Eye Care Centers of America Reviews

Current Employee – been working at Eye Care Centers of America

Pros – decent pay and flexible hours

Cons – pay could be better than it is

Current Employee – been working at Eye Care Centers of America

Pros – The the medical benefits and base pay are are excellent for Licenses.
I personally have an exceptional TD.
The company is thriving and growing in a struggling economy.
Company changes all positive and potentialy

Cons – Not enough hours/Employees given to free up enough time to properly train/coach/manage.
Too many hours necessary to work to properly manage a store.
Despite the necessary hours - Not much flexibility regarding the schedule from upper management to take care of unexpected personal life concerns.

Advice to Senior Management – I highly respect the management for my territory and I am excited about the direction the company is taking. My only advice would be: look at the number of hours/employees we had a year ago and just give us back half of those so we could actually "run the sales floor", coach and manage. Instead I am almost always with customers and I have to stay late to complete everything required of me.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Former Employee – worked at Eye Care Centers of America

Pros – For an Old boys network of vp's, the company was extremely progressive with women. I was told by the company president upon recieving my offer "don't think you can just get by around here with your pretty face". Although taken aback a bit, I honestly felt that my VP had my best interests at heart. All of the Vice presidents (there are quite a few) had all worked together at one point - coming from Curcuit City. Even my head hunter had done the same.

Cons – The salary for Eye Doctors was excessively low, and in much smaller towns was extremely difficult to bring doctors on. There were offices that ran for years without eye doctors! There was supposedly a head hunter available, but he never followed up on what he said he would do. Again, one of the Circuit City boys.

Advice to Senior Management – Make sure that the people you place to assist the field are truly doing their job. Just because they were your golden boy at a former job does not make them efficient.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Eye Care Centers of America

Pros – Commission is good to have

Cons – Over priced products may hurt conscience

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Eye Care Centers of America

Pros – Job is very fullfilling and rewarding.

Cons – There is too much travel

Advice to Senior Management – Less travel

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend

Current Employee – been working at Eye Care Centers of America

Pros – Vision insurance given to all employees within the first week of hire. Good beginner's experience in a sales environment. Fellow employees are respectful and easy to get along with. Receives commission based on sales.

Cons – Management lacks direction and decision making. Customers can be hard to deal with. Hiring process is slow.

Advice to Senior Management – Hire a management team with experience in optics and sales. Also look for leadership and education.

Former Employee – worked at Eye Care Centers of America

Pros – - If you are morally troubled to sell someone with money troubles eyeglasses that have well over a 1,000% retail markup, at least ECCA has among the lowest prices in the industry.
- After 90 days of employment, employees receive one complementary pair of glasses with all the goods of your liking once per year.
- Good workplace to earn income during the summer months before school starts.
- They will be flexible with your schedule.

Cons – - Part time hours in the off season, which is about any time after the first month of a new school year, ranges between 0 to less than 20 hours per week. I averaged 15 hours.
- Many more details, details, and details within details to remember than your typical retail workplace with similar pay rates.

Advice to Senior Management – I recommend increasing the pay rate to give ECCA employment more of an edge in the retail industry.

Current Employee – been working at Eye Care Centers of America

Pros – I have been with ECCA for almost 17 years and I've had the oppurtunity to try multiple jobs. Even when I didn't do a great job in retail, I was allowed to change to lab without the threat of counseling or termination. Now I'm incredibly happy with what I do.

Cons – In certain markets that ECCA is in, if you want to advance, you would have to relocate. Also, I travel extensively for ECCA and in doing so, I feel that I am not fairly compensated for being away from my family and my own store.

Advice to Senior Management – Communicate more with the people at the store level. Many times, they don't know what direction the company is headed.

Yes, I would recommend this company to a friend