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Eric Leonard
20 Ratings
Pros
Pretty good with work/life balance (in 23 reviews)
Good Benefits and Pay and postive social impact (in 19 reviews)
Cons
Mobility, Work-life balance as well (in 14 reviews)
Company tends to make major changes in upper management very often (in 13 reviews)
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"Great place to grow your career and yourself."
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Essilor full-time (More than 8 years)
Pros
Great people to work with, management helps develop your skills so that you can grow your career. There is a common goal of helping people see better which strengthens our employee relationships. It's very rewarding knowing that we make products that improves our customer's lives.
Cons
It's a big company that is sometimes slow and resistant to change but they are getting better. Communication between divisions could be better.
Advice to Management
Be open to new ideas.
Essilor 2017-09-05 10:14 PDT ![Essilor Logo]()
"Excellent and Balanced Employer"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Essilor full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
Professional Team, work-life Balance,
Cons
Sometimes the business environment is a little too 'silo' driven. Too often I see duplication of efforts between teams.
Essilor 2018-02-13 06:09 PST![Essilor Logo]()
"Great start"
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RecommendsNeutral OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Essilor full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
work life balance and benefits
Cons
the culture need to change
Advice to Management
The culture and values that the company stands for is not being met. This is something that definitely need to be addressed.
Essilor 2018-04-04 13:25 PDTHelpful (3)
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"Insecure Dinosaurs"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookNo opinion of CEOI worked at Essilor full-time
Pros
Stability and friendly atmosphere used to be the main Pro. However, with the big shakeups of late and the upcoming merger, job insecurities and sabotaging promising new hires appear to be the order of the day!
Cons
Old inefficient systems defended fiercely by people who have been in the absolutely same leadership roles for over 15 years, across most teams, with Marketing & Sales being the only positive exceptions with good potential for new comers.
The dinosaurs in key positions circle the wagons to deflect any true change, irrespective of C-suite guidance. It is a multi-billion dollar company that is run like a neighborhood store - good place for people who punch in and out with no expectations for career growth.Advice to Management
Launching big projects is easy! It is impossible to really change the culture when many of your managers are techno-phobic and constantly use the complex messy process (that they created 20 years ago) as an excuse to slow-walk any new systems.
Sadly, this is not going to change anytime soon as your middle management is ensuring you keep them around, by staffing their teams with yes-men who are not qualified to replace them, ever!Essilor 2018-04-10 19:59 PDTHelpful (7)
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"Don’t Bother, Unless"
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Doesn't RecommendNeutral OutlookDisapproves of CEOI worked at Essilor full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Decent salary and bonus plan.
Benefits are on par with others in DFW.
Good place to start, but not long term (see Cons).Cons
Most in Management are more concerned about their roles due to the impending merger with Luxottica later this year.
Often Senior Executives are inconsistent in their priorities and subsequent guidance.
Some have gone “tribal”, and are not in sync with other areas of responsibility’s initiatives, causing a waste of time and resources. This causes confusion, uncertainty and doubt in the related Line organizations.
HR is pushing for younger and more diverse hires and promotions, often without regard to actual talent.
Unfortunately, most senior level promotions are based on “who you know”, rather than on what you know.Advice to Management
Pay attention to the business you’re paid to run (today) rather than where you’ll be after the merger, the employees can see your lack of focus and coordination on the ongoing enterprise.
Essilor 2018-02-17 09:03 PST![Essilor Logo]()
"great company"
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RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEOI have been working at Essilor full-time (More than 10 years)
Pros
company has a lot of great opportunities
Cons
i can not name one
Advice to Management
none
Essilor 2018-01-18 13:36 PST![Essilor Logo]()
"Manager"
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RecommendsApproves of CEOI worked at Essilor full-time (More than 8 years)
Pros
Excellent company to work.
Balance between work and life.
Good benefits and compensationCons
Finally closed operations in PR
Essilor 2018-01-10 07:54 PSTHelpful (2)
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"Not worth your time"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Essilor full-time (More than 3 years)
Pros
salary and benefits are comparable to the market
Cons
no job growth opportunities. lack of leadership. layoffs continue
Essilor 2018-01-26 06:16 PSTHelpful (27)
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"Layoffs today"
StarStarStarStarStarDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Essilor full-time (More than 5 years)
Pros
Great company. Stock does really well. Love the people. Paid well.
Cons
Essilor of America is doing a large layoff this morning of only American employees. No French expats were terminated because Essilor is French owned. Most all of the layoffs are long term, upper level and older aged employees.
Essilor 2017-09-28 07:47 PDTHelpful (7)
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"Blatant discrimination"
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Doesn't RecommendNegative OutlookDisapproves of CEOI have been working at Essilor full-time (More than 8 years)
Pros
Being Indian or Brazilian will guarantee you a job in Pricing or Sales Operations.
Cons
Managers replace long term employees with their close friends from their same countries. This is what Essilor calls "diversity". Business acumen means nothing, race is everything.
Advice to Management
Respect the skills and knowledge of employees if you want to be successful. End the buddy system of hiring and allowing HR to be part of the conspiracy. Follow the law.
Essilor 2017-12-21 10:02 PST
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