Does Ocean State Job Lot pay their employees well?

According to anonymously submitted Glassdoor reviews, Ocean State Job Lot employees rate their compensation and benefits as 2.9 out of 5. Find out more about salaries and benefits at Ocean State Job Lot. This rating has decreased by 3% over the last 12 months.

How satisfied are employees working at Ocean State Job Lot?

38% of Ocean State Job Lot employees would recommend working there to a friend based on Glassdoor reviews . Employees also rated Ocean State Job Lot 2.9 out of 5 for work life balance, 3.0 for culture and values and 2.5 for career opportunities.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Ocean State Job Lot?

Sales Associate (90) , Front End Supervisor (65) , Department Head (30) , Store Team Leader (29) , Sales Associate/Cashier (27) , Store Manager (26) , Area Supervisor (23) , Cashier (22) , Area Team Leader (18) , Assistant Manager (18) , Field Merchandiser (17) , Operations Supervisor (15) , Retail Sales Associate (12) , Manager (9) , Stock Associate (9)

What are the pros of working at Ocean State Job Lot according to real employee reviews?

"great benefits and always new jobs being offered to existing associates" ((in 56 reviews)); "Awesome place to work.. nice and friendly coworkers.. love working here" ((in 43 reviews)); "Good people to work with" ((in 43 reviews)); "Flexible hours and pretty easy job." ((in 37 reviews)); "Work life balance was good" ((in 12 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Ocean State Job Lot according to real employee reviews?

"Management is poor." ((in 59 reviews)); "conflicting instructions from different managers." ((in 32 reviews)); "Bloated upper management that seems to exists solely to usurp direction from other upper management" ((in 15 reviews)); "They give very small raises." ((in 13 reviews)); "No training short staffed more f3" ((in 10 reviews))

What are employees saying about Ocean State Job Lot layoffs in 2026?

Explore Glassdoor’s employee reviews to understand what current and former employees are saying about Ocean State Job Lot layoffs and their outlook for job security at Ocean State Job Lot in 2026.

What Ocean State Job Lot locations have received the highest employee ratings?

Centereach , South Plainfield , Poughkeepsie , Woonsocket , Southwick , North Kingstown , Berlin , Wareham , Weymouth , New York

Ocean State Job Lot reviews

3.0

38% would recommend to a friend

(930 total reviews)

Marc Perlman

34% approve of CEO

35% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.4

Diversity & inclusion

3.0

Culture & values

2.9

Work/Life balance

2.9

Compensation and benefits

2.5

Senior management

2.5

Career opportunities

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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Reviews by job title

930 reviews

2.0

May 24, 2010

Too much manual work for management.

Assistant manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

The pay is okay for a retail manager on salary, but the hours are long. The health benefit plan for managers is good too. Most of the sales associates can be fun to work with and friendly with the management.

Cons

The 10 hour days are too long. There is too much manual labor for managers to do. The corporate people who go out to the stores can be rude and demeaning to all the people who work in the stores. Some store employees will have so much "drama" in their lives that they will make everyone they work with miserable. There is a very bad system in place for cashier over/shorts, and lateness that puts good employees in a frequent panic, and sends everyone's blood pressure up. The bonus program for managers was a joke, $350 per year for making the store goal?

2.0

Mar 12, 2010

Okay place to work, biggest concern of the DM is your to do list

Store manager

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Do not really have to use your brain. The company attempts to manage from the top by keeping their store managers in the dark. At Store level you never see a P/L instead you get a report card on where you are ranked versus other stores. Good health benefits company paid for.

Cons

Upper level management consists of people who worked for companies that are now bankrupt and out of business. Not an open minded company, on several occasions when presenting upper management with an idea on how to be more productive was simply told do you remember retail 20 years ago? This is how we do it here if you don't like it find another job. Zero consistency from upper level management on how they want things done.

1.0

Oct 5, 2009

glorified stock clerks

Anonymous employee

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

20% employee discount. If you like to work without any effort in creativity or changes in merchandising then you will like the job as every aspect of merchandising goods are pre-set . All anyone needs to do is be on time and follow specific directives for procedures and merchandising and you will be a stellar employee .

Cons

Everyone is essentially a glorified stocking clerk regardless of their title or position. The main focus at OSJL is to move goods out to the floor and out the door. Customer service is an after thought The security of this company is all about internal pilferage. The company trusts no one within their organization.

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