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David Lloyd is a fitness company. They have gyms across the UK and Europe.

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David Lloyd job reviews

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  • Best thing

    The team and free gym membership

    Worst thing

    Short staffed, stressful shifts, demanding members, higher up management out of touch, poor pay, no sick pay

    3.7

    David Lloyd Supervisor, March 2024

  • Best thing

    Staff I work with

    Worst thing

    Constantly overworked and understaffed

    2.8

    David Lloyd Chef, February 2024

  • Best thing

    The free membership

    Worst thing

    The stress

    7.5

    David Lloyd Sales assistant, February 2024

  • Best thing

    Working environment

    Worst thing

    Too much information

    9.4

    David Lloyd Swimming teacher, February 2024

  • Best thing

    The team I am with

    Worst thing

    Over time, standard expectations that you can’t control

    7.1

    David Lloyd Operations manager, January 2024

  • Best thing

    Benefits and people

    Worst thing

    Staring at a pool and not being rotated off pool

    4.3

    David Lloyd Lifeguard, December 2023

  • Best thing

    Get to see friends
    Free gym membership and pool

    Worst thing

    It’s boring

    9.8

    David Lloyd Lifeguard, December 2023

  • Best thing

    The free membership

    Worst thing

    The stress that comes with the job and management

    1.6

    David Lloyd Receptionist, October 2023

  • Best thing

    Discounts

    Worst thing

    short shifts, sounds nice but you're there most days of the week doing 4/5 hours shifts and money is bad. it's also really stressful and tiring

    2.6

    David Lloyd Food and beverage assistant, October 2023

  • Best thing

    membership

    Worst thing

    exrta work, mangrs being moody

    4.9

    David Lloyd Employee, September 2023

  • Best thing

    The people and the fact that it is different everyday

    Worst thing

    Sometimes there is not enough time to get everything done and they keep changing the rules to be awarded your bonus

    6.9

    David Lloyd Operations manager, August 2023

  • Best thing

    the free membership

    Worst thing

    the heat, the lack of support, the members

    4.5

    David Lloyd Employee, June 2023

  • Best thing

    The perks, so 50% off and a free membership.

    Worst thing

    The management, the lack of care, mental health, the members attitude and lack of respect. The list goes on…

    1.8

    David Lloyd Employee, May 2023

  • Best thing

    At my centre the managers are very understanding and friendly. They are quick to get around to sorting major issues out if they arise. The poolside team are also very easy to get along with which makes shifts go by quickly

    Worst thing

    I spend a lot of time as the only lifeguard on duty. Which means getting fresh air and completing tasks can be hard. Also the high volume levels concern me for my own hearing and that of my colleagues.

    8.0

    David Lloyd Lifeguard, May 2023

  • Best thing

    The free gym membership

    Worst thing

    There is not a lot of support

    3.5

    David Lloyd Manager, March 2023

  • Best thing

    Start and finish work early.

    Worst thing

    Poor management, budget focused not health and safety focused. Reactive not planned response.

    1.7

    David Lloyd Employee, February 2023

  • Best thing

    Free use of facilities

    Worst thing

    The management & the bullying

    2.5

    David Lloyd Employee, January 2023

  • Best thing

    Great friendships to be made & rewarding job

    9.2

    David Lloyd Customer assistant, January 2023

  • Best thing

    Working with different personalities on court and seeing people grow

    Worst thing

    Smaller hours for those coming into the club

    9.9

    David Lloyd Employee, November 2022

  • Best thing

    Easy sociable job always something to do

    Worst thing

    Unsociable hours/sudden changes

    3.7

    David Lloyd Employee, November 2022

  • Best thing

    Freedom and respect to do what's needed.

    Worst thing

    Alot of work and alot of hours for minimum pay and then constant threat of hours getting cut or redundungy

    8.0

    David Lloyd Employee, November 2022

  • Best thing

    The general environment is positive

    7.5

    David Lloyd Employee, November 2022

  • Best thing

    Short shifts are easy and work in my day

    Worst thing

    Boring
    Little management
    Excuses from management

    5.5

    David Lloyd Lifeguard, November 2022

  • Best thing

    People who work there
    Benefits

    Worst thing

    Stress
    Disorganisation

    3.7

    David Lloyd Food and beverage assistant, October 2022

  • Best thing

    Free membership and 50% off everything.

    Worst thing

    Clique management, head office are clueless, very poor communication, you are expected to devote your life to the place even if you're only part-time.

    1.5

    David Lloyd Employee, October 2022

  • Best thing

    Making new friends with work colleagues
    Doing things with colleagues outside of work

    Worst thing

    Supervisor constantly changing my rota & not giving me enough notice about this change.
    Not getting asked if I can do certain shifts

    5.5

    David Lloyd Chef, October 2022

  • Best thing

    The members

    Worst thing

    That we get taken for granted. Are not given our contracted hours. And sometimes not paid for overtime

    1.9

    David Lloyd Bar staff, October 2022

  • Best thing

    Free membership equivalent to a diamond package (access to any DL club in the world) huge attention to you seeing the club through the members eyes.
    A real aim to promote you from your joining role and ability to be trained on any department in the club you wish.

