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Optical Express

Is this your company?

Words can not describe how terrible it is to work here. Avoid like the plague. - Marketing Optical Express Employee Review

1.0
9 July 2017
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

None whatsoever. If I could give zero stars I would. The other exploited, long-suffering souls that you work alongside and can share a joke with are the only relatively good thing about this terrible company.

Cons

- Terrible pay, long hours (40 hours a week +, with unpaid overtime) - Bank holiday working as standard and two days off for Christmas and New Year - Bare minimum of breaks and holiday allowance - Appalling, bullying management (if you think you already know what micromanagement is like, think again) - Racism, sexism, prejudice, nepotism and homophobia rife at all levels of company - Disgusting attitude towards staff: you're seen as easily replaceable - Little in the way of staff benefits - Poor financial outlook for company (losing money) - Ridiculously high staff turnover because of terrible working environment - Managers who don't know how to manage (especially in the marketing department) - Terrible company reputation amongst suppliers and customers - Extremely questionable business tactics - Blasé attitude to ASA marketing standards and guidelines for cosmetic surgery - No pay rises (unless you're in a senior management position, of course) - A greedy, bullying CEO who uses fear and threats to get his own way Don't believe any of the positive reviews you read about this place. It really is the worst company I have ever had the misfortune to work for.

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5.0
20 Jan 2021
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

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Cons

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3.0
25 Feb 2024
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

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Cons

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