sports coach

project officer

lifeguard

library assistant

swim instructor

Glasgow-Life

Apparently you only have to sit at a desk or stand in a venue for long enough to get a promotion. No reward for working hard, showing initiative or completing jobs above your station. Managers who've worked there for decades have no idea about current trends, up to date methods or modern workforces. These managers are on big money + aren't in any rush to move on, meaning no chance for promotion in lower ranks. Management punch downwards + that cam come across as bullying or inappropriate behaviour. (Like banning talking in open plan offices!!) 

Tight budgets are mentioned constantly, although there's huge amounts of wastage like Boxes  of out of date print sits in the offices, never being distributed. Unefficient procedures. Plus undeserved salaries as mentioned above. Means lack of training. 

There are free outside work courses, which is great. You can take stuff like sign language and yoga. Outside of work hours. 

They offer flexi time in some roles, but don't always like you having it.

The company have some of the best facilities and events across Glasgow, its a shame theres no excitement about it left in the company. Watched enthusiastic people leave all the time or turn into others who just see it as a job with a good pension.

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Drastic changes are imposed without clear communication and at the last minute. A lot of new recruits do not stay on board due to Payroll taking many weeks to process paperwork to grant payment for additional hours, as well as long delays in starting date. There's a lot of training in the beginning, you are compensated for your time but they usually fall outside of your contracted hours and location making it very inconvenient for people who have other responsibilities outside of the dozen hours they work for at Glasgow Life.

They structurally discourage staff working all day long for contracted hours (unless doing additional hours) leading to additional waste of time and money commuting more often. You can get sent to any other branch at the last minute sometimes.

There is hardly any room for growth, you can go from part-time to full-time which is quite rare, the next level up is related to operations and branch management. 

Glasgow Life used to have a lot of life and passion within its teams. It's an organisation with arts, culture, sport and creativity at its core. It's a real shame that in recent years, the very best of its people have either left or have gone after long periods away with 'stress'. 
Even with home-working for the last 15 months, the only way to describe the working environment is 'toxic'. There is a top-down management structure and performance targets designed in a way to grind down employees rather than boost outputs.
There is some truly bad management in place, with 'leaders' who are far from inspirational, but excellent at cutting people to shreds. Probably quite handy when you're only focus is on saving money rather than serving the public.
In all good conscience, I could never recommend anyone to join this company; perhaps in a few years once it's current leadership is gone, or new leaders come in and look to remind everyone that working in sport, culture and the arts is about people, not wild and unreasonable performance targets.

Days can be spent either cleaning, setting up sports halls or being pulled into another role (lifeguard, gym, reception) since the term Glasgow Life Assistant is a broad term. 

I haven't learned a great deal since the job is relatively straight forward. Maybe slightly improved my customer service skills. 

Management can be ok at times, some are more supportive than others. 

I get on well with my colleagues and the customers are generally nice people. There is a lack of development for staff and any progression is based on favouritism or a who you know basis. It's a decent job but it's a job and not a company i'd recommend if you wish to develop or grow in. 

The hardest part of the job is probably dealing with difficult customers (which doesn't happen often) and dealing with poor management. 

The most enjoyable part of the job is chatting to customers. 

All in all a decent job with plenty of opportunity for overtime but as previously mentioned and personally have noticed a lack of development which is very demotivating. 

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Working for Glasgow Life is a solid and steady job. It is uncomplicated there are worse jobs out there for the level of pay and benefits provided. Probably the best thing about working for Glasgow Life you get good number of holidays depending on the number of hours worked and a good pension rate.
Unfortunately management are not great, the people themselves are nice but it seems they're more concerned about meeting goals set rather than having a happy workforce and focusing on their venues.
Working with the public can be stressful with little thanks from either the public or management. Thankfully staff are great and the work culture is really good with all staff coming together.
Self Development opportunities are available but limited once all recommended training has been completed. No opportunity to complete other training due to training being aimed at management rather than front-line staff.
Like I said Solid and Steady

Many of my days at work are very similar. Customer care and provision of information take up much of my day. I have learned many   skills most of which are focused on customer development and the delivery of services. Management is in a constant state of flux and it is difficult to know who you report to or what their role in the company is. Co-workers are consistently excellent and go beyond their remit on a regular basis to deliver a smooth service. The hardest part of the job involves dealing with customers who in many cases have substance abuse problems. The most enjoyable part of the job is working alongside my colleagues and the opportunity to take part in different projects.

I worked at Glasgow Life for several years in various roles. It was a good secure job for a long time, and the hours suited me as I have young children. However, there is a culture of blaming others and avoiding responsibility, which makes it quite a stressful company to work for at times. Management is very mixed, and often do not take staff concerns seriously. It is very hard to progress in the company as higher up jobs are hard to come by and usually filled by other managers. Proactive employees are often criticised by other staff for wanting to improve things as no one wants to be given more work. Some employees seem to get away with doing nothing while others do all the hard work. All in all, secure job but quite a negative atmosphere. 

Great team to work with but service stretched to the limits as many staff have recently left. Project planning restricted as remaining team members juggle many demands. Hardest part of the job is having to double up work and rationalise customer expectations in response to added workload aligned to lesser staff resources.
Most enjoyable part of the job knowing that most staff recognise our efforts although management in general are more concerned with results and not interested in how difficult it is to achieve these

I do enjoy my job and have met some amazing people. However there are serious health and safety issues, but raising them does nothing other than make you the issue instead.  Staff are not valued or respected. If a customer is being verbally abusive many managers will not support staff but will instead pander to the customer (even when the staff member was acting on the managers advice).
There are different rules depending on whether you are related to/long time friends with management. 

Job is great hours are ok, however feel the rota could be worked a bit better. As for progression the company can be good a promoting individuals however its not always on a merit based promotion. i have learned a lot in terms of plant room operations and cashing up however i think the work place culture could be better. I enjoy working with the members of the public going out my way to ensure they have a good time whilst in the facility. i would say this is the most important and enjoyable part of my job. the part of my job i least like is that you don't get the credit you deserve sometimes from management.

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