Pros
-Getting paid to workout -people (in studio) are great -Instructor HR rep was incredible -outside of corporate interference, the job is really fun
Cons
-Pay is awful (below federal poverty line as a full time instructor) -I was barely able to pay rent and feed myself to replace the calories I'd burn teaching 18+ classes a week. -Employee health benefits take whatever would be left over and the insurance is subpar. -Manipulative & mentally abusive management of instructors -You will not be put in a place to succeed easily. It will be your fault if you don't perform. They will not support you. - As soon as you do succeed in a time slot or class, they will move a more senior instructor into that space and you will be back to square one. - Management will ghost you rather than having a tough conversation. I had to regularly email the CEO just to be acknowledged. -The overall company is suffering and doing poorly, but blame is shifted to the studio staff and instructors rather than ownership from leadership. -Working early mornings, late nights, holidays and weekends -Absolutely not an equal opportunity place of growth. -If you are not part of an inner circle you will not have chances that many other instructors do have (for example retail modeling-it is the same instructors month after month)