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Ocean State Job Lot

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My crow managers...absolutely smothering! - Manager Ocean State Job Lot Employee Review

1.0
Jul 21, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

Very few, but they do hire older workers because the young ones can't show up to work enough to survive the points....and well... older workers mostly just shut their mouths and do what they're told.

Cons

If you are from outside "the club" you are really OUT...really...really...OUT-lol They coerce every loser who's been hanging around taking up space about their opinion of you after just a few days and completely disempower(disrespect) the freshness and solutions to their problems that you bring by insisting on "their" way... even if "their' way hasn't worked for years in any given problematic location. They'll give you the worst store they have that has been hopelessly broken by the good old folks and expect you to fix it in a week with the same crew of losers using the same losing tactics that broke it to begin with. They simply don't understand that a truly broken business sometimes needs a good hardnosed driver to get things rolling...and the old crew just might have to get it in gear or be replaced...and if some of the former losing crew gets their little toesees stepped on just a little bit....well then I'm sorry but that's how business works...something that truly great businesses get. There are many formally decently successful business no longer around who played it too safe and took the politically correct way out...completely chicken to have a little passion for goodness sakes and to think different once in a while...for crying out loud. Don't consider a company as close minded as this one if you actually might have a suggestion or new thought or two...you will be highly frustrated. As for me I see quickly that I won't be allowed to do what needs to be done to upgrade where needed and intend to find a new company that will appreciate and value what I can do...quickly.

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