I just quit and am glad I did. Staples takes advantage of their managers. Upper management inconsistently communicate through email laced with negativity. Reaching out for help is viewed as weak. Seven years ago this was a team environment that... — read more
The downfall of an Empire
Let's get this point straight. The upper echelon of Staples is being forced out. All the way down to GM's. Of course the major driving force is $ and the conception that there are people in the world that can do it better....... Untrained people in... — read more
New York life no more
Word coming soon
Warning about working for 3rd party delivery
Please!Please!Please!Do not do this!I was conned into being talked into making 2000 a week,and buying my own truck,runs to the post office at three in the morning,Yada,Yada!First of all it will cost you money(more than they tell you just to get... — read more
Good Friday deliveries
Who's bright idea was it that the drivers go out making deliveries today? Over half my customers were closed for the holiday and that means I have to go back out on Monday and do the same stops again. We should of been closed today but don't have to... — read more
away they go
Another exec. on the way out and their cutting more DM's. Look now so you can leave gracefully.
Remaining Northern & Mid-Atlantic SDO's:
Hope you all have been paying attention and positioned yourselves accordingly for what's ahead. I will be passing more info out as I can. Stay strong, be ready and good luck to you all!
Twilight Zone
Otis, is a blowhard jerk. Demos an arrogant fool. Ron long ago checked out. Remember "From Good to Great"! More like from "Fair to Footnote".
Staples playing a game on Jenga
Management is a giant Jenga game. Keep pulling out experienced managers and eventually it will fall. Question is who is the real winner in the end. I can't see one.
Next round of SDO layoffs
When is Staples going to announce the next round of layoffs/closures with the SDOs? We are almost in April now and I thought there would have been more new/movement. I think they were suppos'd say something last month but it never came out.....so... — read more
Lost a $1000 order yesterday
I lost a $1000 order yesterday because the kiosk and the dot com PC at the tech desk were not working. Customer did not want to wait for a reboot and said they'd order the item from home. Good job Staples..... Take the hours, it just proves that... — read more
Associates and managers Experiences working at Staples
Associates and managers need to tell what it's really like to work for staples on sites like glass door etc. if people knew how it really is they would not get people fast enough to replace managers they push out and you might save someone from... — read more
Attention district managers.
If you think you are saving the company by pushing out seasoned manager to save some payroll you are wrong. All you are doing is getting rid of pillars that are holding the stores up and replacing them with toothpicks. What you don't realize is that... — read more
Staples Driver featured in commercial
I think it is ironic in a new Staples commercial there is a Staples Delivery Driver featured delivering product and breakroom supplies. This infuriated me since I lost my delivery job position several months ago when they closed my SDO.
Number of Hours Needed to Run a Store
264 hours a week divided by 85 open hours equates to 3 ( 3.1058 to be exact) associates working each hour the store is open. Then there is a GM and maybe an assistant, who's pay do not count against the 264. If there is no assistant, then the... — read more
Executives are setting stores up to fail
They are setting stores up to fail. They want to drive out long term management through PiPs and stress to avoid severance, and then close the location. I have seen this exact method used repeatedly on 5 of the best GMs I have ever worked with in any... — read more
Staples will continue closing stores, do not wait!
Don't wait for them.......get your resume out there....every company out there. Is aware of staples and layoffs and cuts...make it a priority to make the change. You might make it through the first cut,but you know you might be on the next list, it's... — read more
When are they anouncing layoffs
Has anyone heard anything about more layoffs. Need to know if I will have a job to feed my family. Going through enough stress with all the pressure from the DM to make store perfect, but the uncertainty is making it worse. Where is staples going... — read more
Staples WANTS to Close Stores
Unions are money makers. No union has any want to be part of one staples store. Wages are so small and turn over is so high there is no money in it for a union to make. You need 50% of you store (hourly) to sign for a union. In one year if the store... — read more
MT program not being done?
Anyone else told by their GM that theyre not doing the MT program this year?
Staples new nane
Mist of you nay have already heard this, Staples new name will ge an acronym of the office store it comprises. S for Staples OD for Office Depot OM for Office Max and Y for you. The bew name and the way they treat employees and cudtomers. SODOMY.
HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT
Stores are not run properly. ...its chaos from open to close...I am drained. .the employees are disgruntled. ..customers suffer....a big company like staples should be able to see this...just look at your managers face!...sad...they beat you... — read more
Now, we are ran by a bunch of...
Staples is killing so many jobs across the country yet they make the public try to feel all warm and fuzzy on the co FB page. Staples is being ran by a bunch of corporate bastards who can care less about placing people to the unemployment lines.
SDO Closings?
Any of our inside people have any new information regarding the SDO closings? Would love to see a list of what locations are slated for closure. Does anybody know if the plan is still to close ALL SDOs in 2015?
Different standards
How can you hold two managers to different standards. Ignore faults of one and write up the other.
Kiosk equals hours?
So today we are told unless we get a $1000.00 a day in Kiosk sales we loose store hours? WTF. I guess Staples fiqures less employee hours will firce more customers to the kiosk. Anyone else here this nonsense.
The new reality in America.
Big American corporations have no particular allegiance to America. They don’t want Americans to have better wages. Their only allegiance and responsibility to their shareholders — which often requires lower wages to fuel larger profits and higher... — read more
Staples plans to close Office Depot/Max. 1700 store closures in 2016. Official overheard comparing the over taking to when NEC purchased Packard
Staples plans to close Office Depot/Max. 1700 store closures in 2016. Official overheard comparing the over taking to when NEC purchased Packard Bell just to gain market share by killing the name brand. Staples, the worlds #2 ecomerce website, plans... — read more
I Wrote This
We all see, live and are affected by what is happening. But what can we do besides run. Investing 14 years in a company and being 60 years old isn't a great time to be venturing out into the world looking for new employment no matter how qualified... — read more
The Farmer and the Horse
The Farmer and the horses. Where the farmer is the corporate boss and the horses are the employees. In a land long ago and not so far away there lived a farmer who had a wonderful farm and ranch. He provided many much needed products and necessities... — read more
Another one bites the dust
Another manager gone. Manager worked in almost every store in this district. I guarantee they will feel the loss. Associates in every store remember and love this manager. This manger was so good people from all over went out of their way to visit... — read more
When should we expect to receive our bonus? because I worked my butt off and deserve it. then I will leave and they can get someone less
Qualified and less pay to do my job.....that way everyone gets what they want...cause its time to move on.......anyone have any idea when bonus should be paid out?
Staples will continue to squeeze every penny out of the stores
Staples will continue to squeeze every penny out of the stores until they keep losing sales and eventually are closed. The only growth Staples is seeing right now is Online ales and thats because they are screwing their stores over so bad that... — read more
Exhausted at Staples
Tier 4, cut hours, tasks impossible to complete. We barely block anymore. They just work us to exhaustion with out the hope of actually being good. Poor thing over at copy center had 5 people waiting with no time allotted to actually do any... — read more
Attention all Drivers who are losing jobs!
Attention all Drivers who are losing jobs. Those retention bonus check to stay till the end is hardly anything when they combine it with your first check. I think a better bonus would have been to shove my handcart straight up CEO Ron Sargent ass.