Awful. Under paid. Over worked. Poorly treated. Exploited even. - Fitness Coach Virgin Active Employee Review

1.0
9 May 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

I work here for the free gym membership.

Cons

We get paid the same as the cleaners even though you need £1500 worth of qualifications to be a Fitness Coach - paid below the London minimum wage. One staff member on the gym floor at a time, radio is always broken and there are always fights breaking out on the gym floor so I feel very unsafe. No help from Service Managers when putting the weights away even though some of the weights weigh as much as I do. Expected to come in for training on our days off- UNPAID! If we refuse we get written warnings. Our gym alone made four million pound profit this year and they can't even pay us when we have to come in for mandatory training, it's disgusting!

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