Is Gold's Gym a good company to work for?

Gold's Gym has an overall rating of 3.6 out of 5, based on over 2,619 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has been stable over the past 12 months. 60% of employees would recommend working at Gold's Gym to a friend and 47% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about Gold's Gym have been left by employees working as Group Fitness Instructor , Assistant General Manager and Certified Personal Trainer .

Does Gold's Gym pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Gold's Gym employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Gold's Gym. This rating has improved by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Gold's Gym?

60% of Gold's Gym employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Gold's Gym 3.5 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.4 for culture and values and 2.9 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Gold's Gym?

Personal Trainer (329) , Front Desk Associate (168) , Front Desk Receptionist (101) , Fitness Consultant (82) , Front Desk (75) , General Manager (67) , Certified Personal Trainer (61) , Sales Associate (50) , Manager (42) , Trainer (39) , Group Fitness Instructor (36) , Kids Club Associate (32) , Customer Service Representative (31) , Operations Manager (30) , Sales Manager (30)

What are the pros of working at Gold's Gym according to real employee reviews?

"Members are great people and most of the team members are awesome." ((in 123 reviews)); "It is an extremely clean gym with a great staff and everything you could possibly need." ((in 75 reviews)); "Coworkers are great and supportive." ((in 59 reviews)); "Good work environment and professionals around you." ((in 53 reviews)); "It was A flexible schedule" ((in 40 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Gold's Gym according to real employee reviews?

"Low pay and very part time work" ((in 252 reviews)); "No benefits and the hours can be long" ((in 68 reviews)); "Managers do not care if you have more kids than you can handle." ((in 49 reviews)); "I was recruitEd as health and fitness instructor and after 3 months they started forcing for personal training clients." ((in 42 reviews)); "poor upper management." ((in 40 reviews))

What are employees saying about Gold's Gym layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Gold's Gym layoffs and their outlook for job security at Gold's Gym in 2026.

What are the top reviewed Gold's Gym locations?

San Antonio , Austin , Dallas , Los Angeles , Richmond , Saint Louis , New York , Arlington , Greensboro , Knoxville , Oklahoma City , Washington , Rockville , Houston , Cedar Park , Redmond , Woodinville , Greenville , Asheville , Burlington , Falls Church , Milwaukee , College Station , Issaquah , Crofton , Birmingham , Midlothian , Ashburn , Fredericksburg , Lorton

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Gold's Gym reviews

3.6

60% would recommend to a friend

(2,435 total reviews)

Adam Zeitsiff

70% approve of CEO

47% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.7

Diversity & inclusion

3.5

Work/Life balance

3.4

Culture & values

3.0

Senior management

2.9

Compensation and benefits

2.9

Career opportunities

Gold's Gym has an employee rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 2,435 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Gold's Gym employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Arts, Entertainment & Recreation industry (3.9 stars).

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Reviews by job title

2K reviews

4.0

Aug 2, 2012

Its a decent experience.

Personal trainer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You pretty much make your own schedule. Once you gain a large number of clients, your paycheck improves a lot. Not a real stressful work environment.

Cons

You deal with a lot of different personalities. (a lot of negative) The pay is not consistent. It takes a long time to build up ur clients.

4.0

Jul 17, 2012

great pay, great atmosphere

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

great place to work, fun people to work with, meet alot of interesting people and pay is great, management is good as well

Cons

can get very busy at times, hard to keep maintaining all the problems that arise, sort of far from where i liev

1.0

Jun 28, 2012

NOT WORTH THE PAY

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Most of the co-workers were awesome. Also free membership.

Cons

EVERYTHING ELSE. We had to clean bathrooms and all the equipment, sell memberships, sell merchandise...for 8 bucks an hour. All the while at the regular gyms, you get paid the same amount but do A FRACTION of the work. NOT FAIR. Also, your GM of the gym will most likely not know run the gym because the salary is so low and the corporation is in dire need of GMs so they rush the process. Also, because you are serving a lower demographic, the members are less inclined to be polite about money issues.

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Jobs at Gold's Gym

Janitorial Weekdays/Weeknights