Ocean State Job Lot reviews

Point system Unorganized merchandise Unclean Poor customer service Bad management This place constantly looks for a reason to get rid of people on a regular basis. I worked for this company for two years, and was a very hard, courteous worker. I was employed at the Bristol, Ct location. In february I was let go because of "points" however I had not gone over my allotment for the year. The management is unsympathetic to its workers and front end supervisors are treated like dogs. The store is constantly messy and is clearly understaffed. The products are cheap, and we had a lot of angry customers bc of that. I saw rotten produce on the shelf stay there for weeks. The food in general was disgusting and I personally pulled expired product from shelves frequently that my co-workers/managers missed. Most of the time our front end supervisors got flack for things that were not their fault, and had to deal with berating for customers with no help from management. Things were poorly labled and improperly priced, causing constant backups in the front end and a lot of lost business. Id advise no one to work for this company.

Negative work environment. Heavy workload. Terrible inventory control. Lots of management turnover. Policies are constantly changing with a lack of any consistency. Corporate treats staff like they are easily replaced. Ownership is aged and out of touch with the needs of the stores. The store have really old and outdated fixtures (many are rusty, dirty and damaged) but they will spend big bucks on camera systems to watch all the employees from the comfort of the corporate office, They have zero understanding of demographics . Corporate stocks and markets every store the same regardless of the location. They push staff hard to get donations and signups for their loyalty programs. They deride any team member that does not meet the corporate goals.