WOW!!! 80 directors? Who are the other 30 you are refering to?

80 directors plus 30+ from home office - more to come

Directors and VP's are being laid off this week. Many today -- more this week

The national facilities manager (Sydney) was fired for stealing on his corporate PC Card and walked out after hours a few weeks ago. (How embarrassing -- he came from the banking industry- tough getting a job now!

Staples Australia has layed off about 1000 people since last year. Staples US and Australia/New Zealand are losing the plot. The writing is on the wall.

Why do you say "Staples will let anyone go for any made up reason. They are a bunch of two faced liars." - my experience is very different

Staples will let anyone go for any made up reason. They are a bunch of two faced liars.

does anyone know what my severance package might be - i am an assistant store manager in the los angeles area - i've been with staples for over five years - any suggestion would be greatly appreciated

every single DM should be let go. period... we just get let go two folks who were with us for less than a year... what a shame...

There is no culture at staples, just poor morale based on the unfair treatment store employees get from the big bird GM.Ops mgr , Asst mgr and team leaders take all the responsibility for daily numbers , not the GM. Store employees work to the... — read more 

Yup, it looks like the end is near for staples , just like the old circuit city vanished after making the same last minute desperation moves..

What Staples is doing with these lay offs and demotions is finding a way to get a manager to take a 60% decrease in pay to do the same job as a team leader. In addition, other associates are being told to take the team leader (same as management)... — read more 

Yahoo ran a story today about five companies that will not be with us in 5 years - Staples did make the list. Guys, the writing is on the wall - I have posted my resume and will be bailing ASAP - good luck to all of you...

Yesterday, nearly every Staples store in the US lost an assistant manager to either demotion or layoff. Also, a couple of weeks ago, they announced that the old policy of matching 401k funds monthly was no longer in effect. They now only match funds... — read more 

Desperation moves! Company is circling the drain

A colleague of mine with 6 years at staples was offered a severance package if he would voluntarily quit last week. Two copy center associates were asked to move from full time to part time. When they refused they were let go. Our store is going from... — read more 

ANon - where did you hear this - I am an assistant store mgr here in LA, never heard of this before?

They are laying off almost all the assistant managers in April or May 2013 in the US stores. This is horrible.

Staples Inc., the dominant office supplies retailer, is embarking on a strategic plan to integrate its retail and online offering, increase investment in its online businesses, reorganize its operations, implement leadership changes, initiate a... — read more 

We will be closing more stores this year - really, I would not be surprised if we were to nix up to ten stores - I think California is doing good but some other states are weak...