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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

(932 total reviews)
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Marc Perlman

34% approve of CEO

35% positive business outlook

Ocean State Job Lot has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 932 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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932 reviews
1.0
Nov 20, 2013

Department Head

Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

recently came to the country

Cons

Bad wage, I was working in sections and register at the same time, supervisor calling me to the register every 10 minutes, bad points system, no benefits except 15% store discount. Low prices attract very pure uneducated people, like pensioners, unemployed people, SNAP card holders. If you can't speak Redneck or Yankee English - sometimes I can't understand them. Deliveries are without system, lot's of stuff that store doesn't need or have a lot. Employees don't have medical insurance first year, just before starting 1st year you wouldn't need insurance, you will have 40 points and will go home. Company economies money and don't pay overnight, overnight team starting 5:00 a.m. Just two 10 minutes breaks and one 30 minutes break if you're working full time.

1.0
Sep 21, 2011
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

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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