CooperVision Reviews

Pros

Coopervision is a successful growing company and was an enjoyable place to work. There were many opportunities for advancement

Cons

Sometimes too much focus on short term results at the expense of long term gains

Advice to Senior Management

Continuous communication

Pros

Easy work , work mates were cool

Cons

Boring , you could leave your brain at the door.
Team leaders lacked basic cmmon sense and treated staff like crap.
No promotion prospects

Advice to Senior Management

Lighten up

Pros

Good benefits, somewhat supportive management

Cons

This is a growing company so there are still a lot of bugs which need to be worked out

Advice to Senior Management

I think the HR team should have their practices changed because it's a little over the top in my opinion

Pros

faced paced working and learning environment

Cons

rigid mamagement style and less opportunity for career advancement

Pros

shift work (4 days off in a row), Xmas closing down, flexible work patterns available (full-time, part-time, day shifts, night shifts, other)

Cons

no bank or Easter holidays, little opportunities of personal growth for production operators, promoting relatives and friends in production area

Pros

Good pay and flexible work schedule.

Cons

Little vacation time, benefits are very average.

Pros

Innovative company, nimble, strong execution

Cons

No strong professional growth programs

Advice to Senior Management

Facilitate mentorship

Pros

Lots of potential but missing opportunities by shallow management.

Cons

Constantly cleaning out anyone (usually newer folks - regardless of age) who does not align to the mgt's personal agenda. Very sub-optimized, especially in IT to what will protect the mgr's job via outward scheming and manipulation - outwardly ignoring whats best for the company.

The Board here ran the company in the ground years past and will take zero risks during their final few years before they reap their final golden parachutes.

Tremendous turnover of new folks brought in from the outside either becuase they try to improve (read CHANGE) things for the better - or because they threaten the retired in place mgrs. Be careful as they take full advantage of NY's "hire at will" laws.....you can be tapped on the shoulder any time!

Advice to Senior Management

Maybe going to some church of some kind will provide the moral and ethical leadership you need to salvage this place instead of using it as your personal monopoly game . You are the quintessential example of whats wrong with the worst of Corporate America.

Pros

The end user community is very nice and easy to work with

Cons

EXTREME favoritism and cliques
very age discriminatory at non management levels; constant talking and joking about "who is the youngest" and "becoming an old fart" once reaching 40
pay is horrendous; i've received better raises working for Mcdonalds
vacation time is not that great
management relies upon their "pets" for information; employees for over 5 years are very "job security conscious" and would rather users wait and get no service than cross train and have someone else fill in; this is mostly due to the inadequate knowledge base to begin with of most of the staff; their fav managers allow them to "cherry pick" their job functions and throw the rest of the undesirable work to those less favored (employees who are either very compliant or have been there less than 3 years)
Those who have been there for over 10 years never seem to have expanded their knowledge other than what was necessary for the job.
Other depts such as Finance are ok, Global operations seem to be doing a good job, however, in my dept I only heard from my mgr through accusatory emails when he thought something was going wrong as per his "pets"
NO feedback on a job well done UNLESS you are one of the favored.

Advice to Senior Management

Stop the favoritism.

Pros

Great work-life balance. Pretty good location in East Bay.

Cons

contact lens field is a bit limiting, can get stuck in this particular industry

Advice to Senior Management

Spend more time developing younger employees