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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

(931 total reviews)
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Marc Perlman

34% approve of CEO

35% positive business outlook

Ocean State Job Lot has an employee rating of 2.9 out of 5 stars, based on 931 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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931 reviews
1.0
Aug 27, 2014
Recommend
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Pros

Co-workers Good employee discount I found my co-workers were my only reason to come into work. They were all very kind and everyone liked to help each other. The 20 percent discount was nice.

Cons

Point system Unorganized merchandise Unclean Poor customer service Bad management This place constantly looks for a reason to get rid of people on a regular basis. I worked for this company for two years, and was a very hard, courteous worker. I was employed at the Bristol, Ct location. In february I was let go because of "points" however I had not gone over my allotment for the year. The management is unsympathetic to its workers and front end supervisors are treated like dogs. The store is constantly messy and is clearly understaffed. The products are cheap, and we had a lot of angry customers bc of that. I saw rotten produce on the shelf stay there for weeks. The food in general was disgusting and I personally pulled expired product from shelves frequently that my co-workers/managers missed. Most of the time our front end supervisors got flack for things that were not their fault, and had to deal with berating for customers with no help from management. Things were poorly labled and improperly priced, causing constant backups in the front end and a lot of lost business. Id advise no one to work for this company.

5.0
Aug 10, 2014

Loved working here

Recommend
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Pros

fun co-workers, pretty typical work, don't have to work too late

Cons

stressful at peak hours, sketchy customers, and long hours. Not really any perks or opportunities for advancement

3.0
Jun 24, 2014

OK place to work

Recommend
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Pros

great benefits, decent pay, good managers

Cons

horrible owners hard to advance no training

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