The company prides itself on its philanthropic culture yet allows stores to drown in freight causing dangerous working conditions and a work load that is almost comical. How about about we put all that “good work” in the community money and invest in the associates wages and keep buildings clean and safe? Its always a lose-lose situation with freight due to the conflicting and confusing direction. Often direction gets changed multiple times per week (sometimes daily) and then the district and regional team wonder why we are buried in freight? Perhaps if items didn’t have to move the same items a hundred times it would help. Field leadership is a joke and protect themselves. The keep vital information away from the store operations team and the ownership group. A CYA culture where “it” always rolls downhill. I was made to work with pneumonia and was told by a field leader that I had responsibilities and as long as I wasn’t contagious, I needed to support my store. region 2 is lead by using fear tactics and the field leadership falls right into line….or else. It’s no wonder the ratings for OSJL continue to fall and why they try to persuade the store associates to post positive reviews. Dear ownership, if you are reading this, open your eyes and your ears next time you are in a store. Maybe that’s the problem really: you actually don’t care about anything but the bottom line. The thing is, there are many other discount retailers expanding throughout your operating territories and they will be more than happy to see you blinded by $$ while they focus on the people.
