Employer of Choice cut my pay 30% - Field Merchandiser Ocean State Job Lot Employee Review

1.0
13 Feb 2020
Recommend
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Pros

I still have a job for now! When I hit current employee I knew if they found me it would be former! Operations doesn’t like criticism.

Cons

Despite claiming to be the “Employer of Choice” the ownership of this company really care about themselves. The Operations department continues to grow as they pay for the operational growth with our money. I am a field merchant, was promised 50 hours a week - 40 at straight time and 10 OT. But the ownership has allowed the Operations Department to go crazy spending on people to watch what the stores do wrong! NO MERCY! To pay for them they decided this year because the company struggled paying Operational payroll that they would fund it with the 10 hours we were promised as a Field Merchant! I left a Full Time Job to do this as OT was promised. It was sad to have to go home and tell my family that life was going to change. Kids can’t go to dance and play sports. I just got a 30% pay cut because our director of operations can’t run the company!

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Ocean State Job Lot Response
6y
That is not true. It's unfortunate that you would say this. Hourly associates are guaranteed 40 hours a week and we have not reduced anyones hourly rate in your position. So if you feel because you worked overtime and now you do not. That is not a reduction in pay.

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