Can any corporate office people confirm our EPS will be at least .24 cents?!?

So the new Easy Button accepts voice commands and places orders. Very cool. I imagine it goes like this... Easy Button? YES! Order a ream of 24lb. 90 bright 8 and 1/2 by 11 inkjet paper. WHAT YOU SAY? WAIT I CAN DO THIS...HEY "OK GOOGLE" DID YOU HERE... — read more 

Payroll to allow for operational store closing tasks. Good luck to all.

All ASMs and supervisors have been eliminated, the GM will now have to open/close everyday 7 days a week and work 13 hours a day. On top of that labor hours have been cut further and there will be no floor coverage and no backup registers. Corporate... — read more 

Of course, it won't allow a customer to order the items on the customers core list that are sold below cost. Ship those expensive black pens!! http://fortune.com/2016/02/24/exclusive-staples-easy-button-internet-of-things/?xid=yahoo_fortune

Apparently GM's are having meetings and conference calls today all over, anybody with info on the subject matter? Any info about restructuring stores?

The Legislature hereby declares its rejection of the court of appeal opinion in Marks v. Loral Corp. (1997) 57 Cal.App.4th 30, and states that the opinion does not affect existing law in any way, including, but not limited to, the law pertaining to... — read more 

This was announced yesterday! Hang on to your seats! This is going to be huge! This is huge news! I'm so pumped right now! Can anyone think of a better press release in the last bunch of years?... — read more 

Anybody else feel that they cant fully answer customer questions for fear of getting yelled at by the GM? Im an easy tech and im told in my ear by my gm to walk away from customers that imtaking too long with and move on and to speed it up...when im... — read more 

Well after 18 years with Staples, time to give up on this company. Saw the great times when we had leadership and the company was growing. A few months ago I decided to step down as a GM making good money, mid 70's, but decided to stay with the... — read more 

Ok, next round of layoffs is sure to be right around the corner. Who NEEDS to go? I'll start: Otis. Master of Bidness. Bidnessman. Cares about his career and his lunch above all else. One of the stupider leaders I've ever interacted with. Thinks he... — read more 

The MAX/Depot merger is in shambles. Think of what "really bad" sounds like and double it. What your going to pay for Office Depot vs. your ROI is going to make you very upset. OD can't even get the basics right, pay vendors, fulfill customer orders... — read more 

Several Tier 4 stores reportedly got 50-hour bumps to weekly payroll starting in two weeks. Whether that's indicative of management/structure changes or just increased hours we'll probably see after the RVP conference next week.

What's in the works for the remaining SDOS. Does anybody know????????

Hearing rumors of tier 4 stores extending Sat hours til 9pm instead of 7pm. Can anyone confirm this yet? Also Ive heard that the tech supervisor will be eliminated? Anyone have any input?

That center was destroyed by poor management who regularly lied to their bosses to cover up the facts of endless and regular acts that can only be described by me as acts of a pure tyrant who along with her sock puppet production floor supervisor... — read more 

How can Staples justify paying $6+ billion for Office Depot when the later only has a market capitalization of $2+bil. Doesn't add up to me.

So Staples announced that they are selling the Enterprise division to ESND: Essendant. The after hours stock of spls has swung widely up and down. Don't' worry that it will settle on the up side. It won't. This is an attempt to LOOK like they are... — read more 

The only "value" this guy brings is driving people out. He is out of touch with retail. He can only lead by threatening and bullying, which is not leading, it's more like shoving from behind (down a flight of stairs). His behavior is basically an... — read more 

Please lost districts that lost their managers. We would like to know who's gone.

There are reports on other sites of the FLPM position being eliminated entirely. As far as DMs. it makes sense with closing stores to combine districts and cut DMs, how wide spread were the cuts?

What store positions will be next to go this year? Last year it was team supervisors who's next? Tech supervisors, Sales managers, inventory supervisors, operations supervisors, CPC supervisors, operations managers? it seems like every year I have to... — read more 

So they have screwed all the performers and with more stores to be closed soon they will be looking to get rid of some of the scum too. HELLO HUMAN RESOURCES! I'm betting you dickheads are up next and this will be the first enjoyable layoff. When you... — read more 

Staples has enjoyed WORLD CLASS shrink control for a decade. They were able to achieve this for two reasons. Seasoned (Old School) General Managers and a top notch Loss Prevention team. First they sacked all the seasoned managers (a few still hang on... — read more 

US Retail: $5.08 Billion US Online: $1.96 Billion US Contract (SA): $5.74 Billion Total US: $12.78 Billion Staples Advantage (Corporate Express) is keeping Staples US alive, and is bigger than the Retail business?!. The online business is also not... — read more 

Hearing rumors of DM's getting the cut. Anyone have any info?

Does not seem quite right, that Staples should lay off some many seasoned experienced LP employees, but they really do not care. People that have made the difference over the years and put the company on the map, as having one of best shrink numbers... — read more 

I mention this only because I read that someone thought they should appeal to him... You would be better off appealing to Rev. Al Sharpton.

So we all now and then watch videos on YouTube about Staples but have you noticed Staples showing up on adult websites? Usually in the flashing in public sites. The stores have no payroll so no one is there to catch it.

Anybody else's bathrooms so dirty that it's not usable??? At my store there's feces on the walls, snot hanging from the sink, somebody's barf in the toilet, and urine on the floors. I try not to use the bathroom at all when I'm there, if I have to... — read more