Ocean State Job Lot Honored Among 2026 Global Top 100 Inspiring Places to Work™
Designation marks fourth consecutive year OSJL has earned global recognition; retailer also earned its fifth North America Inspiring Workplaces honor earlier this year
North Kingstown, R.I. – October 1, 2026 — Ocean State Job Lot, home of Crazy Deals® and one of the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic’s leading discount retail chains, is proud to announce that it has been named to the 2026 Global Top 100 Inspiring Places to Work™ list, marking the fourth consecutive year the company has earned the global recognition.
Announced by Inspiring Workplaces Group in association with Prezzee, a leading global eGift card platform with operations in North America, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, and France, the global list brings together the 100 highest-scoring organizations from the 2026 Inspiring Workplaces Awards worldwide. Honorees span Asia, Australasia, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East & Africa, North America, and the UK and Ireland, and represent organizations that have demonstrated a strong commitment to creating PeopleFirst cultures where people and performance thrive together.
Organizations earned recognition through an independently judged, story-based awards process that evaluates how companies support their people through culture and purpose, leadership, wellbeing, inclusion and belonging, employee voice and employee experience. Ocean State Job Lot joins globally recognized organizations including Novo Nordisk Canada, Tata Consultancy Services, Hitachi Energy, Flight Centre Travel Group, SurveyMonkey, Staples Canada and The Nature Conservancy on this year’s list.
“For a company rooted in Rhode Island, being recognized alongside organizations from around the world is something we are incredibly proud of,” said Paul Pinto, Head of People, Ocean State Job Lot. “This recognition reflects the commitment our associates bring to Ocean State Job Lot every day and reinforces our responsibility to keep listening, investing in our people, and creating opportunities for them to build meaningful careers here.”
OSJL’s commitment to enhancing the associate experience includes comprehensive benefits such as competitive wages, healthcare and retirement plans, along with unique offerings, including a profit participation program, access to OSJL-owned vacation condominiums and RVs, wellness days, and paid sick leave. The company also remains focused on providing opportunities for professional growth and creating an inclusive workplace where associates of all backgrounds and abilities can thrive.
The global recognition follows OSJL’s strong showing in the 2026 Inspiring Workplaces Awards for North America earlier this year. OSJL ranked first in the Enterprise category for organizations with 5,000 or more employees and seventh overall among the Top 100 winners. The company also received special recognition for Inspiring Wellbeing, Inspiring Employee Voice, Inspiring Inclusion & Belonging, and Inspiring Employee Experience.
OSJL has received several additional national workplace and business honors in 2026, including being named a 2026–2027 Best Company to Work For in the Consumer Products category by U.S. News & World Report and earning its sixth consecutive U.S. Best Managed Company recognition from Deloitte Private and The Wall Street Journal, including Gold Honoree status.
About Ocean State Job Lot:
Founded in 1977, Ocean State Job Lot (OSJL) is a growing, privately held discount retail chain with 177 stores in Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware, nearly 7,000 employees, and annual sales exceeding $900 million. OSJL shoppers find an ever-changing array of brand-name, first-quality merchandise at closeout prices, including household goods, apparel, pet supplies, seasonal products (holiday, gardening, patio, pool and beach supplies), and kitchen pantry staples at a fraction of their typical price.
The company was named a five-time “Best Employer” by Forbes® Magazine*, a six-time U.S. Best Managed Company by Deloitte, one of America’s Greatest Workplaces for Parents & Families 2024 by Newsweek, a five-time winner of the Inspiring Workplaces in North America Award, and four-time Global Top 100 Inspiring Workplaces winner. Ocean State Job Lot is not affiliated with Forbes®.
The Ocean State Job Lot Charitable Foundation has a long history of philanthropic leadership, supporting numerous causes, including feeding the hungry, helping the homeless, assisting veterans and military families, aiding animal rescue, caring for children, advancing healthcare, supporting the arts, and promoting learning. The Foundation’s operational, administrative and overhead expenses are covered by Ocean State Job Lot, not the Foundation, ensuring that 100% of every dollar raised through the Foundation goes directly to helping those in need.
Ocean State Job Lot is headquartered in Quonset Point Business Park at 375 Commerce Park Road, North Kingstown, RI 02852. Phone: 401-295-2672. Website: www.oceanstatejoblot.com.
About Inspiring Workplaces Group:
Inspiring Workplaces Group is setting the global standard for PeopleFirst organisations by recognising, certifying and connecting workplace cultures where people and performance thrive together.
Organisations can achieve independent recognition through two distinct but complementary routes:
Inspiring Place to Work™ – earned through the global, independently judged, story-based Inspiring Workplaces Awards.
Certified PeopleFirst™ – earned through confidential employee feedback, independently measuring the belief, belonging and experience of an organisation’s people.
Alongside recognition and certification, Inspiring Workplaces Group connects a global community of People, HR and business leaders through free events, insights, research and practical resources designed to help make work better.
Since 2015, its global community has championed the belief that inspiring cultures create stronger organisations, better leadership and a better world of work.
