Life Fitness reviews

3.5

54% would recommend to a friend

(289 total reviews)
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Jim Pisani

90% approve of CEO

48% positive business outlook

Life Fitness has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 289 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Life Fitness employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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289 reviews
1.0
Nov 4, 2018

Avoid like the plague....

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Fun industry, decent benefits, nice workout facility.

Cons

Morale is low. Systems are archaic. Strategy is nonexistent. Pay is below average. Offices are old and outdated. This place is a cesspool of bad executive leadership. New CEO announced last week has no experience leading a company during a transformation/spin off and lead the failed digital group. No diversity and very few female leaders. Basically an old boys club. And they don’t really seem to care about improving those metrics either. If you are a looking for a new employer, please avoid this place at all costs. I am looking for a new job and can’t wait to leave this place.

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Life Fitness Response
7y
Thank you for your review and feedback. Your concerns are very important to us. As an evolving organization, we believe that the steps we have taken will prepare us for a more successful future, and feedback such as yours help us become more effective in driving change and improvement. Our leadership team is committed to building a diverse and inclusive team and, while we have made great strides with this initiative, we welcome your ideas on how those efforts can be better. Please know that your feedback is valuable and feel free to speak with the HR team if you wish to share more detailed insight.
2.0
May 18, 2017

Culture is destructive and will prevent company from growing

Anonymous employee
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Pros

There is a gym onsite and you can use it any hr of the work day. Very relaxed culture and lack of accountability.

Cons

The company is run with a "boy's club" type atmosphere where its all about playing favorites with certain crowds. You need to be well liked for advancement and those with skills and experience are not rewarded. Several incompetent managers who try to please everyone and end up with nothing getting done well. If company continues to operate this way, it will force the good employees out as there is no incentive to work hard. Pay is 10-15% under industry standard.

2.0
Aug 5, 2018

Build to order = Build to fail ?

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Co-workers, employee gym, Be Your Best health program

Cons

The direction the current executive leader team is taking the company is the wrong path. The leadership team want to build product based on orders rather than forecast. This is all fine and dandy if the company’s suppliers agree, which they don’t ,to hold large quantities of components and act as a super market. Apparently at a supplier symposium that was held, the suppliers did not support the new company vision. There is almost daily conversation between Order Management and the planning group to produce machines but there always seems to be a component shortage and a long lead time to acquire said component(s). This then leads to missing promise dates to customers. The company is also sitting on millionslarge amounts inventory they are having a difficult time moving. This bad inventory is due to the inability of the product management group having a good grasp of what the customer wants. the upcoming 2019 Q1 spin off is hinging on the current executive team’s ability to meet the parent company goals for 2018. If the goals are met, This would send a strong signal to future investors of a stand alone fitness company. Budget planning time is rapidly approaching so the direction should be known fairly soon.

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Life Fitness Response
7y
Thank you for your thorough feedback and review. We are glad you enjoy your co-workers at Life Fitness – we agree, they are the best you can find. That is why all levels of our leadership team greatly value the opinions and observations you shared in your review. We are enthusiastic about our new company vision and the future as an independently traded company, and we hope you’ll continue to help us pave the way for our bright future ahead.
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