Dorothy G

Review of Golds Gym

Hey all. First off I agree with most of the commen...

Hey all. First off I agree with most of the comments about the gym and how it is a very real "Old-school' feel. The few times I have visited I always love seeing the posters on the wall full of back then champions of the Hey day of body building, Yes on occasion you will see a few of the older Body builders like Arnold. This is NOT a Plush Gym. It's NOT a luxury gymn AT ALL. if you are used to that type of business establishment. This gym is not for you...Its full of inspiration and upcoming talent. its a true place for the rough to be created into diamonds.
Some of the equipment is older and the building does need a facelift. Its the same 'Old-school' look and feel from back in the day.
However Right at this particular moment. I write about something else... I am doing my part willing of writing about the conditions of the staff there. As of Today January 27th 2017. I know someone working at golds gym. He started in Housekeeping then turned into the trainer... If you are looking to work there as a 'housekeeper' or a manager. This issue might even affect the trainers there. I don't know I have not yet spoken to them. However I will write about what I have experienced through my friend working there. He was hired on August 1st 2016. what he experienced for the next 3 months was wage theft. The payroll department there for whatever reason is theft. It is a fraudulent system that does not pay on time or correctly. The pay is bi-weekly every other Friday is pay day. The first pay check my friend received was 5 days over due. The managers at that time did know that and were emailing the payroll department to fix the situation... as they were awaiting their checks as well. The second time this happened the check was over a week over due. My friend questioned the managers. The managers at the time were giving him information that the payroll department was messed up due to new classes being inputted into the system. Then the Third time this happened. He drove to Golds Gym from where he lives in the valley and physically pick up his check after the checks had been issued since the last Friday. By this time he should of been receiving direct deposits.by this time, we were already at Wednesday of the following week.
It took Golds Gym 3 months to render his wages correctly in a legal amount of time.
Its a shame that his worlds famous Golds Gym has such a fraudulent system. I watched my friend go through this and it was not fun. his car payment was over due and his rent. I know for a few other workers there they are mostly low- income and cannot sustain their well being on more then 3 weeks with out their income on time.
I had recently learned that a friend of my friend, a new hire, is now waiting on his check to be received with the correct amount of wages. This is something else going on. Its not a computer glitch as they informed my friend for this same wage theft to go on for more then 4 people.
Hopefully this payroll issue is resolved. it is a sad day when a worlds famous place has an issue so simple to resolve as this...
I would use more stronger language but I am a believer in law of attraction, therefore I am only focusing on the good parts while bringing up the part that needs attention by the correct group.
Thank you for your time.