America's Best reviews

2.9

36% would recommend to a friend

(1,497 total reviews)
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28% approve of CEO

30% positive business outlook

America's Best has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,497 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The America's Best employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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1K reviews
2.0
Jun 9, 2014

Best employees.. horrible management

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

Super easy job. Just smile and customers love you. One pair of glasses free a year and 50% off the rest of the time.

Cons

Horrible labs.. constantly getting glasses wrong, it seems like the labs do not check the glasses before they are sent out. When I was working there it seemed that at least 40% of the glasses prescriptions had something wrong with it but we were constantly having to tell customers to "get used to them" or the quality of the frames themselves is crap. even the "designer" expensive frames like ray ban are horrid. Oh and don't you dare have an issue that your general manager won't help you with. Neither will your district manager or the corporate office. pretty much they do not care if it does not affect them. Also next to no room to move up in the company. They will always hire outside instead of promoting from within.

3.0
Mar 27, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Flexibility in schedule, commission and incentive pay, opportunities to advance.

Cons

Lack of balance in the workplace, unrealistic sales expectations in certain seasons, cut throat environment, rude low end customers at times, etc

2.0
Jan 4, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The store-level team is fantastic. I truly love my coworkers, and we have a strong sense of camaraderie. In-store management is understanding and tries their best to be flexible with the schedule despite the pressure they are under from above.

Cons

Extreme Workload: Frequent staff call-ins are ignored, forcing a single technician to handle 20+ patient work-ups solo on a regular basis. The volume is unmanageable for one person to handle accurately. The "Premium" Delusion: Corporate sends down "detailed" protocols for insurance and patient "journeys" that are physically impossible to execute with current staffing. They expect premium service while providing a skeleton crew budget. Corporate Disconnect: Leadership (including the new CEO) is completely out of touch with store capabilities. They have cut labor hours while the clinical demand remains the same or increases. Low Pay & Unfair Bonuses: The pay is extremely low for the level of medical liability involved. To make it worse, bonuses are "team-based." If you are a high-performer who shows up, you still lose your bonus because others call in or aren't trained to hit the capture metrics. It is a "High-Performer Tax." Sales Floor Impact: When we are short-staffed, management pulls sales staff to do medical work-ups. This is a major liability for the doctors and a massive disservice to the sales staff, as they lose out on commissions and "spiffs" while they are stuck in the pre-test room.

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