Bouldering Project Reviews

3.4

55% would recommend to a friend

(27 total reviews)

Trever Ackerman

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22% positive business outlook

Bouldering Project has an employee rating of 3.4 out of 5 stars, based on 27 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Bouldering Project employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Personal consumer services industry (3.6 stars).

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27 reviews
2.0
1 Aug 2022

Gaslighting leadership, terrible hiring decisions

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Some of the people are great to work with, the clients are all very positive.

Cons

Terrible pay. Management in the gym gaslights their employees. they don't care about treating employees like people, only how to maximize employee productivity and "member experience" so they can see a bigger profit. The new GM doesn't know how to listen to anyone when they tell him his unicorn ideas aren't actually feasible with the manpower available. Corporate headquarters uses woke language to pretend to be progressive while using incredibly exploitative hiring and employment practices.

1.0
22 Oct 2025
Recommend
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Pros

the climbing community is a perk

Cons

management doesn't focus on upward mobility or growth, bad communication skills, micromanaging, lack of representation for BIPOC and queer individuals. Just don't waste your time. The community is amazing, just climb. Do not work here.

2.0
23 Feb 2024
Recommend
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Pros

The people in the gym are fantastic, from the setters to the front desk to the instructors. The schedule is relatively flexible (though be prepared to work lots of overtime and be essentially on call if you are a salaried employee) The company is fairly inclusive.

Cons

Low transparency—decisions are made at the corporate level with very little real input from staff. The pay is minimum wage for youth programs instructors and front desk employees, and the company does not provide merit-based increases to those employees when minimum wage goes up. Salaried employees make the minimum amount that can legally be paid without paying them for overtime. Constant pivoting—every month or two there is a new initiative or core focus or software to utilize without a lot of transparency, preparation, or follow through from the central corporate team, which continues to undergo massive personnel changes with little to no explanation or announcement. General managers are so wildly overworked that HR issues and many projects fall through the cracks and lead to poor follow-through and low support. Strong anti-union messaging from General Managers and above. Incredibly high turnover.

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