Bally Total Fitness
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Bally Total Fitness Employer Reviews

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Receptionist
Receptionist (Former Employee), Houston, TX –
Greeted Visitors and Members.
Assist with front office appointment scheduling and fee collection.
Answered multi- phone lines and assisting with other needs.
Organized Activities for the Kids Club.
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Bally's was fun until 5 years ago then it was a tension place.
Executive Assistant/Account Manager of Facilities (Former Employee), Chicago, IL –
Pros: helping the maintenance supervisors, and other employees.
Variety of work daily. My boss taught me to be detail oriented, a team player, and most of all the customer is NUMBER 1. The hardest part of the job was that I had employees coming to me for HELP because others weren't helping them. I enjoyed helping people because if I was in that situation, I would hope someone would be doing the same for me.
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Great place to work
Personal Trainer (Former Employee), Penn Hills, PA –
I really enjoyed the upbeat environment of Bally's, and the hands on environment.
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amazing fun place to work at
General Manager (Former Employee), Anaheim, CA –
amazing company to work for the managers here really do care about you as an employee and help you grow as an individual and a profesional
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Used to be a great environment
Payroll Manager (Current Employee), Chicago, IL –
Since the Company has sold 3/4 of the Clubs the spirits of everyone have not been great. Morale is down unfortunately.
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Must have a passion for Health and Fitness
District Manager / Market Manager - OH (Former Employee), MI, OH, PA, IM –
Pros: help chaning lives every day.
Be in commincation with as many Customers ans Team members as possible throughout the day. Each day is an adventure.
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Not a great work place
Assistant Manager (Former Employee), Tucker, GA –
Pros: free membership and great health benefits
Cons: long work hours, low pay and a lot of stress
Bally failed tremendously in coaching their General managers with skills to motivate staff. GM's used scare tactics by stating each day how your job or position would be in jeopardy if you failed to make your daily numbers. It was difficult each day coming in to work dealing with negative remarks that were thrown out by GM"s. The Atlanta market was – more...  awful, the clubs were not well taken care of which made it difficult to compete against the other larger health clubs. The prices were great and the commission structure was good but there were many variables you faced day to day that hindered your progress in success. The CEO of the company never toured the Georgia market to see exactly why certain clubs were struggling reaching their monthly goals. GM's worked with little or no integrity and it became difficult to maintain great staff. Staff who worked for the company because they enjoyed their job but disliked the obvious corporate greed. When staff begin to see how members were being manipulated by G M's and their unethical sales technique they began to quit. Unforutnately, in the health and fitness industry there is little or no integrity that is utiltized and the victims are our members. – less
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working at ballys
Personal Trainer / Customer Service (Former Employee), Greenfield, WI –
Pros: members
Cons: some of the management not very clean
the one thing i can say about ballys is that the customers are awesome and employees other than that the gym wasn't very clean one bottle per floor is not right
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Enjoyable,relaxing job
Receptionist (Former Employee), Countryside, IL –
Opened every morning and greeted all customers,Processed payment and schduled for aerobics class.I learned how to be a receptionist.The management was great and co-workers were an awesome fun team.There was nothing hard about this job,I enjoyed this job completly
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Fun Place to Work
Personal Trainer (Former Employee), Plymouth, MI –
Pros: marketing skills
Cons: non
Enjoyed helping people to reach their Maximum Goals.

Finding out that regardless of Diversity everyone had One Common Goal in Mind, which is to Stay Healthy & Get Fit.
Not a Hard job at all.
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Was an OK company several years ago
PAYROLL ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK (Former Employee), Norwalk, CA –
Pros: great benefits, free gym membership
Cons: low starting pay
Great place to work. Great benefits. I worked in a fun department but the pay was low, even though it was almost 10 years ago.
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Get to meet people and help with their fitness goals, get to workout for free
Personal Trainer (Current Employee), Glendale, CO –
All in all, Ballys is a good place to get started in the fitness industry. The people I work with are very knowledgeable in the fitness world and they are willing to help with any problems you may have. The compensation is not the best, but it is a great start if you are looking into being a personal trainer.
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was a great place
Maintenance Mechanic (Former Employee), West Hartford, CT –
Pros: hours, people, benefits
Cons: bankruptcy
started very early to make sure pools and hot tubs were functioning and at proper levels, made many friends and got to work out. company went bankrupt and got rid of maintenance.
was in charge of all maintenance to building and grounds.
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Not enough time for school
Sales Consultant (Former Employee), Huntington Beach, CA –
Had to quit because they didn't give me enough time off for homework and studying. Always asked but never got any time off. Employees seemed grumpy all the time due to the lack of communication with members.
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Day-Care Attendant
Child Care Specialist (Former Employee), Federal Way, WA –
Pros: working with wonderful kids, relationships with clients
Cons: bally's management leaves something to be desired
I was the lead day-care attendant. Working with the parents and their children was a wonderful experience. It is truly sad that many Bally's locations were bought out and sold. Truly a great atmosphere.
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Productive and fun workplace
PERSONAL TRAINER (Former Employee), CA –
Pros: employees and pay
Fun and enjoyable workplace. Understood the values of the workplace and had incredible experiences with clients in rehabilitation and reaching health goals!
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friendly
Front Desk Manager / MSR (Former Employee), East Providence, RI –
I started working at Bally in January and got promoted in May. Very fun environment to work in, you get to meet new people everyday and build friendships.
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great place to work
Customer Service Rep (Former Employee), Englewood, CO –
Pros: free membership
worked there for 6 years good working relationship. management till the last one was good
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Assistant Front Desk Manager (Former Employee), Southfield, MI –
It is a great company to work for, very great to there employees. they need a better pay scale.
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small yet fun!
Asst. Director/ Personal Trainer (Former Employee), Glendale, CA –
Pros: i loved everything about my job there
Cons: downsizing & ballys going bankrupt
This was the smallest ballys in southern california, but it made up for it in being more intimate & personal.
All the members knew everyone, friendly & fun.
always a fun day at work.
good pay, awesome boss & co workers
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About Bally Total Fitness

Bally Total Fitness is the largest and only nationwide, commercial operator of fitness centers, with approximately four million – Read more