TRX Training Reviews

2.7

39% would recommend to a friend

(80 total reviews)
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JACK DALY

Not enough data to show CEO approval

45% positive business outlook

TRX Training has an employee rating of 2.7 out of 5 stars, based on 80 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The TRX Training employee rating is 30% below average for employers within the Arts, entertainment and recreation industry (3.9 stars).

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1.0
25 July 2015

Lift Your Better to Another Company

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Most of what needs to be shared about TRX has already been expressed in other reviews. The pro’s are centered around a great product and a young passionate staff. Access to fitness classes on site, free coffee and occasional happy hours are all nice, but these perks have become the bare minimum standards in most SF based businesses and hardly justify mention. The cubicles are filled with hard working, positive people despite the challenges presented by top level leadership year after year.

Cons

Ultimately every company is a reflection of its highest level leadership and TRX is no exception. The CEO has built and continues to support a dysfunctional culture based on blame, fear and lack of top-down responsibility. For years TRX has struggled and failed to build or achieve an annual plan because rather than incorporating valuable input from the men and women who are working to make the company a success, the CEO and his male dominant Executive inner-circle push down unrealistic and unachievable targets resulting in chronic misses, staggering turnover, annual layoffs and unpaid bonuses. Great corporate performance requires great leadership and this simply does not exist at the highest levels within the walls of TRX.

2.0
26 Mar 2018

Be cautious

Recommend
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Pros

-Affordable health benefits -Friendly and welcoming employees -Great daily perks (employees can work out at 1pm every day in a staff TRX class; showers available; kitchen stocked with sensible food, ability to cook, make smoothies, etc.)

Cons

-Cutthroat management -Your voice does not matter; if you don't agree with everything, regardless of your experience and intelligence, you will be booted. -Company is looking to expand and grow by bringing in staff from a competing, successful franchise. -my manager had limited leadership experience and operated solely as a manager not a leader, with a "my way, or the highway" power trip mentality where employees' pleas and requests for an environment more conducive to productivity are completely ignored ; beyond reasonable expectations of new staff with more maturity, life experience, and years in the industry; Expected all staff to be able to work well in less than acceptable working conditions with very little to no training (this doesn't work for everyone; it's not a one size fits all approach, and an experienced, good leaders would recognize this). -Very difficult to be fully productive and send out a quota of personalized sales emails to leads and clients while standing just feet away from a loud group exercise environment and constant front desk interruptions and other tasks that need to be attended to while on shift. -Manager expects you to be able to multitask and still perform each task at 100%, but we all know from the research that has been done, that this is not possible. -I quit a full time, stable position to work here as I was offered opportunity for growth, and was let go after just two weeks when I asked for a meeting with the new manager for us to work together to come up with solutions regarding the work environment, with no opportunity to do this, since their "mind was made up." Very disappointing experience and treatment from a company and product that I have been an ambassador for, for over a decade. -If commuting into the city, the nearest BART station is 1.5 miles away so you'd have to take a bus from the station, or drive in and pay $13-$15 per day to park in a garage nearby; street parking is metered and has a 2 hour time limit.

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TRX Training Response
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We appreciate your candid feedback and apologize for your disappointing experience during your time here. We take your concerns seriously and want to inform you that since August 2022, we have implemented new management to address several of these issues. Our focus is on improving the work environment, leadership, and communication. We value employee feedback and are committed to creating a more productive and conducive atmosphere for our team. Your insights are essential as we continue to make positive changes to ensure a better experience for our employees. Thank you for your valuable feedback.
1.0
18 Aug 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Product is excellent. Both the straps and the fitness knowledge of the education team are A+.

Cons

Confused leadership is unclear about what the focus of the business is. Communication is top-down and delivered sporadically. There are no metrics for success except global revenue increases, in spite of the majority of employees having very little impact in this area. Successes are not celebrated. Unprofessional treatment of external vendors. Constant "fire drill" mentality. Unrealistic timelines, unrefined processes, and lots of "lane changes" on a whim. Soul-deadening meeting culture. "Leadership" qualities often measured by who is speaking loudest in said meetings. "Frat boy" environment, even at company meetings and with external stakeholders. Employees punished for the failures of the overall business via benefit/perks cutting.

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