1-800 Contacts reviews

3.8

69% would recommend to a friend

(635 total reviews)
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John Graham

82% approve of CEO

71% positive business outlook

1-800 Contacts has an employee rating of 3.8 out of 5 stars, based on 635 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The 1-800 Contacts 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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635 reviews
4.0
Nov 4, 2021

Family Focused,

Recommend
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Pros

Family focused Strict 9-5 schedule Benefits are good

Cons

Management gets in the way of progress. Pay ceiling - nowhere to go once you reach a certain point. Resistant to remote work. Unrelenting deadlines. Other coworkers can get complacent and easily get away with doing less work.

3.0
Oct 12, 2021

Low Pay

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

great work environment and great coworkers

Cons

Hard to survive on a low hourly pay with hardly any pay raise

5.0
Sep 5, 2021

Best Company Ever

Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

•great people (managers, employees, CEO) •thorough training to make sure you feel (almost overly) prepared to take on any job •supports everyone (LGBTQ+ positive, charity work, everyone and anyone is welcomed with warm arms) •work with great customers •have all the support in the world from literally anyone •have company get togethers and/or team get togethers (even through zoom or teams) (I have recommended at least 5 people to work for 1-800 Contacts in my 90 days of working here)

Cons

•kind of crappy hours in the beginning, one weekend day is required for the first 6 months-ish •work with some rude customers (very very few) •getting time off is a little complicated

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