Pros
Access to state-of-the-art fitness facilities
Cons
Lifetime is best suited for young, entry level workers looking to carve out a path to upper management over the course of 5-10 years. If you are someone who has built and developed salary managerial experience for other businesses, you are more than likely going to hate this place. The Facility Ops Manager role is extremely bloated with janitorial tasks while being expected to manage a multi-million dollar operation administratively. The role is underpaid for the amount of work and dedication required to successfully perform the job. Your team member staff is most likely under 25 and untrained on best practices for cleaning a nearly round-the-clock facility. Lifetime does not take any aspect of janitorial serious and sees the staff as customer service agents "that clean" rather than cleaning professionals that "provide customer service." To compensate for that, they bake into the manager's role a slew of cleaning tasks that will send you home funky and tired and every single night. Oh, you'll still be responsible for payroll, scheduling, inventory procurement, capital expenditure planning, training staff, satisfying inter-department agreements and facility inspections, audits, and reporting. Is it doable? Sure. But the work life balance is abysmal and there are just far too many better opportunities for a mature professional out here. If you're desperate for income, give Lifetime a try. Beyond that, go where you can excel and go home happy, at the same time.
