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Ocean State Job Lot

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Everything you do is Micro-managed and video taped.(now live video feed) - Management Ocean State Job Lot Employee Review

1.0
Sep 21, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Benefits- Company sponsored health care Good Pay Worked with great people at the store level. Company is growing and profitable.

Cons

Privately owned- you hear it at every meeting. " We don't have to answer to stockholders!" No desire to retain associates, very high turnover No company match on 401k not enough vacation time. 6 days a week from November til inventory in January. Manager has no discretion on anything except merchandising and that is limited. Dm's and Rm's make most of the decisions for merchandising. Always looking to catch someone doing something wrong. No focus on the positive.

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5.0
Apr 17, 2026
Anonymous employee
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Pros

good hours and nice coworkers

Cons

an assortment of managers who dont communicate well

3.0
Jun 26, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The culture is amazing and the hourly associates make it worth your while.

Cons

Compensation for area managers is not good. You can hit hit all your goals and improve your department and still get a meets expectation on your annual review.

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