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Ocean State Job Lot

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What a mistake! - Sales Associate Ocean State Job Lot Employee Review

1.0
Oct 21, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

Assistant managers, FES, sales associates all seemed like decent people. Twenty percent discount was nice. Work is hard, but you'll leave feeler a little more fit after every shift. Although my friend and I were hired as 'Sales Associates', we never had to deal with customers.

Cons

Management prone to sudden outbursts of hostility, blaming anyone/everyone else for their short comings. Management can be genuinely scary to be near, as you just don't know when one is going to fly off the handle. I was asked to perform certain tasks, then was chewed out after doing what was asked of me. Management seems to have memory issues, they would insist that I was never told to do it. Huh? It wasn't just me. All my co-workers had it happen to them too. Also, management was not nice at all to customers, which I found surprising.

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Cons

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Pros

The culture is amazing and the hourly associates make it worth your while.

Cons

Compensation for area managers is not good. You can hit hit all your goals and improve your department and still get a meets expectation on your annual review.

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