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Ocean State Job Lot

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Ocean State Job Lot reviews

3.0

38% would recommend to a friend

(930 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 3.0 out of 5 stars, based on 930 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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930 reviews
1.0
Jan 3, 2011
Recommend
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Pros

Health benefits were good Coworkers were generally pleasant Store discount is available Learned what I don't ever want in life

Cons

Very old fashioned workplace that won't let you manage your own time Departments here are all about passing the blame complete with backstabbing and favoritism No internet - can't even google simple excel questions, let alone a 3 min sanity break Isolation in cubicle - barely left my cubicle, barely talked to anyone in person Difficult to manage a long commute - you must time arrival within a 7 minute period or sit around unpaid before you can clock in 1 year of work before you can get 1 week of vacation It gets creepy when you find out how many cameras are in the workplace Low pay, low rate of raises

2.0
Aug 23, 2010
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

There is a sense of ownership of your store. You make merchandising decisions on alot of the product and creativity is encouraged. Free medical, decent bonuses, and a long weekend off in each of the lst three quarters are great perks.

Cons

Policy and procedure changes can happen overnight based on a single incident. Long-term ramifications and even immediate impact on the stores seems like it's not considered at times. If your first-day sales were poor on specific items, you would be called "stupid" in many different ways on the Friday morning conference calls with ownership. And, at least in the district I was in, favortisim ran rampant.

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