Low pay and poor benefits overshadow remote work option - Customer Success Advocate 1-800 Contacts Employee Review

1.0
5 Jun 2026
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Pros

It's a paycheck and remote work is optional

Cons

Everything about this company is a con. They are not together, definitely not big hearted, have no idea what unconventional actually means, and only show tenacity to force everyone to do what they want. Low salary, terrible benefits, and the "bonus" every 5 yrs from employee stock is actually lower than the cost of living increase good employers give every year.

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5.0
13 May 2026
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Pros

Love the flexibility! My family always comes first. If you want to develop/grow - there is unlimited resources available to help in all areas of life

Cons

Working from home can sometimes be isolating

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1-800 Contacts Response
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Thank you for the many years of hard work you have put in with us! We are happy to hear you have a healthy work-life balance, which is one of our biggest goals as an organization. We understand working from home can sometimes feel isolating, and we hope to continue finding ways to create community amongst our associates, even remotely. Again, thank you for your review! We are very happy to have you with us.
2.0
20 May 2026
Recommend
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Pros

Shareholder Payout, managers, time off

Cons

The pay isn’t worth the amount of abuse we take from customers (you wouldn’t think people were actually rude about contact lenses but they are), training wasn’t great as they pushed heavily on what to know about the company and basic knowledge of how vision works but, for a sales job you’d think they train you on how to actually sale and what they expect from you in that aspect along with quotas but instead you are thrown in the wolves and are completely at a loss when you get a write up after your first month because you aren’t selling enough but again in training your tough basic stuff and nothing about the selling part or expectations. Also, there is no room to grow or to get raises which managers have stated that there isn’t a way to really move up in the company but during hiring they say you can? Really sucks to be deceived. Not worth it in this economy to live off of $15 hourly and the stress that comes behind quotas and lack of training.

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