National Vision reviews

3.2

46% would recommend to a friend

(917 total reviews)
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Alex Wilkes

28% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

National Vision has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 917 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The National Vision employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.4 stars).

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917 reviews
2.0
Sep 1, 2015

Ok starting position

Recommend
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Pros

Get to meet and help some great customers. You get to learn about optics and develop sales skills. You may also get to work with some great coworkers.

Cons

VERY low pay for entry level associates and below industry average pay for managers. Many stores currently experiencing high turnover and understaffing. Split days off. 45 hour minimum work week for store managers. Managers are expected to personally sell 20%+ of store volume without commission. Annual raises are a joke, often in the 2-3% range for all associates. Very little opportunity for advancement past store manager. No clear career development. It is a "yes" culture where stores are expected to execute on corporate initiatives with little to no input from the store level.

2.0
Jun 11, 2015

Corporate cliques

Recommend
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Pros

Will give you all the tools to be successful. Resources are limitless. Reade Fahs is a genius/visionary

Cons

Thou have to be in the right all boy clique. Growing too fast & becoming impersonal.

2.0
Jun 10, 2015

Look elsewhere

Anonymous employee
Recommend
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Pros

The only thing good about this company is the amount of paid time off you get.

Cons

I would not recommend this company to anyone. The pay is low,stress is high, and the upper management is awful. They give you unrealistic sales goals as well. They do not value their employees and do nothing to try and retain them.Oh and they play favorites too.

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