1-800 Contacts reviews

3.9

71% would recommend to a friend

(634 total reviews)
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John Graham

84% approve of CEO

73% positive business outlook

1-800 Contacts has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 634 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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634 reviews
1.0
Mar 11, 2022
Recommend
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Pros

Work from home for the time being, some contact benefits for you and your family & if you like sales you can make extra money on bonuses.

Cons

Hard core sales work for no where near what sales jobs pay for, they provide you a month of "training" which does not prepare you for anything, they are denying time off like crazy for no reason and the rest of your "training" will be with a coworker who has only worked here a month or so longer then you and has no idea what they are doing. If you work full time it is next to impossible to meet your goals and no one cares. They say they do but if you ask for help they will actually punish you instead. I just want to be clear that if you were like me and thought this was a customer service job (phones, chat, text, email, ect) your job is NOT customer service it is hard core sales and if you are not offering the most amount of sales and some how "not bullying" but "educating" (cough cough) your customer into purchasing the max amount of contacts and solution with EVERY conversation no matter the situation- your life will be nothing short of HELL. I am not anti 1800 Contacts but I truly wish someone would have been upfront and told me so I would not have gone through a month of training to realize. 1800 Contacts is right up there with Wells Fargo and those online colleges who non stop call you every day and bully you into sales. I truly wish I could tell you everything in this review with out risking losing my job because you would cringe. I am begging you to reconsider and not apply here unless it is an office job. Those are the only safe positions.

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1-800 Contacts Response
4y
A major area of focus as a leadership team is to provide a great work experience for our associates. Included in that is ensuring we set new hires up for success through providing the best training experience we can. We'd love to chat more with you if you are open to it. We definitely don't want any of our associates to feel this way. If you're comfortable discussing possible solutions and providing more feedback, please reach out to your business partner Carter Southam or the head of your channel Courtney Hughes.
4.0
Dec 18, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

-discounted meals -free gym and personal trainers -fun company events -invest in employees with town hall meetings and training's -great people -flexible scheduling -401(k) -insurance -maternity leave -tuition reimbursement -1x1 training's with your manager -discount on contacts

Cons

-lots of opportunity to move around but not to move up -it is very easy to get burned out

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1-800 Contacts Response
7y
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4.0
May 19, 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

this is probably one of the greatest companies to work at in the valley. - benefits are great - subsidized meals - great work environment - very well organized - this company is made up of very talented and honest people - hire at a very competitive salary

Cons

- this company does not have a very good year over year compensation increase. (Less than Inflation) - the only way to get a real raise is to shoot for a management position or through promotions.

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