Gympass

Why Gympass IS A MOST LOVED WORKPLACE®

Systemic Collaboration

EMPLOYEES COLLABORATE THROUGHOUT OUR COMPANY BY …

Prioritizing Constructive Collaboration. At Gympass we foster a collaborative environment, where everyone cooperates to find the right solution to issues we solve on a day to day basis. Teams bring diverse perspectives together and work effectively with others by giving and getting input to make the right decisions.
Disagreements are encouraged to be raised to ensure we learn as an organization. We encourage employees to give feedback on all levels to create a stronger, more collaborative unit. We promote this behavior in day-to-day interactions, but also offer tools and forums to make feedback easy to share and access.
Fostering One Global Community. Building a sense of a belonging is a top priority at Gympass, especially with 1,500+ employees from 11 different countries the world. Anyone, in any office, has the opportunity to work cross-functionally or apply to transfer positions internally. Gympass also encourages many cross-functional inter-office events, like Virtual Yoga/Meditation Sessions, Trivia Nights, company wide physical fitness challenges and more.
Offering Hybrid Office Structure. Employees are encouraged to work in a way that best suits their needs. Every employee is empowered to work from their own home while they are also welcome to work alongside their colleagues at any of our various office locations across the US, Europe, and Brazil.
Arranging Global In-Person Meet-Ups. In 2022 we welcomed over 1,300 global employees from 11 countries to our first global company-wide event. Employees spent three days together in Brazil to foster constructive collaboration and communication.

Positive Vision of the Future

EMPLOYEES AT OUR COMPANY HAVE A POSITIVE VISION FOR THE FUTURE BECAUSE …

All of us believe in our Gympass mission to make wellbeing universal is the lifeblood of its company culture. Our mission is an incredible motivator to our employees. Internal company data has shown that the level of authenticity of Gympass’ approach drives enthusiasm and motivates its employees to bring their best.
Prioritizing Transparency and Frequent Communication. With constant communication via Slack, monthly all-hands meetings, Gympass puts its employees first to foster an honest, transparent work culture that encourages openness and innovation.

Company Respect

WE SHOW RESPECT AND ENSURE THAT ALL VOICES ARE HEARD AND IDEAS ARE VALUED THROUGHOUT THE COMPANY BY …

Truly listening to Gympassers. We ensure we have tools and routines that encourage our employees to speak up if they have a concern, a suggestion for improvement and compliments. We leverage tools such as peakon surveys, questions in town halls, team/country focused all hands.
Our culture of openness, transparency, and frequent communication has positively impacted the team’s motivation and commitment while breaking down barriers to innovation. We run multifaceted businesses, with a complex ecosystem – so ensuring all voices are heard is not an option to us, but a necessity. One of our values, the Ecosystem Mindset, means we make decisions that help us achieve our mission. We want to make sure we take into consideration all stakeholders before any projects/conversations.
Employees are encouraged to participate in our 14 employee-led affinity groups. These groups allow employees of shared interests and identities to come together in a safe environment to discuss their experiences and how Gympass can best support them. The affinity groups are regularly consulted by leadership to ensure all groups are recognized and heard in company decision making.

Company Support / Killer Outcomes

WE SUPPORT OUR EMPLOYEES IN ACHIEVING THEIR PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL GOALS BY …

Encouraging each and everyone of them to own their careers and empower them with:
Regular team trainings, access to online learning library (Udemy and tech specific resources on Coursera and O’Reilly)
1:1 with HRBPs for advice and discussions on potential career paths based on performance, skills, and interests
Transparent communication with direct managers is encouraged regarding career goals and compensation. An IDP with the direct manager is built and uploaded on Workday with regular follow ups.
Every open vacancy at Gympass is always opened internally as well as externally. We have internal application guidelines and a clear process. Internal applications are always encouraged and are given priority over external applications.

Alignment of Values

OUR COMPANY’S VALUES ARE ALIGNED WITH OUR EMPLOYEES BECAUSE …

They were built by our employees. We rewrote our values in 2019, in a collective process in which Gympassers were asked to say what they thought the values of the company should be. They were written for Gympassers, by Gympassers.
On a day-to-day basis, our company values are a part of the employee journey as early as the first interview. We celebrate those who show up in ways that reflect Gympass’s values from informal forums, like, company-wide award recognition to formal evaluations.

