PBN Healthiest Employers Awards 2024
1,500-4,999 EMPLOYEES #4. Ocean State Job Lot
CEO (or equivalent): Marc Perlman, principal owner and CEO; Alan Perlman and Steve Aronow, principal owners
Number of employees: 2,629
PART-TIMERS ARE TRADITIONALLY UNDERSERVED in retail, says Bob Selle, Ocean State Job Lot’s vice president and head of people and risk. That’s not the case at the North Kingstown-based retail company, where two-thirds of the associates are part-time. Anyone working 20 hours a week is offered Accolade Care, a concierge service launched in 2023 offering zero-cost virtual access to primary care doctors and mental health counselors, Selle says.
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“We see its effectiveness with lower absenteeism, and our overall health care spending is going down,” he said. “We also survey employees and recognize the importance of physical and emotional safety for associates working in the stores to determine workforce trends.”
Stress levels climb in the fall, so Job Lot emphasizes relief.
“If someone is having a hard time finding day care, we have resources identifying and vetting its availability,” Selle said. “If you don’t have happy people, you don’t have happy customers.”
A. HEALTHY THOUGHT: ‘If you don’t have happy people, you don’t have happy customers.’
BOB SELLE, Ocean State Job Lot vice president and head of people and risk
