Essilor of America Reviews

Pros

Good benefits and co-worlers ( Not management ) were all hard working, good people. Team work was essential and everyone there ( management excluded ) pulled their weight and more in the rough economy. Every employee was doing the work of 2= people and not complaining, just trying to do a good jub.

Cons

Management, both middle and upper treated the actual working employees very poorly. They did not communicat the fact they were planning a lay-off and blindsided people, when if one were to quit , they would expect a 2 week notice. No human resource person on site, had to try and handle human resourse issues via phone or email with people in Dallas. There were many false allegations against employees without proof or investigation. Bottom line managemnet wanted big yearly bonuses no matter the cost to the average employee.

Advice to Senior Management

Be nice, don't think of yourselves as better than those who work under you. Communicate, ask questions and don't always assume you know best. Listen to employees and treat them with respect.. Remember your annual bonus does not matter to the average employee who is living paycheck to paycheck. When you have employees who are willing to bust their butts for you, the least you can do is communicate, and give them SOME respect.

Pros

pretty good benifits and vacation time.

Cons

management really does not seem to care about employes and just seem to change people schedule with no concern for what maybe going on in someones life.

Advice to Senior Management

getr a clue and talk to the people that do the job and make you money!

Pros

Nice benefits, decent vacation plan, good working hours, employees are proud of what they do, excellent base knoweledge of operating procedures within lab from employees

Cons

Management is constantly changing their minds on work flow and how to do the job. Employees are met with negative feedback on a daily basis. Focus is all about the numbers. There is no focus on quality. Management says "It's just a job!" Definately a good ol' boys club. Very difficult to advance career. Constant cuts in work force, but expected to produce more. Very unrealistic expectations by upper management. Poor communication between management and employees. Cut hours during week just to ask people to work Saturday.

Advice to Senior Management

We understand the company want to move forward. However, set realistic goals and sometimes you have to step back to move forward. Not all ideas work for every lab setting. There are differences in the quantity of work produced and expectations of accounts for different locations.

Pros

Great group of people. Good pay, benefits. Interesting work

Cons

Big corporate environment. Thinks nothing of shutting down and moving on.

Advice to Senior Management

The "little" people are the ones that put you in the positions you now hold. Respect that. We are all proud of the work we do no matter how small or insignificant you may think it is.

Pros

Biggest leader in optical in the industry, new technology, innovative.
Excellent promotions, creative marketing, good inside talent to cultivate and grow

Cons

No career pathing, hard to advance and move around to learn new things, hard to get the "right" exposure to show your talents

Advice to Senior Management

Change the culture to be more open and inviting, rather than dictatorial. It is hard to work in an environment that is constantly depressing because our numbers are never good enough (even though we grow faster than all competition)

Pros

Great balance between work and life!! Good place to enhance your skills and lots of opportunities to trainings for career development.

Cons

Average compensations compared to similar positions in the market.

Advice to Senior Management

Communication is important

Pros

great benefits, free eye wear for you and your family, loads of CE, great hours.

Cons

It yo are working in a branch location chances are there will be no established code of ethics to work by. In my location there was no human resources personnel and constant issues with management not follow through with company policy.

Advice to Senior Management

When opening a branch location make sure it is properly staffed and fully supplied with the proper equipment. Keep in close contact with all employees at the location. Do not allow other outside influences to micromanage your organization.

Pros

Opportunity to work with international and cross-functional teams. Many challenging projects to tackle and have chance to follow through on longer term projects.

Cons

There was not much room for career growth. Often the program scope would be changed and the work would need to be quickly redirected or stopped all together.

Pros

Retirement Benefits - 401K - immediate vesting - dollar for dollar up to 6%
ESPP - matches up to $10k/yr

Cons

Vacation - 2 wks/year
Management
Constant product changes that make ECP's angry

Pros

Decent work/life balance
Supervisors and managers appreciate employee effort

Cons

Meeting culture
Silo mentality
Detached senior management

Advice to Senior Management

With recent reduction in benefits and layoffs, you've become like every other American company.