Pros
Life Time has everything necessary to be a brand that it's employees would tirelessly pour their heart and soul into. They stand for a 360° approach to healthy and proactive living. The CEO is a true visionary in regard to what the future-state of our lives will be in regard to health and fitness. They can pay well if you fight for it. On site gym, which makes for a great way to blow off some steam if you experience any of the following section.
Cons
CEO is an entrepreneur through and through, however, he is NOT a good or even adequate leader. He meddles in every aspect and level. He runs the company on fear and does not accept any idea that is not his own. He has also built a culture of cronyism and bureaucracy. After almost 5 years of working there I'm shocked it is able to function as it does. On numerous occasions I worked on projects that were directed by internal business owners that gave very little direction or constructive briefs. The project would run multiple, futile rounds based upon their current whim. When we would have it finalized it would come time to present to the CEO and the business owners would not present to the CEO or stand behind their direction. The CEO would then ask why things were done a specific way to which we really couldn't answer because as much as we asked for clear objective we were rarely afforded the luxury. And in turn the CEO would shutdown the whole project sending it back to the drawing board. Numerous cycles or this wasted time, energy and money has proven to be the crippling handicap of a potentially inspiring work environment. There is also: rampant misogyny, lack of career planning and transparency on how to successfully advance, HR is non-existent and even when complains are filed individuals are never held accountable and those filing complains are usually ostracized until they quit or are fired, Upper management is usually based upon who you know NOT how effective or productive you are which puts completely inept people in charge of multi-million dollar companies with little insight on how to perform on the most basic of levels. Technologically the company is 5 years behind and perpetually tries to reinvent the wheel instead of looking for and implementing efficiencies. For a Healthy Way of Life Company they have the WORST health coverage I have ever had in my 15 years as a professional. If the gym is open corporate is working, 5 holidays a year: Christmas Day, New Years Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day. Good luck getting more than 2 week PTO a year, and that includes your sick days. It's in Chanhassen, MN
