Overall great company - Sales Associate LaVida Massage Employee Review

Respectful and welcoming. Queer friendly. Absolutely no micro management, we are in charge of our own schedules. I love working here.

Cons within the massage industry are pretty universal and will be seen here (up and down stability of clients).

Tips were great. Other than that, nothing.

Hostile work environment. Illegal employment laws take place here. Pay is nonexistent. Day 1 that I start, I find out that I am forced to change my name and go by an alias that was decided for me. managements reasoning being “we do not allow duplicate named people working here” I was taken aback because 1. I have never heard of such thing. 2. To make a long story short I dealt with something in my past regarding the name they chose for me and it gave me a trauma response making me shut down ridden with anxiety. Off the bat the manager did not like me, she negatively criticized my skills during training on a specific modality that I wasnt even taught yet, I don’t want to share too many details in fear of being contacted by management. I was given 1 week of training due to the lead trainer being out on vacation not even having been given a chance at training and recieved a phone call from one of the managers the day before getting let in the room saying even though I have gotten great feedback not having any complaints but I am being let go. Honestly this was a blessing in disguise because I am thriving and succeeding in my current job with way better pay.