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My experience as a gym lifeguard

What's up gamers. So I have worked for the past seven or so weeks at a high end gym that we'll call Solstice. It's a mess. For one thing, our AED isn't hooked up to anything, it just sits under a table. No alarm on the door or anything. For another, the tiles in the Jacuzzi are… Missing. To my knowledge, we don't have a CPO(certified pool operator, they mix the chlorine or bromine or whatever chemical a given pool uses to keep the water clean), and we certainly don't have a way to contact them. The pool chemical levels have been generally fine but still. And our first aid kit isn't well stocked at all, it's embarrassing. For emergencies, we don't have a copy of our emergency action plans. We don't have a radio, and nobody ever answers when I call using the on deck phone. They are severely…


What's up gamers.

So I have worked for the past seven or so weeks at a high end gym that we'll call Solstice.

It's a mess.

For one thing, our AED isn't hooked up to anything, it just sits under a table. No alarm on the door or anything.

For another, the tiles in the Jacuzzi are… Missing.

To my knowledge, we don't have a CPO(certified pool operator, they mix the chlorine or bromine or whatever chemical a given pool uses to keep the water clean), and we certainly don't have a way to contact them. The pool chemical levels have been generally fine but still.

And our first aid kit isn't well stocked at all, it's embarrassing.

For emergencies, we don't have a copy of our emergency action plans. We don't have a radio, and nobody ever answers when I call using the on deck phone.

They are severely understaffed, and if there is no lifeguard working, they just make the maintenance staff watch the pool instead of closing it.

The pay is 17/hr, which was competitive…. Around five years ago.

The General Manager is a dick, he's only nice to the membership advisors and treats his floor staff like dirt(he also yelled at me for not doing the mutual respect training by the end of July… I started in September). Word on the employee grapevine is he's facing a retaliation lawsuit.

Anyway I put in my two weeks yesterday and start a new job next week where I'll be making almost twice as much, in a field I'm much better suited to.

So yeah, that's my rant.

Edit: oh my God I forgot to mention, the manager won't call me by the name on my nametag. It's not technically deadnaming cuz I still use both names, but he does it to others too. “Mutual respect”.

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