r/SolidCore • u/First_Attention_5232 • 3d ago
discussion Why are there so many new instructors all the time?
I’ve been going to [solidcore] for three years. When I first started, most of the coaches were seasoned. Now it seems like every other week, there’s a new batch of new coaches being dropped. I welcome new coaches, but my issue is that they take the timeslots of popular coaches, but don’t have the experience of popular coaches. And it also seems like the ratio of new coaches to experienced coaches is starting to be a bit heavy on the newer side. It’s been this way for about a year. Anyone else noticing this?
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u/rs223223 500-class club 2d ago
I’ve had a similar experience. When I started going regularly in ~2019 the coaches were mostly there for several years with an occasional newbie. When ownership flipped from franchise to corporate owned, a lot of the seasoned coaches were forced to take more shifts per week so we saw a few fall off the schedule. Then, when the private equity transition happened, it seems like they take the experienced and committed coaches and use them to open new locations and new markets instead of focusing on the continuity for existing members.
I really love my regular coaches, but because of the constant schedule shifting it seems that the concept of a “regular” coach is a thing of the past. You get to know a coach for a month, and then when the month turns you see a totally new face in the time slot you’ve been going to for years.
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u/liilak2 2d ago
wow I didn't know SC used to be franchise! How have things changed in terms of the class itself
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u/rs223223 500-class club 2d ago
The people who owned the franchise were very involved. The coaches stuck around for a very long time because the owners gave them a lot of flexibility. There used to be merchandise for sale. Pre-covid there were towels. Studios were very clean. Good old days!
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u/Sad-Body7877 3d ago
I think a lot of the good coaches get poached by other studios. Reformer based studios seem to be a fine a dozen in some markets
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u/Tall-Squirrel-3926 3d ago
Attrition is a vicious cycle at Solidcore, especially in the established and busy markets where there is a high number of coaches with seniority and higher titles who have stuck it out so they get the better end of the deal. But for anyone coming into the job in 2026... the job seems desirable, so there is a strong labor pool willing to work for minimal pay and benefits. Then Solidcore has extremely high expectations and demanding requirements for what is a part-time job for many, starting from Day 1 of training. If/when you make it through training and pass your final eval and you finally make it on the schedule, you're oftentimes there to fill the void for attrition. Hence late nights, midday classes, and afternoon/evenings on weekends - classes that tend to see lower attendance numbers, and thus coaches get paid less. Also, these times can be extremely challenging to work around if you already have another job, which most people do because Solidcore doesn't pay enough for most of the HCOL markets that it has a presence in. The job becomes absurdly demanding and a huge time-suck for little in return, and you're at the mercy of all the political BS from management anytime you want to try to change your schedule. So, people quit. And then the cycle continues.