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Another Round Of Layoffs - Program Manager EssilorLuxottica Employee Review

3.0
Dec 4, 2019
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Leader in Industry Benefits on par with location Stock purchase plan

Cons

Leadership in turmoil as infighting of former CEO’s of ESSILOR (H. Sagnieres) and Luxottica (L. Del Vecchio) for control. More than one year after merger, still no (new) global CEO. Inability to hit cost targets has lead to more (Dec 2019) layoffs in the US In order to contribute to cost targets by shedding longer term experienced talent in favor of “new”, inexperienced (lower comp) hires.

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Cons

- Low technology stack leading to many manual processes that are ripe for some level of automation. All work is basically conducted in Excel. - Company is extremely retrospective in its internal reporting versus focusing on predictive and prescriptive analyses that could be more value add. - Rank has its privilege mindset - Upper management lacks accountability for its decision making, putting the onus on lower level analysts to justify their business decisions which, many times, are made based on pre-conceived notions prior to any analytical rigor. - Similarly, many senior leaders can be abusive and outright disrespectful, which lead subordinates to take an "emperor has no clothes" philosophy when dealing with them. - Culture of fire drills with respect to assignments leading to unrealistic deadlines for critical work which compromises quality and completeness. - Company, many times, confuses tactics with strategy. - Poor communication with respect to all aspects of the business. Teams generally work in silos and crucial information is shared on a need to know basis.

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