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5.5

Specsavers

Why does Specsavers get a rating of 5.5?

Based on 116 job reviews, employees tell us the following about Specsavers

Based on 116 job reviews

About

Specsavers is an opticians. They also sell hearing aids.

specsavers.co.uk

Pay ranges

  1. Optical assistants

    £7.45–9.29 per hour

  2. Retail store and shop managers

    £8.70–13.32 per hour

Handy to know

How much notice do people get of their shifts?

18%
20%
16%
39%
7%

Based on 89 employees

What contracts are people on?

1%
7%
32%
59%

Based on 69 employees

How often do people get paid?

Monthly 98% of people report they get paid monthly

Based on 116 employees

How are people paid?

59%
by the hour
41%
an annual salary

Based on 116 employees

Featured Specsavers job reviews

  • Best thing

    Varied role, lots of training available

    Worst thing

    Low pay, no sick pay, irate customers, expected to always increase sales when customer numbers and prices remain the same, short staffed

    5.9

    Assistant manager, March 2021

    • £16,500 per year, working a 27 hour week
    • 25 or older
    • More than 3 years experience

  • Best thing

    Interaction with other members of staff

    Worst thing

    Being on my feet all day and climbing 70 flights of stairs all day

    5.9

    Optical assistant, December 2020

    • £8.72 per hour
    • 25 or older
    • More than 3 years experience

  • Best thing

    Set hours now (but wasn't before covid)

    Worst thing

    Pay doesn't reflect what we actually deal with

    5.5

    Optical assistant, February 2021

    • £17,000 per year, working a 40 hour week
    • 25 or older
    • More than 3 years experience

  • Best thing

    Friendly small team
    Interesting, something new every day
    Career progression

    Worst thing

    Smaller team means workload is too large
    If someone calls in sick it makes the day harder for everyone else

    6.5

    Optical assistant, September 2020

    • £8.21 per hour
    • 21–24 years old
    • 1–3 years experience
See all 25 Specsavers job reviews

Jobs by location

  1. Hampshire

    54 job openings

  2. West Midlands

    33 job openings

  3. Somerset

    20 job openings

  4. Greater Manchester

    18 job openings

  5. Nottinghamshire

    18 job openings

  6. Greater London

    14 job openings

  7. Surrey

    13 job openings

  8. Hertfordshire

    12 job openings

  9. Bristol

    10 job openings

  10. Essex

    10 job openings

  11. Kent

    10 job openings

  12. Lancashire

    10 job openings

  13. West Sussex

    10 job openings

  14. Derbyshire

    9 job openings

  15. Devon

    9 job openings

  16. Warwickshire

    9 job openings

  17. Lincolnshire

    8 job openings

  18. Durham

    8 job openings

See all Specsavers jobs

Specsavers ranks 2nd to work for in opticians

  1. 1 Boots Opticians
    5.7
  2. 2 Specsavers
    5.5
  3. 3 Vision Express
    5.4
See how all the opticians rank