Not the same as it used to be - Anonymous employee LensCrafters Employee Review

1.0
Aug 21, 2013
Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

You learn a skill that you can take elsewhere. Somewhat flexible schedule and a nice employee discount. Free pair each year. Got to work with some great people.

Cons

Low morale, low salary, they break alot of labor laws and no one does anything about it. When you contact HR about it, they look the other way. They keep GM's who should be fired just to keep their "diversity quota". They set people up to be fired. The new management has no Optical experience at all..none....and they care more about selling things customers don't need, just to make their sales goals. You are hired, and then they cut hours.

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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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