Ninety per cent of colleagues agree that
people care about each other at Specsavers and they feel a sense of
pride.
VANCOUVER, BC, July 24,
2024 /CNW/ - Specsavers is proud to be named in
Canada's Best
Workplaces™ in Retail/Hospitality for 2024 by Great
Place To Work®. The honour highlights Specsavers'
dedication to cultivating an exceptional workplace culture that
prioritizes its people and ensures outstanding service and care for
all.
Since entering the Canadian market less than three years ago,
Specsavers has swiftly emerged as a leading optical retail
employer, setting high standards in both retail service and optical
care. This recognition marks a significant achievement for the
company, reflecting its commitment to fostering an inclusive
environment where colleagues belong and thrive.
"This achievement would not have been possible without the
passion and dedication of our team," said Bill Moir, Managing Director of Specsavers
Canada. "Ranking in the Best Workplaces™ in
Retail/Hospitality list reflects our ongoing efforts to listen to
and support our colleagues and partners, providing the resources to
empower them to deliver excellence in both retail service and
eyecare. This recognition validates our approach."
Earlier this year, Specsavers was also recognized as one
of Canada's Best Workplaces™ as well as one of
Canada's Best
Workplaces™ for Women by the same awarding body.
The Great Place To Work® Best Workplaces™
lists are compiled based on extensive employee feedback,
emphasizing trust in management, camaraderie among colleagues, and
overall workplace satisfaction. To be eligible for this list,
organizations must have Great Place to Work
Certification™ and have exceptionally high scores from
employees on the Trust Index survey.
As Specsavers expands its services in the Canadian market and
remains on track to care for 1 million customers and patients by
2025, this recognition reaffirms its commitment to its people
during its rapid growth.
For more information about Specsavers and its commitment to
workplace excellence, visit join.specsavers.com/ca.
About Specsavers
Specsavers is an optometrist-owned and -led business that
entered the Canadian market in late 2021. Since then, over 120
locations have opened across the country, in B.C., Alberta and Ontario, with stores set to open in
Manitoba next month. As part of
Specsavers' commitment to accessible eyecare, Specsavers equips
every location with optical coherence tomography (OCT) technology,
which helps optometrists to detect sight-threatening conditions,
such as age‑related macular degeneration, glaucoma and diabetic eye
disease, in their earliest stages.
Founded in the UK 40 years ago by optometrist husband-and-wife
team, Doug and Mary Perkins, there
are now more than 2,700 Specsavers healthcare businesses globally,
serving over 44 million patients and customers. Specsavers is
driven by its purpose of "changing lives through better sight" and
aims to transform the way Canadians experience eyecare by offering
exceptional service, advanced clinical equipment and affordable and
quality eyewear.
About Great Place To Work®
Great Place to Work is the global authority on high-trust,
high-performance workplace cultures. A global research and
consulting firm, Great Place to Work® provides the
benchmarks and expertise needed to create, sustain, and recognize
outstanding workplace cultures. In Canada, Great Place to Work®
produces both industry and demographic specific Best
Workplace™ lists and represents the voices of 500,000
employees across industry. This is part of the world's largest
annual workplace study, recognizing the world's Best Workplaces in
a series of national lists including those published by The Globe
& Mail (Canada) and Fortune
magazine (USA). Visit us at
www.greatplacetowork.ca
SOURCE Specsavers Canada