Good place - Head Trainer X Shadyside Employee Review

Upper management was always trying to help you further your knowledge and career. Working as a personal trainer, it is hard to get a full schedule and keep it. X Shadyside helped you any way they could to make your schedule full and give you creative ideas for your clients.

There was some broken equipment but that is the same at many gyms. When I worked there, many clients were frustrated about classes getting moved around/canceled.

The staff seemed friendly enough at first, and just like most gyms the clients were great and eager to learn

The work environment eventually became toxic. The owners are extremely harsh and if you are not one of the trainers who have been there for years, you get treated like crap. They do not help or provide clients in any meaningful way, and often make business-related promises they are unable to keep. They also enforce a dress code policy on the trainers even if they are not on the clock. It is ridiculous to be asked to leave or change when in the middle of a workout because of what you are wearing, even though those same standards are not enforced on clientele or female employees.