National Vision reviews

3.2

46% would recommend to a friend

(918 total reviews)
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Alex Wilkes

27% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

National Vision has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 918 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The National Vision employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.4 stars).

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918 reviews
2.0
Mar 19, 2014

Cutthroat DM

Recommend
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Pros

I learned a lot from being with the company for so long. Great benefits when speaking of health insurance and vacation time earned. Offering good eyewear at good prices.

Cons

Having a District Manager that only visits once a month and assumes they know everything that goes on in the store. As a manager you get paid salary but are expected to schedule yourself 50 hours per week and in most cases you work more like 55. They never allow enough payroll to keep the busy stores adequately staffed. If you work really hard and get a good bonus they will raise your budgets to unattainable amounts the following year. They can and will terminate your employment for simply disagreeing with your DM even after you've worked for them for over 10 years and earned them millions of dollars.

2.0
Mar 9, 2014

Management

Recommend
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Pros

Closed on Sundays, flexible scheduling, lots of information to take in. Great intro positions for those just starting out in optometry/optical. Apprenticeship program available for further education.

Cons

DM/GM on different pages, inexperienced management in busy positions which is very stressful on rest of staff resulting in high turnover.

2.0
Feb 11, 2014
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

National Vision is a great company. They have good benefits and rewards for their employees.

Cons

There is never any room for advancement within the company. No matter how qualified you are for the job, they always hire from the outside. They do not pay well at all and they do not give fair raises, no matter how well your store did the previous year. I do not recommend this company if you plan to advance, more than likely they will hire someone in from another company that is not qualified to do the job.

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