Is America's Best a good company to work for?

America's Best has an overall rating of 2.9 out of 5, based on over 1,516 reviews left anonymously by employees. This rating has decreased by 5% over the last 12 months. 36% of employees would recommend working at America's Best to a friend and 30% have a positive outlook for the business. The best reviews about America's Best have been left by employees working as District Manager , General Manager and Certified Optometric Technician .

Does America's Best pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, America's Best employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.3 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at America's Best. This rating has decreased by 8% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at America's Best?

36% of America's Best employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated America's Best 3.0 out of 5 for work life balance, 2.8 for culture and values and 2.7 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at America's Best?

Optician (186) , General Manager (166) , Receptionist (123) , Optometric Technician (111) , Sales Associate (101) , Assistant Manager (68) , Front Desk Receptionist (63) , Unlicensed Optician (41) , Licensed Optician (36) , Optometrist (34) , District Manager (23) , Technician (20) , Store Manager (17) , Assistant Eyeglass Manager (16) , Manager (15)

What are the pros of working at America's Best according to real employee reviews?

"The benefits are great and affordable." ((in 61 reviews)); "the great coworkers made it worthwile" ((in 42 reviews)); "Great people to work with" ((in 36 reviews)); "Free glasses and half off other merchandise" ((in 25 reviews)); "Good work environment and easy to move around in office" ((in 21 reviews))

What are the cons of working at America's Best according to real employee reviews?

"low pay very busy store" ((in 224 reviews)); "Poor management and rude customers" ((in 123 reviews)); "Horrible manager s not trained well" ((in 56 reviews)); "Long hours and very busy on Saturdays" ((in 33 reviews)); "bad upper management and lots of wasteful practices" ((in 32 reviews))

What are the top reviewed America's Best locations?

Houston , Chicago , Atlanta , Philadelphia , San Antonio , Dallas , Saint Louis , Miami , Austin , Orlando , Jacksonville , Richmond , New York , Tampa , Kansas City , Indianapolis , Phoenix , Los Angeles , Huntsville , Mobile , Washington , Tomball , Nashville , Akron , Columbus , Denver , Panama City , Buford , Duluth , Garfield

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America's Best reviews

2.9

36% would recommend to a friend

(1,496 total reviews)

Alex Wilkes

28% approve of CEO

30% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

3.0

Work/Life balance

2.8

Culture & values

2.7

Career opportunities

2.6

Senior management

2.3

Compensation and benefits

America's Best has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 1,496 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The America's Best 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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Reviews by job title

1K reviews

1.0

Jul 26, 2022

Hired full time, given part time hours

Technician

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It’s a job. That’s about it

Cons

GM was awesome, district manager was so far up his own rear end it wasn’t even funny. Was hired on at $12 an hour with two degrees. Offered full time and slowly doctors started leaving our store and at one point I was begging upper management for hours. District manager doesn’t care, his pockets are too full to care about his employees. Whole company is a scam in itself. We scare customers into buying retinal imaging at the possibility of seeing something when the doctors can see everything just fine without the retinal imaging. Impossible to meet sales quota for retinal imaging with a doctor available 4 times a month. Don’t hire a tech with 4 doctor days a month.

1.0

Jul 5, 2022

Good entry level job

Optician

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

You get commission if 1%.

Cons

You do not get the training since they don't have many employees that want to stay. The turn over for employees is so high that every time a customer comes in there's someone new working. They want employees working from open to close daily and have 4 people closing when it's supposed to be 2.

3.0

Jun 22, 2022

Don't Pay Enough

Sales associate

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The Job Is Easy Enough

Cons

Understaffed constantly and everyone is underpaid very badly. Receptionists are paid like $11-12 an hour and associates are paid like $12/hr plus a 1% commission but that is nothing when you sell thousands of dollars worth of glasses and lenses per week. In the end a full time associate like myself made like $850-950 depending on how busy or slow the week was. If they bumped up the commission and upped the based pay to $14-15 and hour they would get more people in the door. And the underpaid receptions is why we couldn't keep any. Even Management is underpaid! Now for the techs they were also underpaid and had to be trained under the doctors so double pressure. Just no good all around and it starts with pay. Just pay your people!

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