Where Our Employees Live

Number of Employees

Number of employees over 2012

Employee Fun Fact #9

“I held Michael Jackson’s baby, Blanket, in my arms.”
Blanket

All Our Collections in 2012

Holiday Collection Warby Parker × The Standard Warby Parker × Pencils of Promise Titanium Collection Fall Collection Waldo Summer Crystals Collection The Autuer Collection Rx Sunglasses Summer Collection Blue Mirror Collection Spring Collection 12 Collections Launched

Employee Fun Fact #16

“I almost slipped in the shower doing the ‘Gangnam Style’ dance.”
Gangnam Style

Employee Commute Times

(in minutes)

Shortest

Average

Longest

How We Commute to Warby Parker

Optical glasses
Optical glasses
Sunglasses
Sunglasses
Optical glasses
Sunglasses

Average Number of Glasses Owned by Employees

Average employee owns 3 optical and 1.3 sunglasses

Employee Fun Fact #126

“I’ve been wearing ‘fake’ glasses since I was 3 years old.”
Hanson

Employees on Social Networks

Venn diagram showing which social networks Warby Parker employees use most
51%
Pinterest
84%
Instagram

March 12–14:
Warby Parker
Goes to SXSW >

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April 1:
Warby Barker Launches >

Warby Barker
“Why pay hundreds of dollars for your dog’s glasses when he’s just going to eat them?”
136
desks and chairs in office
8
walls knocked down during office expansion
3
walls put up during office expansion

Employee Growth

Jan
Dec

We’re Hiring!

We’re looking for bright, ambitious
people who want to do good in the world.
Learn More > Join us
5164 sq. ft.
square feet of increased office space
49%
increase over existing space

Employee Fun Fact #99

“I found out I’m related to King Leonidas after my grandmother looked at ancestry.com.”
King Leonidas

May 3:
Team Outing to DJ School

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Fire alarm 2 average number
of false fire alarms
per week
108 employees have a
gym plan sponsored
by Warby Parker
27 employees are happy
with their bodies,
thank you very much

Employee Fun Fact #11

“I’ve visited every Major and Minor League baseball stadium in the country—189 total.”
Baseball diamond

May 16:
Tough Mudder

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1344
apples consumed

Office Lunches

(by the pound)
Salad 2507 lbs
American 1157 lbs
Asian 964 lbs
Mexican 612 lbs
African 579 lbs
Italian 579 lbs
Greek 386 lbs
French 386 lbs
Middle Eastern 193 lbs

June 22:
Readery

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Employee Fun Fact #33

“I can do a one-handed clap.”
Handclap

Employee Fun Fact #157

“I speak French, Tagalog, German, and Swedish.”
Multilingual

Employee Fun Fact #98

“I am an amateur knife thrower.”
Knife throwing

Customer Interactions by Medium

91
Net Promoter Score
(up 4 points from 2011)
6
average call response time
(in seconds)

Monocles

296
monocles sold

Total Bagels Devoured
At weekly full-team meetings (1 bagel icon = 200 bagels)

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Popular Frames by State

Legend

Preston
Zagg
Nedwin
Winston
Roosevelt
Warby Parker is touring the nation, visiting nine cities in six months to bring our showroom experience to life. It’s our version of that great literary tradition – the cross-country road trip.
Warby Parker Class Trip
Warby Parker is touring the nation, visiting nine cities in six months to bring our showroom experience to life. It’s our version of that great literary tradition – the cross-country road trip.

Increase in Server Space

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2011
2012

Bug Fixes

1882
git commits to warbyparker.com
10/mo
deploys to warbyparker.com

Average Site
Load Speed

2.61 seconds

Employee Fun Fact #2

“I was once the ‘Phone a Friend’ on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (and nailed the $100K question).”
Phone a Friend

Our TV Ad Debut >

Our very first TV ad blends film, collage, and animation in one happy-go-lucky package.

7

Do Good Events Hosted

  • Free Arts (2)
  • NYC Generation Tech
  • Futures & Options
  • BKYSC
  • Charity Hackathon
  • NFTE
9

Company Mixers

  • Charity: Water
  • Barbarian Group
  • Rick’s Picks
  • Second Market
  • Dolce Vita
  • Bonobos
  • B Corp
  • Invisible Children
  • The Feast
3307
tons of carbon offsets purchased

October 6:
Pencils of Promise Party >

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October 10:
Class Trip Kicks Off in NYC >

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October 29:
Hurricane Sandy

2
days of hot meals served from food trucks in the Rockaways
528
N200 solar lights donated
200
hand sanitizers donated
200
batteries donated
Hurricane Sandy caused unprecedented flooding, power outages, and transit system closings in the Northeast. We joined many others in the recovery effort.
2253 PB&J sandwiches made for Sandy recovery
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Pairs of Glasses Distributed to People in Need

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1001
highest number of HQ showroom visitors in one day
$3659
sales per square foot at HQ showroom
15
biggest single order
in HQ showroom
6
showrooms opened
this year
  • The Hamptons
  • The Standard NYC
  • The Standard LA
  • The Standard Miami
  • Charleston
  • Nashville

December 19:
Katie Couric Wears Our Glasses and Makes Gang Signs

Katie Couric wearing our glasses and making gang signs
662,695
total person-hours spent on warbyparker.com

Sales by Quarter

What a Year!

We’re sincerely (and humbly) grateful for your support, friendship, and ideas, as well as for all the pictures of adorable pets wearing glasses. You gave us reasons to smile every day—and we’ll work hard to return the favor in 2013.

Thank you for everything.

We owe it to you!

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