Sick of this place - Area Supervisor Ocean State Job Lot Employee Review

1.0
6 Sept 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Company paid health care Growing company Family owned

Cons

Upper managment does not meet together to decide on how things should be done. You will get one person that comes into the store and tell you to do something one way, then the next day you get a different person come in and yell at you for doing it that way. The company in general is micro managed like crazy the store manager has very little power and are basicly just a glorifed stocker. Home office changes policy constantly to fit themselfs. As for holiday pay you will hardly ever see it. They only pay for a couple of holidays and you have to work 5 out of the last 7 of what ever day it falls on. So if the holiday falls on a friday and you have only worked 4 out of the last 7 fridays you will not get holiday pay.

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5.0
30 Jan 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

You don't experience many of the retail horror stories you would at larger chains. Management was reasonably flexible with scheduling and always took our side during customer disputes. 30% discount nice bonus too (40% on some days)

Cons

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1.0
31 Jan 2026
Recommend
CEO approval
Business outlook

Pros

Health Insurance, 30% discount great co workers

Cons

Micro managing from corporate, beyond awful workload, skeleton crew

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Ocean State Job Lot Response
4mo
Thank you for your feedback. We always look for areas where we can improve and would be happy to discuss this further with you. Please reach out to Tom McMullen Director of Human Resources at t.mcmullen@osjl.com
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