Overnight Stocking - Overnight Stocker Ocean State Job Lot Employee Review

1.0
Aug 7, 2018
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

Full-time, overnight hours worked for me so I didn’t have to pay for child care during the day while my bf is home at night anyway. This is the only reason I took this job, to secure myself with a job while my son was out of school for the summer. Was also nice to have the weekend off, had to do a double shift on mondays but was willing to kill myself every Monday to finally enjoy the weekends with my family for the first time in years since working retail.

Cons

Everything! No one should ever work at OSJL unless they have NO other options. I secured a job with OSJL Before the Toys R Us I was working at closed for good so I wouldn’t be without a job. A month after I started, I was falsely accused by corporate for taking someone’s sweater from the break room and ultimately fired because they couldn’t find the ACTUAL person who did it. They assumed I took the stupid thing simply because they saw me hang up the sweater that was left lying around (I’m OCD and always cleaned the break room before I could relax) I explained myself however it wasn’t enough. I never had any issues with anyone prior to them speaking to me and was constantly getting praised from management about the great job I was doing thus far. I lost my job for absolutely no reason and was emotionally & financially broken for a month until I found another job. Besides the fact that they screwed me, it was a very unpleasant place to work. We worked overnight and the air cut off after the store closed, therefore it was super hot with no air flow while working. And don’t get me started on the MICE problem, they were everywhere! The mice were so bad there that while I was sitting in the break room waiting to be interviewed, a worker said “hope you don’t mind little critters!” I couldn’t believe it but I needed a job and this place is close to my house as I don’t have a vehicle. They had some glue traps down but I couldn’t believe how many mice I’d see running around everywhere, especially in the food aisle. And no one is ever trained to check expiration dates on anything, so if you plan to buy any food there, check for mice holes and that it’s not expired, or moldy.... found plenty of moldy items left on shelves while working. I was way too OCD to work in a place that messy & dirty, I felt like I constantly needed to clean the area I was working, probably why management thought I did a good job, I can’t work in a disgusting environment so I always took pride in any task given to me and made it look much better than when I started.

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Ocean State Job Lot Response
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We are sorry that your experience at our company was not positive. While we employ more than 5,000 associates and have been voted by associates as a Forbes Best Employer for two years in a row, we understand that not every associate has a positive experience with our company. If you’d like to have a conversation about your unique situation, we’d be happy to discuss it further with you. You can call Regional HR Manager Ron Overko at 401-862-6719.

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