Pros
You get to make your own schedule at most locations. Decent learning experience.
Cons
They are anti-worker. They neglect to treat flex’s like they are what they are: the point of the company. Each franchise is highly discouraged from allowing flex’s to receive commission, and when they do it is convoluted. They do not pay flex’s what they are worth, the amount of money they make off of each visit vs what you get paid is exploitative. They do not allow tipping and actively encourage clients to instead leave a positive review… meaning the company actively leverages clientele to lower the earnings potential of their workers. Flex’s are minimally trained and expected to rely heavily on faulty technology which, when viewing it from a scientific/diagnostic perspective, completely lacks validity and reliability. Employee’s do not have any formal training in diagnosing musculoskeletal disorders. The scheduling and timing of appointments encourages flex’s to spend less time than the client actually paid for. Your employment contract has a non-compete clause in it that “prohibits” you from practicing anything you learned from them, non of which is in any way proprietary (you could learn all the stretches and techniques from YouTube in an afternoon); non-compete clauses aren’t enforceable in all states but their attempt to implement such policies is blatant intimidation. It wears on your body, a lot. The tables don’t have enough padding, doing the amount of hands-on work at the expected pace leads to injuries.
