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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
Sep 24, 2022

Pretty bad

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Pros

Less busy retail operation with more limited open hours than Walmart or Target

Cons

Low pay for the work a Front End Supervisor is required to do. Pay difference from cashier to front end supervisor was 25 cents, but you need to train & supervise other cashiers as well as man the customer service desk, and be responsible for store safety and security including the front end safe. I was often the only person at the registers and had to beg for someone to cover a bathroom break, let alone my required 15 minute break. Concrete floors and no ergonomic floor mats. No leaning or sitting allowed, not even if there is a lull in foot traffic. In January, new hires were offered a new, higher base pay that was 75 cents higher than my supervisor pay. Yet I was not given a pay bump to give me the increase I earned through an earned promotion and seniority. Management focused on daily receipts and getting everything done every day with a skeleton crew. Like seriously skeleton- I frequently closed at night and was one of only 2-3 employees in the whole store. Yet we were required to clean, re-shop, and reset for the next day, with the expectation that all was completed in 30 minutes while the manager on duty completed the count for the day. Frequently, rewards for company-wide contests (who can sell the most novelty socks or similar contest) were a day set aside for a 40% discount on employee purchases. So basically, work hard and we'll give you a discount for shopping here.

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