BIG CHANGES - Licensed Optician LensCrafters Employee Review

2.0
May 24, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Optical is something I've done for 46 years. Lenscrafters in the past has been a great place to practice your trade and advance. Love working with young people learning the trade

Cons

Optical is changing and Lencrafters is changing with it and maybe not for the good.. They currently think 30 hours is full time. lets get real who can live off that. They are also short staffing their stores. Many stores are working with 2/3 the hours they had 5 years ago. No more customer service. Speaking of customer service they are currently in the process of closing their store labs ( Atlanta has closed labs) no more ONE HOUR SERVICE. They will soon be nothing special. Just like all other places selling glasses. This will be a time for independent optical shops to capitalize . Lenscrafters can not have a 7 to 14 day wait for glasses and charge their current. Lots of lab workers will be looking for a job. They will soon be just an over priced chain .

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Cons

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Pros

when I first started it was a very employee based company. Great discounts, great benefits. Regional managers were swift to help if we had questions and offer support

Cons

Since last year the environment has changed vastly. They no longer care about the employees and only want results. They have raised prices and insurances dont cover as well as they used to and they expect the managers to just force people to buy. If you dont make your monthly goals youre put on a PIP and the Regionals are constantly threatening you to make them. The work life balance does not exist. There is a group chat with your fellow store managers hosted by the Regional and if its your day off they still expect a response. I know it comes from the top down but the micromanaging has gotten so awful. Down to the minute you must be scheduled correctly. I have been here for 3 years and have never had a positive review even though our store has exceeded its goals. Doesnt matter to them, they expect more and more. They raise goals constantly and the only answer they have for making sure we hit those goals is no one leaves, even though they can get the same product from a competitor at a much lower cost.

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