Equinox reviews

3.3

52% would recommend to a friend

(3,582 total reviews)
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Harvey Spevak

49% approve of CEO

41% positive business outlook

Equinox has an employee rating of 3.3 out of 5 stars, based on 3,582 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Equinox employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Serviços pessoais do consumidor industry (3.6 stars).

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4K reviews
2.0
Jul 27, 2018
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Fantastic facility Very clean Very friendly trainers

Cons

No work-life balance Expects huge commitment from you without fully committing to you Undervalues their trainers Sells and promotes slavery (managers expect you to work long hours while not being paid for some of the hours) They will tell you to "commit to YOUR business" yet only give you about 20% cut from each session and no pay for the times you are there contacting potential clients They lie and tell you "we have more clients wanting personal training than we have trainers". That is absolutely not true They expect you to harass potential clients in order to get them to commit (continuous calls and emails for weeks). They don't have a system in place where potential clients are not being harassed by trainers and are instead brought in by a manager Managers don't really care and don't have any real guidance. They only repeat Equinox created material like a bunch of robots They expect you to spend all of your time at their gym and their gym only (and then don't pay you for the whole time you spend there working) They need a "full time" commitment for only part time hours

1.0
May 17, 2018

Such a big company, so careless about employees.

Anonymous employee
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

If you have a job, that's a pro. The only other pro is free gym membership for employees.

Cons

Where to start..... The most competitive environment between office staff, most of the staff will "fake it until they make it" into a position they want, then they change their behavior and attitude for the worst. Managers think they are the best at everything and talk EXTREMELY loud, the manager behavior is very unprofessional. They don't outline the benefits you have (like paid days off), they will literally tell you that you have no benefits (but you do, stated in the employee guide). They will write fake complaints from "clients" and then reprimand you for something you didn't do, then threaten to kick you out, or simply kick you out if they don't like you. They will also belittle you if you don't have an "office" job or if you're not a trainer. The reason they have a high turnover rate of employees is because they don't care about their employees and managers won't listen to them. I care about how employees are treated at a place I'm putting my money in, and one of the places I wouldn't put my money in would be here.

2.0
Mar 18, 2018
Recommend
Business Outlook

Pros

Equinox puts you through a continuing education fitness program so you learn how to program for clients properly and more about how the body works. You also learn from other trainers from different experience levels and training styles. The facilities are impressively nice.

Cons

Management sucks. They treat you like cattle, they don't care about how well you do, they micromanage. The pay sucks, they charge $120+ per session and you see about 10% + hourly wage. Turn over is very high. They expect you to work an extreme amount of hours all day without pay.

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