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Ocean State Job Lot

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Ocean State Job Lot reviews

2.9

38% would recommend to a friend

(933 total reviews)
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Marc Perlman

35% approve of CEO

36% positive business outlook

Ocean State Job Lot has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 933 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have an average working experience there. The Ocean State Job Lot employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.4 stars).

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933 reviews
2.0
Apr 20, 2016

Not appreciated at all!

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Pros

The store itself has great deals and I find myself shopping after/before work a lot! We get a 20% discount which is nice.

Cons

I am always a reliable employee... I go to school full time and half another job and still have only ever called out ONCE in three years due to being extremely sick. In my opinion they take advantage of my work ethic to the max. I am ALWAYS the one stuck doing the projects everyone else left behind or "didn't have time for" people can make excuses all they want but when they expect things from you once they realize you are a hard worker then its all downhill from there. They know I have school in the morning and still have me stay late (after the store closes) to finish projects that someone else should have done. I am suuuupppeeerrr sick of it. Maybe my situation is a special case and I really don't think it has anything to do with corporate but boy have I had bad luck with managers.

2.0
Apr 4, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Friendly managers, nice co workers.

Cons

So many...point system, cheaper than cheap merchandise, too much work and no workers since they either laid them off or fired them. Operating with a skeleton crew makes it extremely difficult to do your job. You would be very lucky to get anywhere in this company. Most of the managers were recruits from other companies....they didn't work their way up to managers within the company. Revolving door. There are many stores in NJ with competitive, if not better prices.

3.0
Apr 2, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Flexible hours, great coworkers and really nice customers. Store level managers are great to work for.

Cons

Low wages , and employee turnover. Mostly part-time A points system that punishes employees like we are kindergartners.

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