Did anyone else's District Manager ask them to walk the US Mail protest lines to see if they were interested in having their cell phones checked for free to see if they are eligible for upgrade? Talk about taking advantage of traffic. Gotta sell 7... — read more 

May soon be out of a job due to budgetary reorganization.

A person (perhaps from corporate) said that there will be 500 layoffs in the next three years. Is this true? Or all the news reports wrong? Why didn't the news report that in the first place?

“Stores have to earn the right to stay open.” That’s a direct quote from Ron Sargent. It’s this type of negative attitude that filters right down through field management. Ron, Demos, and Otis know that they are fighting a losing battle. They are... — read more 

After the 225 stores close, what's going to happen to employee morale? Does anyone believe it's going to stop at 225? The local news in my area did a investigation on Staples. The news producer pulled the plug to the hard drive to see what the Easy... — read more 

If you really think that the people from corporate that are posting here are telling you the truth....think again. I've been lied to again and again during my time at this company. Do you think it will be any different now that they are closing down... — read more 

The time to have gotten out of Staples was when the AMs were laid off. For those of you who are still there, you are riding a sinking ship. Staples is a terrible company, run by terrible upper management, who make terrible decisions. Remember VIBE?... — read more 

Store 1714 in cleveland ohio will be closing, just announced. I will probably lose my job. Staples, That was sleazy.

Store 0598 Austin,MN is closing

Staples is nowehere near Chapter 11. They have $1.125 Billion in cash, and $1 Billion in available credit. Plan for the first 225 stores to close is mostly California and Mexico. Then targeting sub $4 Million boxes. Expecting a negative 10% comp in... — read more 

Staples is nowehere near Chapter 11. They have $1.125 Billion in cash, and $1 Billion in available credit. Plan for the first 225 stores to close is mostly California and Mexico. Then targeting sub $4 Million boxes. Expecting a negative 10% comp in... — read more 

Got wind for my region, store 0431, will be closing.

I've heard shit is going down in the next two weeks. Ron, Demos, Otis, and the others need to get their shit together. They keep saying the cuts they have made are tough but necessary. If the cuts keep happening maybe a change in leadership is the... — read more 

Staples is cutting some valuable people but expect to get more with less! They really need to look in the mirror (Executives) you might be the problem. The changes need to be you.

I have heard that sometime between March 25th and March 28th a few hundred Sales and Services Managers will be let go.

There are a couple of stores in my area? What Stores will be closing in CT?

I was a sales manager for 5+ years at this dump of a company Staples. I pushed out their shady extended service plan numbers that they shove down their customers throats. I hit the high tech repair dollar amounts that they wanted. I dealt with their... — read more 

Does anyone have this information, I do not think we announced the list - I can tell you that there is a ton of anxiety in the field, people are freaking out. Staples should have played this much better, now all good performers will start leaving and... — read more 

OK, we announced today that we'll be closing 225 stores - I heard the rumors (few weeks ago) that there are plans to close up to 50 stores in California - you saw the numbers published today, Amazon is killing pretty much everyone. OfficeDepot is... — read more 

How much has Staples lost with ink recycling rewards. My guess is millions in the past 7 or 8 years. I believe it went nationwide in 2006, after a test run in the Chicago area in late 2005. Employees were initially stealing those $3 coupons and when... — read more 

I work in a store but may be offered a transfer to Corporate (it's a complicated story) - People seem to speak freely here and I'd appreciate any information you may be able to provide.

Do you have any details on the closing of staples advantage?

And in certain IT areas, directors and managers have to reapply for their jobs. Big org announcement due this Thursday.

anyone

I'd say it's February not March, Staples has done it before in Feb

I heard we'll be downsizing in March of this year...

I can confirm everything that the KY Call Center poster noted. It's even worse...

Im an internal associate and we just got word that they plan to let at least 5,000 people go just in February alone.

After 11 years of watching Staples make mistake after mistake I had to leave, they just let go of their training department and plan on automating customer service and letting even more people go. The management at this location is abysmal. They... — read more 

do you know what stores will be closing?

Anybody knows more about corporate office layoffs?

Is this accurate? I work for Staples' competitor and was considering joining the company. Please let me know.

Does Staples limit part time employees to word 25 hours per week maximum?

I heard rumors that Jan will bloody for Office Depot

You are proving again that you enjoy chewing people up, then spitting them out.Again I see the "It is unfortunate but necessary---bla blah bla" crap GO OFFICE MAX AND OFFICE DEPOT!! I pray your merger goes well and this crap Company swirls and goes... — read more 

Apparently PT associates will not be allowed more than 22 hours a week starting January. This will mean many people leaving, customer service will be non-existent due to many factors ( Sleep deprivation due to multiple part time jobs, high school... — read more