Great for a free membership! Hard to advance at club level. Growing pains make job very cumbersome.
Pros
Free membershp, can be awarded stock options and bonuses based on performance.
Cons
There is quite a disconnect between corporate the clubs. There is a lot of time consuming administrative work for club managers and many nagging e-mails from higher-ups at corporate. Manager training is non-existant except for the week they send you to corporate to learn about the "secret shopper" program called NPS. As a manager you will train your staff completely by yourself - there are no manuals or processes except for general on-line tutorials about the company and safety issues. I think that some of the club General Managers and area directors are not qualified for their jobs, they only keep thier positions because they are old friends with the company founder.
