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Vision Express is an opticians company.

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What's the average pay for an optical assistant at Vision Express?

The average pay for an optical assistant at Vision Express is between £10.44 and £11.04 per hour.

The top paying employers for optical assistants are Vision Express, Specsavers and Asda.

Last updated 22 March 2024

What is the Real Living Wage?

The Real Living Wage is a voluntary rate employers can sign up to that is based on the real cost of living.

Location Real Living Wage
London £13.15
Rest of the UK £12.00

What is the legal minimum wage?

The minimum wage is the legal minimum you must be paid per hour.

Age group Legal minimum wage
23 or older £10.42
21-22 £10.18
18-20 £7.49
Under 18 £5.28
Apprentices £5.28

How we know this

Based on data from 54 people who took the Breakroom Quiz between March 2023 and March 2024.

Who pays optical assistants the most?

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What are optical assistants saying about pay at Vision Express?

  • Best thing

    the free pair of glasses and sight tests

    Worst thing

    The stress and pressure of having to sell payment plans and specific brands of glasses to customers

    4.9

    Vision Express Optical assistant, July 2023

  • Best thing

    Nice team

    Worst thing

    Management, pay, no training for knowledge

    1.5

    Vision Express Optical assistant, January 2023

  • Best thing

    Excellent management, clean and safe workplace environment, great friendly colleagues and nice benefits

    Worst thing

    Wish for better rate of of pay

    9.4

    Vision Express Optical assistant, August 2022

  • Best thing

    The work is varied and interesting. It's retail but you are actually making a difference

    Worst thing

    Unequality, unfair pay differences, extreme pressure. Company acts like they are desperate for money, we never do good enough. They prioritise profit over customer care and safety. Every member of staff is a number and 100% replaceable, the products are not going to last 5 mins. Anything non designer is literally going to fall apart.its rubbish and the lenses are white labeled and cheap. Appointments will be double booked on The assumption that someone in the day will no show. So multiple people turn up for the same appointment and are expected to see them both and get told off for running late. Staff bonus is set at unreachable levels and if we do achieve it the bonus gets canceled if we get a negative review from patients. (Any score below an 8 is considered negative and will take away our bonus)
    Training is non existing as there is no time or staff to do it. So people don't know what they are doing and stumble from catastrophy to catastrophy. The most common thing you will be doing in this job is apologising.

    3.4

    Vision Express Optical assistant, August 2022

  • Best thing

    The team members in store

    Worst thing

    Head office support and the under appreciation from the higher ups. When progress to higher roles in store such as a key holder or supervisor no extra pay

    4.1

    Vision Express Optical assistant, March 2022

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