“Competing personas”: aesthetic labor in the Chinese fitness industry

The Journal of Chinese Sociology

Table 1 Work condition of the dual track

Basic information Employment track Case selected	Club B		Club W
Basic information Employment track Case selected	Senior trainer	Rotating trainer	Senior trainer	Rotating trainer
Minimum Wage/month(yuan)^a	2000–3000	below 1500	2000–5000	1000–2000
Insurance Coverage^b	Partial	N/A	Partial	Partial
Daily working hour	6–8	8 +	6–10	8 +
Locality^c	Fixed	Contingent	Fixed	Fixed/contingent
Daily customer Traffic(individual)^d	267.9		414.3
Approximate staff ratio^e	1:4		1:3

The data represent only the branches that I observed, provided by the personnel sector of both companies (Club B and Club W)
^aThe total amount of wage is not fixed for trainers in both clubs. In general, senior trainers earn 10,000 to 15,000 yuan per month, while rotating trainer 3000 to 8000 yuan per month
^bAccording to the Labor Law, laborers shall enjoy social insurance benefits that include retirement; illness or injury; being disabled or suffering from occupational disease due to work-related injury; unemployment and reproduction. “Partial” refers to medical and work-related injury insurance. “N/A” refers to no insurance provided
^cThe stability of the work location is different for fitness trainers with varying conditions of employment. Compared with senior trainers who are allowed to work in the same during their stay, rotating trainers are required to work in different club branches
^dData provided denote the average daily access of customers monitored and calculated by automatic online recorder of the fitness club
^eStaff ratio here represents the senior-rotating rate