Being an employee at Lenscrafters - Licensed Optician LensCrafters Employee Review

3.0
13 Feb 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Ok Health benefits, not great. Could be less expensive. Free exam which also includes free retinal scanning. Also a free pair of glasses every year. A few times a year 75 percent discount for friends and family.

Cons

Too much emphasis on numbers and not enough on patient care. The computer system called Ciao constantly glitches. They had this system from 2016 and they still have not fixed many of the bugs. Addressing the issue with the help desk does NOT lead anywhere. Also the computers they use are way older and the software they use is new. As a result the computer works very slowly at times. Seems that the time gets wasted on just computer issues a lot. Sometimes out of the blue the computer will drop what you are doing and just say error. This frequently happens after eyemed insurance authorisation for glasses or contacts is done and then before you are about to go to the register mode it says error. It eats up authorisation and the authorisation has to be voided.

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Pros

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Cons

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1.0
19 Mar 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

when I first started it was a very employee based company. Great discounts, great benefits. Regional managers were swift to help if we had questions and offer support

Cons

Since last year the environment has changed vastly. They no longer care about the employees and only want results. They have raised prices and insurances dont cover as well as they used to and they expect the managers to just force people to buy. If you dont make your monthly goals youre put on a PIP and the Regionals are constantly threatening you to make them. The work life balance does not exist. There is a group chat with your fellow store managers hosted by the Regional and if its your day off they still expect a response. I know it comes from the top down but the micromanaging has gotten so awful. Down to the minute you must be scheduled correctly. I have been here for 3 years and have never had a positive review even though our store has exceeded its goals. Doesnt matter to them, they expect more and more. They raise goals constantly and the only answer they have for making sure we hit those goals is no one leaves, even though they can get the same product from a competitor at a much lower cost.

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