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
Jun 10, 2017
Recommend
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Pros

They pull you in with all of their perks. They have a gym, tv+video games, place to order cheap food(the food was meh), free soda. The health insurance was through select health and was decent.

Cons

First off you are applying for a "Customer Service Representative" not a "Sales Representative." These should be separate positions, and the CSR should handle service requests. When I worked here I worked the swing shift, and I we handled a lot more service calls and got a lot more prank calls, oh and by the way never say anything about prank calls or your supervisor will pull you into a room and yell at you. So in essence they attract you with all the perks, but then you end up doing a terrible sales job, where they literally will have you lie to the customer by sneaking in eye drops, solution, or whatever other accessory they have. My supervisor called them her "package deals" even though the customers received no discount. Quality in this company is a joke, their ideal person on the phone just sounds like a disney princess, and if you get a confused customer on the phone and the call is not 100% smooth they will give you a bad score, everything they grade is subjective, so while one person might grade you an 4 or 5 which is a high score, another on that same call would give you a 1 or a 2.

1.0
Jan 31, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

It’s a remote job… so that’s nice.

Cons

I am extremely disappointed that this company thought it was a great idea to send all managers on a cruise while leaving their hardworking employees to struggle with zero support. To make matters worse, we received nothing in the way of a Christmas gift, bonus, or even a small token of appreciation, even though their hardworking customer service reps are the reason that 2024 was their best fiscal year to date. Do you understand how demoralizing this is? We break our backs making this company millions every day, only to see the profits of our hard work spent on managers who don’t even work their full shifts. These same managers were also given a fully paid week off at the end of the year—when we needed them most. Since December 23rd, my own manager has maybe worked five days, leaving early every single time. And yet, that laziness is completely acceptable to you. Meanwhile, if we want to leave just an hour early, we have to fight to use our limited PTO or points. Why are you rewarding managers who don’t even do their jobs—who don’t know company policies and constantly misinform new agents—while making regular employees take on more and more of their responsibilities, including training new hires, with zero extra compensation? I’m tired of doing my manager’s job. I’m tired of being unrecognized and unappreciated. It is exhausting to work here. I don’t want to be part of a company that thinks this is an acceptable way to treat employees. So I ask—what will you do to show us that you hear us and actually care enough to change things? Now, regarding the Quality department: Last week, I had to work all four of my days off just to manipulate some 4 scores and save my metrics. This system is broken. Having peers grade each other is unfair, especially when QA agents can see the names of the people they’re reviewing. The results are completely inconsistent—one QA agent will give you a perfect score for something that another will dock you for. How does that make sense? If you’re going to make this subjective metric such a crucial part of our jobs and bonuses, at least make it attainable. There’s no reason why getting a perfect score should be this difficult when we’ve been here for years and aren’t making policy mistakes. We go above and beyond to get perfect scores, yet if a QA agent simply doesn’t like you, they’ll score you poorly—over something as minor as using a hotkey slightly too early or too late, or not capitalizing enough letters in a sentence. If we aren’t violating policies and we’re meeting all of the required criteria, then our scores should be perfect. Period. Instead, we’re subjected to QA agents who seem to be on a power trip, don’t fully understand the policies they claim we violated, and managers who refuse to back us up when we dispute unfair scores. Hands down, this is the worst part of working here. Customer interactions would be so much more natural, smooth, and positive if we weren’t forced to check off every single box like robots—just to avoid low QA scores. And yet, we still get nitpicked. This system isn’t actually benefiting the customer. Ever since Seekwell took over, it has been a nightmare to work here. Promotions are not based on qualifications, no matter how much they claim to promote from within. It’s a popularity contest—if you’re not best friends with upper management, you don’t stand a chance.

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1-800 Contacts Response
1y
I appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts and recent work experience. While not every decision made by management will meet all expectations, we are committed to using feedback to drive meaningful improvements here at SeekWell. We understand that seeing managers go on a trip while others were working hard felt unfair. The intent was to recognize leadership, but we recognize that appreciation should never feel one-sided. We’re actively reviewing how we recognize and reward all employees, not just in moments of celebration, but in day-to-day support and compensation. Your concerns about the Quality process are also important. Evaluations should be fair, transparent, and supportive—not inconsistent or unpredictable. We’re continuously looking at ways to improve our QA process to ensure everyone is given a fair opportunity to succeed. Additionally, leadership accountability is a priority—we want managers to be present and supportive, not disengaged from the realities of the job. I want to personally thank you for your contributions to SeekWell. We remained focused on refining our processes to better serve both our teams and customers. Best, Customer Department Management
1.0
Sep 16, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

the benefits of a free gym, and the cafe are really good, and cheap contacts

Cons

The company says it treats employees differently and care about customer experience, but they only care about sales. You are held to unrealistic standards for sales, and forced to lie to customers by sneaking in solution. Also the bonus structure that they promote is a lie, I have been there for a year and have yet to bonus, you have to get a perfect quality(which they can dock you for being to happy or whatever they feel like), a huge rpc which is impossible cuz they count prank calls and service calls which are huge against you. Also I have tried to get into several different departments, while my friend in training who was related to someone that was high up had no qualifications and worse score than me got the job when there wasn't even an opening!!

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1-800 Contacts Response
10y
We believe that it is beneficial for a company to occasionally (and briefly) respond to a Glassdoor post which might represent an organization or a department. We are pleased to report that 60% of the associates in this department bonus monthly, and in August 2015 only 7% of our associates were below minimal statistical expectations. This would illustrate that our standards are achievable and that bonuses do pay! Also, the relationship we have with our customers is vital and we would never coach an associate to do anything that might harm or compromise that relationship.
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