Company Practices / Love

PROGRAMS AND PRACTICES WE GIVE TO OUR EMPLOYEES THAT CREATE A LOVED WORKPLACE ARE …

We have an exciting and supportive atmosphere with passionate people from all around the world. Employees get the opportunity to collaborate with teams from different countries and learn from other cultures daily
We foster a dynamic environment, an informal attitude that encourages everyone to be themselves: casual attire (we don’t believe in an office dress code), employees can reach out to any leaders easily (we go beyond job titles…we are all part of the same team, united by one mission), open dialog, space for personal interests.
We host frequent team activities and challenges that employees can participate in fostering team spirit and reinforcing our common passion for our mission/company values: team workouts and wellbeing activities, happy hours, celebrations after work, team dinners, etc.
We prioritize diversity, equity and belonging: we aim to create a collaborative, supportive, and inviting space where everyone knows they belong. Our dedicated Diversity Equity & Belonging team organizes frequent DE&B events, communications to support and educate employees, and encourages employees to join affinity groups.
We encourage proactivity and innovation and give employees opportunities to really make an impact.
We cultivate a passionate, mission-driven environment. We’re proud of what we are building together, eager to transform the world and driven to make wellbeing universal.

CEO Strengths

OUR CEO SERVES AS A MODEL OF OUR COMPANY VALUES BY …

Our CEO is consistently reinforcing our company culture and values frequently during global meetings, insisting on the importance of them, but also leading by example. In his day to day, how he makes decisions, how he interacts with others inside or outside the company, he lives and breathes our values.
Gympass breeds a culture of collaboration and belonging and that begins with our CEO. By nature, Cesar leads with empathy and shows up in a way that makes him accessible and approachable. By design, Gympass continues to keep employees top of mind with a clear, company-wide objective to cultivate a best-in-class place to work.

Benefits

EXAMPLES OF UNIQUE BENEFITS, BONUS, OR COMPENSATION WE PROVIDE ARE …

We focus a lot on wellbeing aspects and mechanisms of alignment towards the overall company goals and mission – Bonus for all, bonus results tied to company performance, Equity for all, great wellbeing benefits, equitable and above market leaves, great access to our own solutions, peer-to-peer rewards like values recognition.
Wellness resources: As a leading wellbeing company, we prioritize the wellbeing of our Gympassers first and seek to create a supportive environment as critical to our people strategy. Our wellbeing offerings are centered around 4 pillars: Mental, Physical, Financial and Social, and we provide a portfolio of programs, partnerships and tools aiming for wellbeing prevention, intervention and protection.
Plus, we offer all Gympassers and their families membership to our platform. Our app includes: personal training, in person fitness partners (over 50,000 fitness partners!), sleep and meditation guidance, mental health support, nutrition resources and more!
Competitive compensation packages in all markets we operate: that includes cash incentives tied to company and individual successes, as well as the opportunity for all good performers to participate in our equity program.
Stock Options are an important part of Total Rewards at Gympass. It drives an ownership mentality consistent with our values and creates a strong link between employee rewards and the long-term success of Gympass, allowing employees to share in the potential value created through growing the business.
Generous paid time off per year (min 5 weeks per year): including unlimited sick days off, an extra day off for your birthday, and additional days off with each year of tenure (up to 5 days extra).
Flexible schedule: We give our employees some flexibility to adjust their working hours, letting them adjust their starting time within a range of 3 hours.

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2023

About the Company

Gympass is a complete corporate wellbeing platform that ignites and fuels every journey to feel good by reinventing wellbeing, making it universal, engaging and accessible. Worldwide companies rely on Gympass’ unmatched variety, convenience, and flexibility to support their employees’ health and happiness. With over 50,000 fitness partners, 1,300 on-demand classes, 2,000 hours of meditation, weekly 1:1 therapy sessions, and hundreds of personal trainers, Gympass supports every wellbeing journey across North America, Latin America, and Europe. Gympass partners with best-in-class wellbeing providers–such as Lifesum, Barry’s, LA Fitness and Calm.

Company Headquarters

Headquarters location:

30 Irving Pl 8th Floor, New York, NY 10003

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Industry:

Wellness, Corporate Benefits

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Company CEO's name:

Cesar Carvalho

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Number of employees:

1001 - 10000

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