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Ocean State Job Lot

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Treat people like garbage - Sales Associate/Cashier Ocean State Job Lot Employee Review

1.0
Dec 17, 2015
Recommend
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Pros

-Can be Flexible with schedules - Employee 20% discount

Cons

-Mandatory shifts on Thanksgiving - Non-matching mandatory 401k contributions for full-time employees - Extremely harsh demerit point system= want to get employees fired or make them quit - Abusive managers - Exclusion of employees outside the Rhode Island-based headquarters from employee appreciation events - Very low pay and poor performance raises -Deceptive " 2 potential monetary raises per year" =virtually no one gets merit raises and raises of 5-9 cents per hour annually most common - Cheap,outdated work equipment - No programs internally to help struggling employees -Timed 10 minute breaks where you are documented for being 1 minute late even if for good reason - Constant video surveillance of employees by in store management and a dedicated spying team at headquarters - Many examples of conflict of interest; managers dating/having relations with subordinates - Callous disregard for employees reporting concerns or wrongdoing -Many of the products of inferior quality

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5.0
Apr 17, 2026
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Pros

good hours and nice coworkers

Cons

an assortment of managers who dont communicate well

3.0
Jun 26, 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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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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