Good Easygoing Job - Swim Coach Waterloo Swimming Employee Review

Scheduling is flexible and pay is very competitive as well, with many opportunities for both raises and promotions.

You're guaranteed to be in the water starting out, which some people have complained about before. I think that if you sign up to work at a swim school, expect to do some swimming.

Good starting job Family owned and ran, started small and now has three locations at the time of writing, they know their customers well and have a very loyal and supportive following. The swim team is very prestigious with some swimmers graduating high school that move on to continue a career in professional competitive swimming. The owners also swam competitively and have built a good reputation for knowledge on how to make you the best swimmer you possibly can be. Very professional and knowledgeable, and a diverse company. Everyone there knows what they’re doing. Lots of opportunities to increase wages to an extent, competitive pay, very good benefits and PTO for full-time employees. Free training and the quarterly In-service that is required for this type of business of that size to be able to run is genuinely very fun and gives lots of chances to get to know the people you’re working with and learn new techniques. The swimming community and kids and parents that swim there are a joy to work with. Coworkers are amazing and kind, very caring, very creative and driven. You’ll find lots of friends and similar interests in them that are always very helpful and reliable with no questions asked.

Not the most room for growth, career-wise. Extremely business focused, their focuses on rapid expansion of the company has seemingly lead to budget constraints that give little room for decision making for management. They do a lot of reactionary problem solving instead of proactively solving potential problems, leading to situations where communications can be lost or disorganized or last-minute. They will tend to be understaffed either due to lots of seasonal employees or just to save costs, making coverage oftentimes difficult. There is a low ceiling when it comes to moving up in the company. Training for certifications can often be seen more of as an “as-needed” basis since it comes with pay increases, leading to types of situations where you could be teaching special needs swimmers or infant classes that you aren’t prepared or trained to teach. Upper-management can be hard to find or schedule/reschedule meetings with a lot of the time. They always seem to have a lot on their plates or are pulled in multiple directions, losing focus on building good relationships with employees