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    Boots Opticians Reviews

    Updated 6 Nov 2019

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    3.0
    35%
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    Boots Opticians CEO James Arrow (no image)
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    Pros

    • "Staff discount and great access to products" (in 18 reviews)

    • "good pay, good maternity leave time" (in 8 reviews)

    Cons

    • "The favourites can also have their mobiles on the shop floor, instead of in their locker" (in 9 reviews)

    • "Not enough optics trained management" (in 7 reviews)

    More Pros and Cons

    1. "Good environmnt"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Culture & Values
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      • Compensation and Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Assistant Manager in Antrim, Northern Ireland
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook

      I have been working at Boots Opticians full-time for more than 5 years

      Pros

      A warm and frendly environment to work in, with lots of support from management teams and plenty of extensive training.

      Cons

      No overtime pay - time receive back in lieu instead but not always possible to take this until quite a long time later.

      Boots Opticians2019-10-31

    2. "Sick pay"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      Current Employee - Optometrist 

      I have been working at Boots Opticians full-time

      Pros

      Health led opticians, patient caring

      Cons

      Stressful working environment, poor salary management

      Boots Opticians2019-10-17
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    3. "Good training opportunities and good salary"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      • Work/Life Balance
      • Career Opportunities
      • Compensation and Benefits
      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Optical Consultant 

      I have been working at Boots Opticians part-time

      Pros

      • good salary • thorough training

      Cons

      • varying shifts • no set days

      Boots Opticians2019-10-09

    4. "Unfair and unethical"

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      I have been working at Boots Opticians

      Pros

      I can’t see any as the discount only makes product the same price as other retail competiters

      Cons

      Very sexist for men. Women constant make sexist jokes and level of staff treated differently. Eg optoms can do what they like. No bones so don’t know why they lost they do it’s a joke. Pay is lower than pound land or Boots retail and that’s shocking as the level of skill you need to work in optics

      Advice to Management

      Inconsistency between practices. Pore business decisions .

      Boots Opticians2019-11-06

    5. "Haksn"

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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Assistant Manager 

      I worked at Boots Opticians full-time

      Pros

      The team i worked with

      Cons

      management never had time for team

      Boots Opticians2019-10-12
    6. Helpful (1)

      "Review"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Senior Management
      Current Employee - Dispensing Optician 
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at Boots Opticians full-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      Opportunities to study and progress

      Cons

      Bad upper management, treat staff as statistics and will move people about to what ever suits them

      Boots Opticians2019-09-18

    7. "Bad management"

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      Current Employee - Optical Assistant in London, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      Disapproves of CEO

      I have been working at Boots Opticians part-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      Semi flexible hours, good variety of lenses to sell

      Cons

      Management is resistant to change.

      Boots Opticians2019-09-18

    8. "Good employer"

      StarStarStarStarStar
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      • Senior Management
      Former Employee - Optical Consultant 
      Recommends
      Positive Outlook
      Approves of CEO

      I worked at Boots Opticians full-time for more than 5 years

      Pros

      Good perks, no work pressure

      Cons

      Salary, bonus, uniform, flexibility, no incentive

      Boots Opticians2019-09-08

    9. "good environment"

      StarStarStarStarStar
      Former Employee - Trainee Optical Consultant 

      I worked at Boots Opticians part-time

      Pros

      lovely staff great communication and support

      Cons

      a lot of information to learn

      Boots Opticians2019-09-06

    10. "If you fit in with BOL you will love working here, if you don't then you may not stay for long."

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      • Work/Life Balance
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      Current Employee - Student Dispensing Optician in Manchester, England
      Doesn't Recommend
      Negative Outlook
      No Opinion of CEO

      I have been working at Boots Opticians full-time for more than 3 years

      Pros

      Company discounts are strong. Accommodating with hours if required. Family feeling within the store.

      Cons

      Dated systems. Feels behind the times compared with other high street opticians. If you do not work at fitting in with the company you may feel like an outsider.

      Advice to Management

      Regular feedback with constructive criticism is good to have, this is not done enough. If we had a paperless system the amount of staff required to fill paper records would be free to serve patients. Although there are plans in place to change this they are moving too slowly and we have fallen behind our competitors. The idea of building our own computerised database is good but in my opinion it has not worked and... we should outsource this to an existing provider with a proven system. There is a feel of if you do not think like BOL then you will not progress, no matter how good your ideas are to improve the store or company. There are good people who work here but I have stopped believing in the companies values.

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      Boots Opticians2019-09-06
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