personal trainer

entraîneur personnel

réceptionniste en hôtellerie

membership representative

operations manager

World Gym

While I very much enjoyed instructing fitness classes, I found it very challenging to keep up with. Not only did I choreograph my own classes and find my own music, but I would teach sometimes 10+ classes a week, which was very physically demanding. I also experienced the pressure of meeting industry standards - meaning, I felt the need to be constantly improving my physical physique. While it made it very easy to maintain a healthy lifestyle while working here, I also found it very easy to get caught up in the notion of perfectionism. 
As for personal training, I very much enjoyed working with clients one on one. I would demonstrate and teach them various exercises that could be performed both at the gym and at home. It was challenging to motivate clients to work out on their own without me there, and I sometimes struggled with their level of commitment to changing their diet. That said, it was very rewarding to experience and celebrate their results when we did weigh ins and measurements. The only thing I did not like about this job was that I had to sell personal training packages in order to maintain a solid client base. I thought of myself as a strong coach, but not a very strong sales person, so I found that my paycheques did not end up equating to the amount of effort I was putting into my job.

A typical work day was three hours long.  The position's primary focus was to provide a safe, loving and clean environment for children ages 4 months to 12 years of age.  
Children were left for 1 hour periods.  In this time, staff provided games, crafts or movies as entertainment.
The hardest part of the job was to not disturb clients as they worked out within the gym.  Staff would comfort younger children for as long as it was deemed possible.  Once the child became too distraught, staff would politely ask parents to return to the playroom and assist in calming the child down.
The most enjoyable part of the job was playing with the kids and over time, establishing a relationship with them while seeing how they grew and matured over the months.  
Co-workers were always pleasant to work with.  The occasional staff member would not contribute as much in way of cleaning, but that was okay as there was always something entertaining happening with the children, and cleanup was always kept to a minimal due to the size of the facility so I would just jump in and get the job done.  
It was a pleasure meeting gym members and working at this job.l

- Welcome and greet everyone who walks in and out.
- Introduce the company to new customers
- Achieve daily goals and quotas of the organization, such as: closing contracts, inform customers about their dues, provide them personal trainers
- Help clients find their needs
- Customer satisfaction consistency
- I learned how to deal with stressful situations, such as injuries and angry customers due their debts to the gym.
- The part of the job I struggled the most was the time where management was really bad.
Everything had to be dealt through employees, and since I was the one who knew the most, everyone asked me questions and needed my help. 
I loved helping my coworkers, even if it was very stressful teaching them and dealing with angry clients at the same time. I managed to satisfy both parties.
- The best part of the job is that I got to meet and build professional relationship with people of all ages, every day. When people walk in to sign up or want information, I take the opportunity to get to know the individual who's in front of me, and that helps me provide them their necessity.

I had been a part of World Gym Barrie for about two years, and I had been a part of the ownership transition. 
The facility had always been great; great members, great team, and an overall positive environment. Like any place, sometimes you had your drama with other staff, but things would settle down quite quickly. I had always been provided with positive criticism and given room to grow my knowledge in the industry. 
If I had the ability to stay a part of the team, I would have. However unfortunately I had to move out of the area and that's the only reason I had left.
The best part for me was probably when new ownership took over. Of course it was a scary thing at first because you don't know how it's going to turn out. But when the dust settled, new ownership turned out to be really great and customer service oriented.
I heard there's a new General Manager in there now too that's really making positive changes. I'm curious to see all the changes that have been done.
Overall a great atmosphere

I enjoyed working here, it was a nice part time job to have while in school and as a "for now" job.

You get a free membership as an employee, at the time, the membership was their black card which was the highest tier of membership - which is nice if you want to make us of the tanning services or bringing a guest in with you. 

Otherwise, there isn't much room for growth at World Gym - the company isn't set up to encourage growth and promotion. There is one assistant manager position, which is on salary, but from my knowledge that position is salaried at slightly above minimum wage. If you're interested, and qualified, you can become a personal trainer or a class instructor which could give you some additional excitement.

I think this is a job best suited for people who are students. I docked 2 stars on my overall review because management could be difficult to deal with and there are always rules imposed in the gym which members are unaware of during sign up - which almost always caused headaches later on.

I was a PT there, over a year period they lowered the wages 4x by changing how the payouts went, trying to convince us it was a good thing. management had a cult of personality , if you were not coddling him, you were on the outside and shunned always on the edge of being fired. Lacking in morals and ethics when it came to the patrons needs. Once initial equipment was worn our or broken, it was never replaced, slam balls that broke in the first month were on the floor waiting to be replaced for 2+ years and counting. if you are just starting out as a PT and want to learn, i would suggest not starting there. if you are experienced I don't really have to say much as you will figure it out quickly. For those PTs or staff that truly care, you will not be rewarded nor recognized and more often then not, passed over for someone who only sees clients as dollar signs. The one I worked at is under new management/ownership.. so take whats said with a grain of salt.

Honestly the worst environment I’ve ever worked at. I know the facility is currently under new management and owner, and I can only hope they’ve changed the way they run things.

When I worked there, it felt like I was back in high school with how the owners gossiped and bad mouthed my fellow coworkers. I understood then that if they were comfortable doing that around me, they were most likely also bad mouthing me to other people.

That wasn’t even the worst part about working there. In the 6 months I was there, pay was hardly ever on time. There wasn’t a single month where both direct deposit (got paid biweekly) pays were on time. When pay WAS on time, sometimes money was short.

Overall, it was a depressing and hopeless work environment. Hardly got any support from management and there were definitely favouritism going around. I had a few coworkers I actually liked and I was sad to leave them behind, but much happier when I finally left. 

If I could give this place 0 stars I would. I was an employee for many years and they did nothing but make me feel unappreciated. I loved my clients and members but the management was terrible. I would never suggest anyone to work here. The work you do will never be appreciated no matter how many hours you put in, and the pay is terrible. The managers will always talk down to you and they also hire uneducated trainers and give them ridiculous expectations and if you don’t meet them then they pretend you don’t exist. Whenever you wanted to take some time off for personal reasons, they were mad about it. You could hardly have a social life working here.

Working at World Gym is a pretty stress free job. Shifts for myself are only 3-4 hours long. I watch kids while their parents go enjoy a workout. 
I've learned a lot, patience is a huge one. Being able to work as a team with your co-workers is also a huge part of this job and something that isn't to be taken too lightly. 
Management is good and tries their best to accommodate everything that our department needs. 
The most enjoyable part is being able to work with the kids, it's a pretty laid back job but serious at the same time. 
The hardest part of the job would be to control the unruly kids in a professional manner and also dealing with parents when you need to discuss behavioural problems.

For the time I worked there, the safety of kids and educator didn't come first. Not only that, management barely stepped foot in the daycare and didn't follow through with requests for better care (which included proper ventilation, corners and sharp edges protections and diapers) and, on top, the company refused to allow for proper care for kids with special needs. They allowed for big groups of kids with a single employee with no training and refused to either regulate the amount of kids or add a second employee for a proper ratio.

Top Job Titles	Average salary
Personal trainer 1 salary reported	$30.00 per hour
Entraîneur personnel 1 salary reported	$35.00 per hour
Réceptionniste en hôtellerie 4 salaries reported	$19.00 per hour
Membership representative 2 salaries reported	$17.60 per hour
Operations manager 2 salaries reported	$55,000 per year

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