Marchon Eyewear, Inc. Arvostelua 

Marchon (Amsterdam, Netherlands) Urgent Advisory: Avoid Employment Here – Severe Toxic Workplace. Urgent Advisory: Avoid Employment Here – Severe Toxic Workplace
Marchon (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
I strongly advise against working at this company under any circumstances. During my brief employment of just a few months, I experienced severe and sustained workplace mobbing and bullying that created a profoundly toxic and hostile environment in both the office and warehouse areas.
Management, supervisors, and team leaders were the primary source of the problem. They not only failed to address the bullying but also actively protected the perpetrators. When I repeatedly sought help and reported the harassment, no meaningful action was taken; instead, the situation escalated and retaliation followed.
The atmosphere felt oppressive and prison-like, with constant stress, humiliation, and psychological pressure. The impact on my mental health has been severe—I am now under the care of a psychologist to address the anxiety, depression, and trauma caused by this experience.
This is not an isolated incident, but a deeply entrenched cultural issue that has been enabled and tolerated by leadership. For the sake of your well-being and mental health, please avoid employment here at all costs.

Never work here.
Marchon Benelux
Deccaweg, Amsterdam
I am writing this message anonymously. I have no desire for any further contact with Marchon Benelux or anyone associated with it.
Several years ago I was employed at your Deccaweg location for nearly five years. The working environment I experienced there was severely damaging. After leaving, I required professional therapy to recover from the sustained psychological harm caused by the conduct of certain employees and the complete failure of supervision to address it.
The primary perpetrators were three women: Valga Hovenbroeg, Lakisha, and Fatima. These individuals engaged in systematic fraternitation, mobbing, social exclusion, and public humiliation. They formed a clique that actively turned colleagues against anyone they decided was not “their cup of tea.” Typical behaviour included pointing, laughing, calling out my name, and making derogatory remarks when I walked past, often involving nearby colleagues so that the mockery was shared and amplified.
Valga, in particular, functioned as the central figure of this group. When new employees arrived she would promptly share negative comments about me, ensuring they kept their distance. The pattern was deliberate, repeated, and effective. I eventually responded by minimising all interaction, keeping my head down, and reducing conversation to the absolute bare minimum. That strategy only isolated me further and prolonged the damage.
I raised the situation with multiple supervisors. The consistent response was a dismissive “it is what it is with them,” followed by no meaningful action. Supervisors treated intervention as optional rather than a core responsibility. One supervisor, Merlien, was notably unhelpful and, in practice, worsened the situation by failing to curb the behaviour.
This was not an isolated personal conflict. Multiple colleagues described the atmosphere as toxic. I cried on the way to work on a regular basis. The decision not to renew my contract felt like a release.
I am sending this account years later solely so that the pattern is on record. Valga Hovenbroeg, Lakisha, Fatima, and the supervisory inaction that enabled them remain, in my view, a significant liability for the workplace culture at Marchon Benelux. People who do not fit their preferred circle are subjected to quiet, sustained social terror. That should not be allowed to continue unchecked.
I have no interest in follow-up, mediation, or any further involvement. I simply want the facts noted.
I wish you a fine day
Marchon BeneluxMarchon Eyewear VSP Vision CareVSP Vision

Company that my friend works for. They have had big layoffs. Wonder if that has helped their stock value.

Today I phone the opticians that we use as they particularly good with my son who has Sen needs and disabilities. Once again broken set of glasses. Allison liaised with Sharon a colleague at marchon eyewear and sorted a new frame for my son free of charge ever so grateful and can not fault them at all