Oakley Reviews

3.5

61% would recommend to a friend

(1,096 total reviews)

Laurie McDonald

51% approve of CEO

35% positive business outlook

Oakley has an employee rating of 3.5 out of 5 stars, based on 1,096 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Oakley employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Manufacturing industry (3.5 stars).

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1.0
22 Dec 2015

Doing Luxottica's Dirty Work

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Most of the people I worked with at Oakley were amazing - down to earth, fun and easy to get along with. I loved the casual culture, tone and environment. The employee discount was pretty great and the product innovation was cutting edge. Everyone works really hard and was really passionate....until Luxottica took over, literally.

Cons

With the recent 2015 integration efforts, Luxottica does not care about Oakley's people or culture. The way that Luxottica's Italian executives came in one by one, pushed Oakley's current executives swiftly out the door and dismantled teams, with little to no communication, was so unprofessional and was pretty obvious that they are only out for themselves. By the end of my time there, everyone was walking around with their hands down, just waiting for the other shoe to drop. It was super depressing and Luxottica expected us all to work even harder to help them accomplish their goal of an official take over. I don't think there are any of the same leaders there than when I started; the current employees have no allies to turn to and the morale is very bad. My heart breaks for my colleagues that are still there.

1.0
15 Sept 2014

BAD

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Pros

It is very difficult for me to list pros as things have changed considerably since I started working here years ago. Here we go: 1- Very well-known and highly respected brand 2- some really cool, intelligent, hardworking colleagues 3- some of the product is great 4- casual environment 5- employee store, gym, cafeteria, health center

Cons

1- CEO that has no business being a CEO (he is an architect for goodness sake) - very nice guy, but wrong job 2- Executive team that just runs in circles depending on what Lux asks for 3- No clear direct from the top down 4- zero accountability throughout the org 5- if you are friends with the right people or kiss the right butt, you can probably get a promotion 6- an HR team that most employees don't trust. How can you have an HR team that no one trusts? 7- an HR team that doesn't have any clue what most people do. Try asking them for a job description. Ha! or salary requirements. What a joke. 8- Incredibly slow manufacturing (World-class? Not quite) 9- a new "cover your butt" mentality from everyone 10- No diversity on the eyewear design team- all young, asian males that came from the car industry. Let's get some new perspective in here. You wonder why people are complaining that our designs are not cool anymore? 11- False sense of "perks"- casual environment, with athlete appearances are pretty commonplace in the Action Sports industry is southern California. 13- Hard working employees are spread so thin because management keeps giving them more work. 14- A sales team that spent years not selling but "taking orders" are now forced to sell and don't know how to do it. 15- horrible training- new employee, store associate, reps etc 16 -those cool, intelligent and hardworking people are leaving in droves. Every week we hear about another rockstar employee leaving for a better position, or worse leaving without another job just because they can't take it anymore. 17- no career development 18- Managers that do not know how to manage people 19- Management team that seems like they all have 1 foot out of the door, just waiting for a better opportunity to come along 20- the "culture" that we used to hang our hat on is gone. No one even knows how to define the culture anymore. 21- very unhappy, overworked colleagues just waiting to get out 22- poor decisions made in silos without input from the people or teams most affected

4.0
12 Jan 2016

Not Oakley Anymore

Anonymous employee
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Pros

From a consumer stand point, I'll never wear another pair of glasses. Oakley is a great brand, not only because of their unsurpassed technology but because they stand by their product.

Cons

With the Luxottica integration there have been a lot of changes all around. There's a major lack in communication in the company across the board and it seems like everyone is scared for their jobs. Oakley used to be a lifestyle, a family that you joined and grew with. There's less and less of that now. Most people that have been with the company from the very beginning are gone now.

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