Essilor Reviews

Pros

Great company to work for. All expenses paid, including, mileage, hotel, airfare, food, office supplies, etc. Stock match, full benefits, 401K.

Cons

It's a $6 billion company. Upper management doesn't know you. That's expected, though, from a company that big.

Advice to Management

Memorize your National Sales Meeting training speeches. You all come off as very fake and unfeeling. Very robotic. You can't seem to move on until the teleprompter has moved you forward. Memorize and improvise your training and you will come off as more personable. Sales consultants are expected to know our presentations inside and out and be able to improvise when necessary. You need to do the same thing with your...

Pros

Company culture, 401K and stock purchase plans

Cons

Lots of changes due to continuous management reshuffle, need processes and better vision care benefits to employees

Advice to Management

Concentrate in the long term

Pros

Lots of opportunities to stretch and grow, if politically savvy, competitive and highly networked.

Cons

Revolving door, no change management practices with lots of change, needs to pay more attention to inclusive work environment. HR is there for management - employees. Can do better with recruiting and retaining ethnic minorities.

Advice to Management

New leader seems to be on the right track. Focus on employee morale. Hold leaders more accountable for modeling values while achieving results. No accountability for true diversity.

Pros

Everyone is willing to help. The culture is very relaxed. Leave when you want , and come in when you want love it .

Cons

Too much work is placed on HR, departments in HR are not aligned with each other . Something has to change ! Too much stress. Mentioned earlier the culture is relaxed, although that is seen as a good thing it is not in HR . A lot of favoritism. Good talent is leaving, because of the culture and stress.

Advice to Management

Management needs to take action immediately. Stop sweeping things under the rug and start appreciating your good talent before it’s gone.

Pros

if you need a job this is for you. there's really no pros to this csr position. your are pretty much stuck with no room for advancement. 1 PRO- you meet some very nice accounts that actually make your day at work enjoyable. co-workers at the lab

Cons

HORRIBLE COMMUNICATION UPPER MANAGEMENT NEEDS TO TAKE THE TIME TO GET TO KNOW THE EMPLOYEES. BENEFITS ARE TOO EXPENSIVE YOU CAN NOT LEARN ABOUT A NEW PRODUCT IN 24 HRS AND GET A MYSTERY CALL AS WELL. MAKES NO SENSE. YOU CAN'T BE TOO COMFORTABLE WITH ONE THING WITH THIS COMPANY THINGS CONSTANTLY CHANGE . REQUESTING TIME OFF IS A PAIN. NO MORE THAN 6 IN THE ENTIRE CC IS RIDICULOUS. SHOULD BE PER LAB HOW EVER WHEN...

Advice to Management

Have better knowledge of the lab your dealing with. Get to know your employees better. Better communication Better pay

Pros

401K - 100% match up to 6% was generous

Cons

- Either unaware or unable to foster a collaborative environment - Paranoid culture where people are quick to blame and slow to correct - Knowledge sharing or transfer becomes a quick challenge - Penny wise and Pound foolish philosophy: Laptops and Systems too slow to execute effectively. - Too many people with professional jobs quitting without notice due to overworked and stressful conditions

Advice to Management

Cons listed are easier to overcome if one is a problem solver.

Pros

Compensation including benefit programs are at market level a

Cons

Where to begin? If you just do a little research on Essilor-Luxottica merger, you will get a feel for how things work at Essilor. Management team do not collaborate internally and they do not work well across Essilor and Luxottica teams either (i.e. stock is down over $10 since public fighting has started). Company sold everyone this merger was good for employees, which was another lie from management. Company culture...

Advice to Management

Entire management team has changed or is changing in USA. Company culture has taken a big hit and no one trusts what you are doing. It will take years, if ever, to regain trust from employees. I do not believe the current management realizes what they have done, nor does the French management in Paris. Short term cost savings efforts will not solve your longer term problems.

Pros

Great benefits, caring management, great work environment

Cons

Slow career progression, stingy with raises, high turnover

Advice to Management

Listen to your employees and reward the ones that work hard!