National Vision reviews

3.2

46% would recommend to a friend

(302 total reviews)
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Alex Wilkes

27% approve of CEO

43% positive business outlook

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2.0
Sep 1, 2015

Ok starting position

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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
Aug 18, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

If you're lucky, a good general manager will make the experience better. Solid pay

Cons

Extremely corporate. When you are speaking to your superior managers in the store; the speaking tone they use, techniques, and meetings they hold are all from the higher ups in the corporate office. Absolutely no personalization or supportive store environment. No matter how good you think you are doing corporate will always make a store visit and tell you what you are doing wrong. Always increasing sales goals year over year. No positive feedback from corporate or management. Will mess with your commission based on entire store sales. Never offers stable commission for sales.

2.0
Jun 10, 2015

Look elsewhere

Anonymous employee
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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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