Vision Direct Reviews

3.2

46% would recommend to a friend

(54 total reviews)

36% positive business outlook

Vision Direct has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 54 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Vision Direct employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail and wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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54 reviews
1.0
20 Sept 2018

Bad management

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Very bad work environment they have no manners

Cons

Very bad management they have no manners

1.0
18 Nov 2018

Worst company I've ever worked for

Anonymous employee
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

- Most colleagues are nice. But beware who you trust as many are directly tasked by management to spy and report on you. - Not many overtime hours. Generally go home by 6pm

Cons

Where do I start. The marketing team is a mess, huge staff turnover as management will hire, throw people in at deep end in a situation where there is no marketing plan, objectives, allocated budget. They offer no support whatsoever, leave people to their own devices to do what they can. Because of said lack of planning, there are no KPIs, therefore judgment on employees' efficiency and results is made depending on the mood of the day, and on the reports received from other spying employees. And if the mood isn't good, people are just let go. In the last 2 years, almost 20 people have left the building - in a team of around 30. If you're interested in any form of digital marketing that's not SEO, forget it. Focus of all meetings is which page ranking has been obtained for which keyword in which country. Anything else is of no importance (and therefore gets no budget, resources, planning, KPIs... see above)

1.0
17 Dec 2018

Toxic environment

Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

The office location was convenient for me and I enjoyed the 'creative' aspects of the work. Picked up a great deal about SEO. Last year's Christmas party was very nice and well organised.

Cons

Unfortunately I have also experienced the backstabbing as described by other reviewers. Within the marketing team you can't really trust your co-workers and it's basically dangerous to ask for help. There is not much support for new starters and the objectives and targets keep changing without clear communication. Nothing is more important than SEO and it's no use thinking about other marketing strategies.

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