, working less than I really wanted to. 
They were always understanding and accommodating, promoting self-care for all the staff and helped all of us with a healthy life / family / work balance with a very professional approach.

They were always fair in scheduling and always cared for their staff first as opposed to a focus on profit.
They are respectful to the therapists and never try to push anyone into a state of burn-out or over-working. 

This team has a great approach and focuses on quality rather than quantity and it shows in their consistent repeat clientele, membership and following. I would gladly work here again if I had the chance.

I started work at Lavida a year and a half ago, and couldn't be more happy with my decision to stay. The therapists are all friendly, extremely knowledgeable and happy. There is ZERO drama, which is a huge change from other predominantly female work places. Full time employees have full benefits, free massages, employee discounts, PTO, paid CEUS. We do things together as a team and family, and i honestly enjoy coming to work each day. A little show of morale here: Last year, I was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. We only had supplemental insurance at the time. The owner cares about his employees so much, that he went out of his way to get us all full medical, dental and vision insurance, with an AMAZING deductible and very little cost to us. He really is as hands on as possible, doesn't micro manage, and loves each employee. Our front desk staff is AMAZING with the clients, and we've got the COOLEST clients ever. A lot of them will stay half hour after the massage to talk to us, bring us little gifts, and tip super well. I couldn't be more blessed with a job and team that I love!! HIGHLY recommend!

Owner/manager is very rude and intimidating. You ask a question about anything you forget (after extremely minimal and pressured job training) and you get an irritated and annoyed response. No respect from her. If you try to give a two week notice she tells you she “accepts your resignation as of today” and asks you to turn in your keys and uniform the next day. They have about a 2 week turn around I was only there for about 4 months before I couldn’t take the disrespect. You’re constantly asked to come in before store hours even if you’re not working for meetings where she will ask for opinions and help then will not take what anyone says into consideration. It’s very poorly run and workers are always stressed. The other workers are very kind and helpful and patient but the manager makes it NOT worth it.

It's wonderful work environment. Management respects therapists working here allowing us to be therapist first without sales quotas, extra housekeeping duties or overbearingly tight time demands. The 15 minute switchover between sessions makes for a relaxed therapist when the next client arrives! The front desk staff works to understand what we do and find the appropriate therapist to best meet the client's expectations. Usually, they keep my schedule full - mostly with clients seeking the type of therapy I love to do. On the downside, the company offers no benefits like paid vacation, health insurance, 401k plans, etc. Management does bring in outside agents to assist employees in meeting these goals. And the 15-minute switchover does reduce your potential sessions and hence potential income. They do provide free lotions, sheets, and reimburse for License renewal and CEUs

I was a receptionist for about a month and the other ladies were very nice to me and tried teaching me their very unintuitive check out/scheduling system. The owner was probably the meanest person I’ve ever met and made me cry multiple times for simple mistakes while I was training. The owner has an “I’m better than you because I grew up filthy rich” vibe and was a terror to me. The pay (at the time) was below min wage during training the rose a bit above after that. You only got a “”bonus”” if you upsold ENOUGH people on items/services they didn’t want or need, which was like 20 people a week. They also gave me the graveyard shifts so the other workers wouldn’t have to do that anymore, when they knew I was uncomfortable leaving at 10-11 pm at night in Seattle by myself. Overall, terrible place to work as a receptionist if you value your work/life balance and sanity.  

Top Job Titles	Average Salary
Massage therapist 42 salaries reported	$44.87 per hour
Esthetician 7 salaries reported	$32.64 per hour
Front desk agent 2 salaries reported	$19.00 per hour
Sales associate 2 salaries reported	$14.00 per hour
Spa associate 5 salaries reported	$13.00 per hour

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