    Worst thing

    Very hot on the indoor pool with very little ventilation leaving you covered in sweat within an hour of being on poolside.
    A higher member of in club management is not very friendly and is hated by all lower staff members.

    9.9

    David Lloyd Lifeguard, August 2022

  • Best thing

    Free membership and the people

    Worst thing

    Stress, pay, management, head office

    4.1

    David Lloyd Employee, August 2022

  • Best thing

    The people
    The pay
    The bonuses

    Worst thing

    The customers
    The hours
    The managers

    7.6

    David Lloyd Receptionist, August 2022

  • Best thing

    Chilled environment and fun place to work

    Worst thing

    Management

    9.0

    David Lloyd Employee, August 2022

  • Best thing

    Commission when paid it, as it is uncapped.

    Worst thing

    Not getting any commission at all if you do not directly hit or exceed your target.

    6.2

    David Lloyd Employee, July 2022

  • Best thing

    The teams great

    Worst thing

    Company is not the best to work for. Understaffed and under paid

    6.8

    David Lloyd Head chef, July 2022

  • Best thing

    My team
    The kids
    Decent wage

    Worst thing

    Inconsistent hours
    Management are shocking
    No help
    Parents
    Have to be there before and after without pay
    Nothing is planned

    1.3

    David Lloyd Employee, July 2022

  • Best thing

    Free gym membership

    Worst thing

    Reduced hours, have to pick up extra hours on bar or reception.

    3.7

    David Lloyd Fitness instructor, July 2022

  • Best thing

    The friendships

    Worst thing

    Condescending management
    Abusive members
    Lack of support
    Customers over staff

    1.6

    David Lloyd Fitness instructor, June 2022

  • Best thing

    Discounts on food&drink, being close to my home

    Worst thing

    Not getting enough hours/lees than contracted hours. Management don’t care how much you struggle. Customers verbally abusing you on the daily. Never having enough stock nor staff.

    1.2

    David Lloyd Employee, March 2022

  • Best thing

    Getting polite people

    Worst thing

    under staffed

    7.0

    David Lloyd Food and beverage assistant, February 2022

  • Best thing

    The team

    Worst thing

    Lack of staff and unsociable hours

    6.6

    David Lloyd Chef, February 2022

  • Best thing

    Free membership

    Worst thing

    No breaks, having to ask multiple times for toilet and are forced to wait because you’re usually ignored

    2.8

    David Lloyd Lifeguard, February 2022

  • Best thing

    the staff, everyone gets along with everyone

    Worst thing

    rude customers or wrong food deliveries

    9.0

    David Lloyd Line chef, January 2022

  • Best thing

    Very friendly work place, good pay and good benefits

    Worst thing

    Head office doesn’t understand how their decisions effect staff

    7.8

    David Lloyd Receptionist, December 2021

  • Best thing

    The benefits and the hours

    Worst thing

    Management

    8.0

    David Lloyd Chef, September 2021

  • Best thing

    The benefits- free full membership to all DL gyms. The people i work with, mostly students similar to me and i can get along with everyone, manager makes sure i know what im doing and is really helpful. Best job i’ve had so far

    Worst thing

    The physical labour takes a lot of getting used to as im always moving around, ordering food on handhelds for customers and serving it, can be challenging in peak times when there is a lot to remember. But as someone who is not used to this amount of work it makes sense that i find it tiring, i am slowly adjusting to it all.

    9.2

    David Lloyd Food and beverage assistant, June 2021

  • Best thing

    The friends I’ve made

    Worst thing

    Everything it’s a awful place to work

    1.1

    David Lloyd Clubroom manager, March 2021

  • Best thing

    Love the admin, love the teaching, love the team

    Worst thing

    Unrealistic time scales issued by head office in order to achieve targets

    9.5

    David Lloyd Swimming teacher, March 2021

  • Best thing

    Good money
    Get to make friends
    Learn new skills

    Worst thing

    Long hours sometimes

    8.5

    David Lloyd Food and beverage assistant, November 2020

  • Best thing

    Cqn leave early occasionally

    Worst thing

    Dont get paid if theres nothing to do

    4.6

    David Lloyd Beauty therapist, August 2020

  • Best thing

    Perks and set shifts

    Worst thing

    Understaffed

    9.6

    David Lloyd Food and beverage, June 2020

  • Best thing

    Atmosphere, flexibility in work

    Worst thing

    Pay rate

    8.0

    David Lloyd Cleaner, February 2020