Does anyone know what areas of the country the third party delivery companies screwed up so bad, Staples had no choice but to restart delivery on their own? I've heard, Florida, Texas, Carolinas and Virgina.

Is closing inevitable?

Now that we know the merger will not happen. Both companies will move quickly to close all the stores they wanted to close before the merger was considered. All these stores were ALREADY listed in Framingham and maybe a few more added as sales have... — read more 

9th year in a row. Lost $6000 in gross margin. How did you do?

Hahahahahahahaha!!!!!

So now that Black Friday 2015 is over will there be a new rush of store closures before the end of the 4th quarter,

So it has finally happened. As of this evening I have been terminated. After a couple of months of proving that I and my team could improve things and did. I was still let go. Passed the LP audit, had a good store walk with the DM who noticed the... — read more 

Our tech department only hits 55% to budget every week and is causing the negative comp in our store(10.2%). Last year we did about 28000 a week and this year were only doing 14000 a week, some weeks even worse. I'm the tech sup and my gm insists its... — read more 

We're all scared. You hid in that office because you think there's still hope. But Blithe, the only hope you have is to accept the fact that you're already fired, and the sooner you accept that, the sooner you'll be able to function as a manager's... — read more 

Sorry for the bitching and nagging that will proceed down below but I had to get this off my chest. Staples is the worse employer to work under, for Christ sakes they're basically the Walmart of Office Supplies except less successful. The district... — read more 

So, the process continues. Endless lists of tasks to accomplish. Many more than can be done. Observing the choices of what I choose to accomplish or not. Constant daily task lists and daily reports by email...... But I am not being held to a... — read more 

It's official two drivers went Edison in two staples truck to load the truck and go do delivery 's . For a third party company that is payed already. IS THIS LEGAL!!!!!!!!!!

With all the errors that have been happening in the Project Management Realm, especially all the Delivery People that have been asked to come back due to the third party not being able to handle the business, I think the Associate Project Managers... — read more 

To whom it my concern, why does the acting manager (Mike m.) in charge of over seeing operations at the third party building in Edison nj. ( a-1) . Asking drivers to go to that building to take out a route. WHY??????? . IF that that so call trucking... — read more 

What is the likelihood of Staples layoffs in Framingham in 2016? Please let me know if you have any information.

First you stock holders need to cash in soon. The company is going the same path like Caldor , bradlees,etc if you think it's going to jump when that merger is done your wrong. Those individuals that decided to go third party and pay hundreds of... — read more 

Please let me know

If Essendant (formerly United Stationers) does get into the action by acquiring certain assets, that would be Staples Advantage. In other words, if you're a B2B, Account Manager or Inside Account Manager, including support staff, kiss your ass good... — read more 

Stemmie won't get to see his company go bankrupt in a couple years.He's getting out at a good time.RIP you rat

Who's Ronny gonna hang for the debacle over underpayment of State of MA income taxes? It's funny the article questions why they didn't send someone with knowledge about CMS.....all those people have been laid off over the years. No one, know what the... — read more 

This is Ron Sargent and I don't care about anybody but myself. I would like to announce today that I am eliminating all full time supervisor positions and cutting all manager salaries by 30%. I'm doing this so I get our stock price higher so I can... — read more 

The PIP is there hail marry pass to get you to quit so they don't have to fire you! You have your numbers and they look good. Let them know you are prepared to take them to court for wrongful dismissal. Send HR DM RVP same email with your numbers... — read more 

http://www.cnn.com/2015/10/15/us/los-angeles-teacher-class-action-lawsuit-rafe-esquith/index.html Obviously Staples does not have pensions and tenure means nothing, but the tactics seem to be the same or similar.

My name is Ron Sargent and I approve of this message. I am the 2015 Corporate Asshole of the yeast!

The FTC and your job: Also sorry to say that either way the brick and mortar stores lose huge. The only real difference is who decides and which stores and how fast. The FTC is far too ignorant/uncaring of the real conditions to know that their... — read more 

So, is the FTC waiting to approve the merger? Will Staples and Office Depot have to shed off some business to get there? What will happen to associates if this goes down? I personally am appalled that the FTC is taking so long. The FTC should just... — read more 

...read on Retailing Today that the government agreed to extend the the final outcome..The final answer will be announced before Dec 8 2015....looks like they are not convinced that this is a good move. Announce in Nov and 1000's of people will know... — read more 

Just received my report on the status of my shares of Staples stocks... NEGATIVE 20 %...... As a stock holder I am extremely dissapointed and pissed off. So let's blame all the underlings for not doing their jobs as a reason for Staples POOR... — read more 

Why do we have district managers. What exactly do they do? No clue what the stores are really like. Living in their own reality. Micro managing to a fantasy.

Do you realy think we care that they know who we are? If they cared about there worker they would find ways to spend the BILLIONS on finding ways to save jobs. They would not be wanting to buy other companies to kill more jobs. There has to be other... — read more 

Follow the money (as deep throat said). The closings are slowing, but it's only because of ONE thing. They thought they would waltz threw to a merger. Once complete they already have a master list of stores to be closed. I'm thinking the full list... — read more 

Bitchin*'s fine, but what you really should be doing is this - WRITE YOUR CONGRESSPERSON - tell 'em that the "top dogs'" salaries should be slashed to save the "peons'" jobs. I'm making it easy for ya - here's the numbers, now get to dialing!!!... — read more 

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank all the SDO Management for going that extra mile during this transition period and making sure all the 3rd party couriers have all the resources needed to be successful. I can only imagine how much better... — read more