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
3.0
Jan 11, 2016

District Manager

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

National company with plenty of opportunities.

Cons

You have to be one of the chosen ones

2.0
Mar 19, 2014

Cutthroat DM

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

I learned a lot from being with the company for so long. Great benefits when speaking of health insurance and vacation time earned. Offering good eyewear at good prices.

Cons

Having a District Manager that only visits once a month and assumes they know everything that goes on in the store. As a manager you get paid salary but are expected to schedule yourself 50 hours per week and in most cases you work more like 55. They never allow enough payroll to keep the busy stores adequately staffed. If you work really hard and get a good bonus they will raise your budgets to unattainable amounts the following year. They can and will terminate your employment for simply disagreeing with your DM even after you've worked for them for over 10 years and earned them millions of dollars.

1.0
Jul 11, 2023

Nepotism

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

Generous Paid time off and free eye exams.

Cons

Nepotism, brown nosers, quiet-quitters. Management wont listen to you, unless they like you. High school mentality, wont get a promotion unless you're in that "group" Promotions of the wrong individuals causing good workers to leave. High turn around, HR wants to hire new people and not promote from within Co-workers keep their heads down, and just do what is assigned. Low starting pay, low raises. Don't share to much with people, they'll try to get you fired.

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