Forced by the traditional gym management system and the team atmosphere where performance is king, I decided to leave my original team and join the emerging fitness studio, which is now this store.
I have worked in other studios for some time before, but I personally prefer the working atmosphere of the studio, which is simple, relaxed and free.
It's not that you can't bear hardships. In fact, there are times when people suffer hardships at work, which is inevitable. It is only relatively more acceptable to the competition mechanism within the studio.
Personally, the traditional gym belongs to the business model, and its positioning determines that its own competition model must be based on interests; Fitness studio belongs to the mode of individual entrepreneurship, and its competitive attitude must pay attention to quality.
The manager of the store I chose used to be the manager of a traditional gym, and his management thinking still has a very strong business style.
He is both the manager and one of the shareholders, the other female coach is his wife, and there are three of me. According to this relationship, I am actually the only employee.
I had two other colleagues before and after I came here, but I left soon after I joined the company. At first, I thought they didn't want to stay because of the lack of resources in the new store. Later, I gradually understood the reason why they left.
My full-time job is in charge of boxing classes. I clearly stated my professional scope when I joined the company. My wish is to be in charge of boxing class only, and I don't care about other courses.
When I first joined the company, because of the resource problem, I relied on their mutual promotion to a great extent, which also laid the groundwork for a series of problems later. After the off-season to this summer, my resource problem has not changed.
Because of my livelihood, I am no longer limited to boxing classes. I also cover other courses, but not many, enough food and clothing at most.
In the last two months, when it was supposed to be the peak season, my classes became less and less. My personal summary is that they are too busy to give me any more work.
This shows the disadvantages of management. It seems a bit like putting the cart before the horse that a manager is busy with grass-roots work while grass-roots personnel are idle.
Even so, he still can't see the problem. On the contrary, that set of business things goes on and on, pulling out a bunch of meaningless truths on some trivial details.
I seem to see the shadow of those two colleagues who left in me, and I finally understand the reason why they left. They left not because of resources, but because they saw the ideological pattern of managers.
I thought I escaped from the cage, but in fact I put myself in another smaller cage.