Essilor reviews

3.5

69% would recommend to a friend

(783 total reviews)
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Francesco Milleri

68% approve of CEO

54% positive business outlook

Essilor has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 783 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Essilor employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufactura industry (3.5 stars).

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783 reviews
1.0
Aug 14, 2020

RUN AWAY, RUN AWAY!

Recommend
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Pros

Flexible work schedule which means you don't have to come into work if you don't feel like it.

Cons

There is a hiring freeze every year. There is an expense freeze every year. The company is horribly mismanaged by senior leadership, it's like Groundhog Day. No one at the top is held accountable, so there is the never-ending annual cycle of freezes, cuts, layoffs and low morale.

3.0
Sep 27, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Competitive Salary Good products Other sales reps are good people Match 6% 401k

Cons

Going through a merger with a toxic environment where everyone is waiting for layoffs because we know they’re coming Marketing is clueless and far too separated from what’s actually going on Little mobility for growth

2.0
Feb 2, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

1. Strong Mission of the Group 2. New strategies to reach the underserved population 3. The largest name in the spectacle industry

Cons

Plenty!! 1. The HR is pretty defined by supervisors - if the boss is happy, all is good..else HR is usually the shoulder to fire any bullet on the employee 2. Bad bad bad infrastructure - for an MNC (now even having the designer luxxotica merger coming in) - the infra especially in delhi office is poorer than a desi company! 3. So many silos in working - brands - mission - within mission - different verticals - sometimes it feels everyone is competing against each other 4. If you are from optometry background, you have no choice for any other org, but if you have experience in functions such as marketing, legal, corporate relations - please AVOID. 5. No investment in development of leaders - giving promotion basis the sales no. or targets is worthless if you can’t invest in their personnel development. 6. Zero L&D investment - just some online university stuff - the trainings are mostly held only for very senior managers - but still doesnt look they learn anything from it 7. Comp & Appraisal - the performance cycles will keep on changing and you’ll be always told that its for your own good 8. The mindset and mentality of the staff is very desi ~ maybe because of the industry. 9. Zero international travel opportunity - though the compny is HQ in Paris and Group Mission in Singapore. You’ll only find people from there coming to india. 10. Very poor organisational culture - avoid if you dont desperately need a job.

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