Inerview at Bally's tomorrow

gabe522k3 · 08-19-2009, 04:03 PM

Hey I have an interview with Bally's total fitness as a salesman what attire should I dress in? Professional or business casual?

bigplay_jt · 08-19-2009, 04:14 PM

definitely sport a suit, never get a second chance to make a first impression brah.

Rap_Rocky · 08-19-2009, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by gabe522k3

Hey I have an interview with Bally's total fitness as a salesman what attire should I dress in? Professional or business casual?

Shirt & tie. You can never overdress for an interview. When in doubt, suit it out. They won't expect you to go around training people on the first interview (unless they stated so), so casual fitness attire is a no no in my book.

BSCSCS · 08-19-2009, 04:41 PM

If you really want some advise...

DON'T work for Bally's!

Just my (and almost everyone who has ever worked for them before) experience.

Rap_Rocky · 08-19-2009, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by BSCSCS

If you really want some advise...

DON'T work for Bally's!

Just my (and almost everyone who has ever worked for them before) experience.

Shh!

Let him find out for himself. He'll figure it out sooner or later.

=]

flexapeal · 08-19-2009, 04:51 PM

I thought Bally's was going bankrupt. Probably just a way to increase membership costs. If these gyms would lower their rates they would have to expand instead of decrease.

unauthorized · 08-19-2009, 08:24 PM

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Originally Posted by flexapeal

I thought Bally's was going bankrupt. Probably just a way to increase membership costs. If these gyms would lower their rates they would have to expand instead of decrease.

They did a couple times, chap 13

gabe522k3 · 08-19-2009, 08:53 PM

WOW I thinking maybe I shouldn't go now, from what your telling me that and I don't do so well in sales

kc327582 · 08-20-2009, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by gabe522k3

WOW I thinking maybe I shouldn't go now, from what your telling me that and I don't do so well in sales

Go and hear what they have to say. I was a pt at ballys and the sales ppl made some good $ but they were so stressed out from their monthly budgets and numbers. If you're not good at sales or don't enjoy it the jobs prob not for u.

Mr_Kinney · 08-20-2009, 03:15 PM

It never hurts to at least see what they want from you.

Just bear in mind that you don't need to say yes untill they impress YOU.

BSCSCS · 08-20-2009, 06:10 PM

If anything it was a good experience for me to learn what NOT to do in PT. I was straight outta college and lasted there a month before I told em to go fuk a goat.

askthetrainer · 08-21-2009, 01:11 AM

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Originally Posted by BSCSCS

If anything it was a good experience for me to learn what NOT to do in PT. I was straight outta college and lasted there a month before I told em to go fuk a goat.

I agree, a bad experience working with a corporate gym is just as good as a good experience.... I had both, I worked for 24 Hour fitness right out of college and I lasted a year.... it was fun to taste decent money for the first couple months, then everything got too annoying.

Daily Conversation

Manager: "How's the supps?"
Me: Try to avoid question
Manager: "How's the supps?"
Me: "Fluck off"
Manager: Gives Daily lecture about importance of selling supplements

Another thing I hated:

FINAL DAy!!!!!!!!!! bull shiznit

Seemed like every week they wanted you to call your clients to come in on their off day or buy session packages on a random day that the GM "needed" sales on...

There were many other annoyances but after leaving I looked at the negative experience as a huge positive.

jkdman81 · 08-21-2009, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by flexapeal

I thought Bally's was going bankrupt. Probably just a way to increase membership costs. If these gyms would lower their rates they would have to expand instead of decrease.

they are going bankrupt because of the membership price are so low
my wife pay 8 .00 dollars a month!!!!!
the thing is that at first you got high membership fees but after contract is up the fees become dirt cheap..... this great for them in the begining but as their morgages rates go up and all the members rates go down its hard for them to keep their doors open

as far as the orginal question better to make a good imprssion than a bad one you can get away with biz casual but you'll make a better impression with a shirt and tie
and bally is a great place to learn your caft a get some experience under your belt
i dont have anything bad to say about them beside that the ceo is fcking up the company