Run away!!!!!! Beware workers and customers - Sales Associate Ocean State Job Lot Employee Review

1.0
27 Aug 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.

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5.0
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Pros

good hours and nice coworkers

Cons

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3.0
26 Jun 2026
Recommend
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Pros

The culture is amazing and the hourly associates make it worth your while.

Cons

Compensation for area managers is not good. You can hit hit all your goals and improve your department and still get a meets expectation on your annual review.

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