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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
4.0
Feb 12, 2017

You get what you put in!

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Pros

Great communication from the top down. Pay is average to slightly higher than other retailers for store management positions. Company is expanding, which will create opportunities for many to get promoted. For salaried store management, they offer one week vacation after only six months and two weeks after one year. Company owned condos and RV are available for use. Discount of 20% on most items makes shopping there very affordable. Work life balance isn't great, but it is typical for a management position, especially in retail. So I wouldn't consider it necessarily a con.

Cons

Business information systems is outdated for a company of this size. Though to be fair, they are focusing on updating data sharing for management. Long hours with a lot of physical work; it's not a clipboard culture. Company tends to have a "that's what we've always done" when speaking of merchandise moves. Merchandise is continually moved without regard to where it will end up in the very near future, in fact, you will move it numerous times before you place it where you could have to begin with. Marking down old merchandise is rare in an effort to save margin so there is too much old stuff laying around. Internal departments, such as MIS (IT) and HR, don't always see store personnel as their customers so service isn't always the best.

4.0
Feb 8, 2017

FES

Anonymous employee
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Pros

Great environment, coworkers are like family

Cons

Management allows older employees to get away with things that any other employee would be written up for

2.0
Feb 2, 2017

Move along

Anonymous employee
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Pros

There is a lot of room to move up quickly. I would do it just to get the experience. Most of the hourly employees are good people.

Cons

Upper management has no idea what they are doing. Several instances of harrassment where nothing was done when reported to human relations. Alot of scandal within the districts. Poor pay.

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