Ross Dress for Less opens two New Jersey stores, hiring now
Ross is opening stores in Sicklerville and Somers Point on Oct. 10, and the hiring push offers Big Lots workers a real pay-and-schedule benchmark.
Ross Dress for Less will open two New Jersey stores, in Sicklerville and Somers Point, on Oct. 10 and is hiring now for both locations. For Big Lots workers watching the off-price market, that makes Ross a live comparison point: the chain is still adding jobs in South Jersey while it builds out new sales floors.
The openings point to the kind of labor Ross needs most. Store managers, merchandising staff, front-end coverage and people who can keep freight moving from truck to shelf are the backbone of an off-price store, where recovery has to be fast and the floor has to look full at bargain prices. Those are familiar skills for Big Lots associates who have handled freight, seasonal resets, checkout shifts and assistant management. When a discounter posts multiple openings at once, it is doing more than filling vacancies. It is staffing for traffic and trying to get an opening team in place before the first busy weekend hits.
Ross’s own careers site describes the company as a leading off-price retail chain with more than 2,200 stores and as a growing Fortune 500 company with more than $20 billion in sales. A store-manager posting for Somers Point lists 9 Bethel Road, Somers Point, NJ 08244, while Ross says its buying offices are in New York City, Los Angeles and Boston. The company also pushed the hiring message on Instagram on Aug. 3, tying it to the Oct. 10 grand openings.
That broader footprint matters for workers weighing where to go next. The Los Angeles Times said on March 23 that as malls and department stores fade, Ross and other discounters are booming. CNBC said on May 10 that retailers were hiring strongly despite consumer warning signs. Put together, those signals show a part of retail that is still spending on stores and labor even as other chains pull back. For Big Lots employees comparing hours, stability and chances to move up, Ross’s New Jersey openings show where off-price retail is still making room.
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