I’m sad for all the layoffs but down in the trenches at retail level we have been on pins and needles far longer. Our annual reviews were based off of 2 quarters which led to a rating of Needs Improvement, no raise and a PIP. We are told that if we... — read more 

Is anything rumored? I doubt that any of this will stop any time soon, so there has to be some method in which they will do the closures. Has anyone heard anything or has anyone seen any symptoms at their location that could indicate closure? What... — read more 

So, after a long week of layoffs, corporate restructuring and a town hall where Gerry and his financial 2nd in command wear $300 shirts and thousand dollar watches while telling us "we have to be all in..."..... Then we hear from HR that Depot day of... — read more 

Yes, the layoff's have begun at Corporate. What is it going to take for these high paid exec's to realize outsourcing to India Is not the way to go! They would have done better to rebrand as a USA company. Who wants to talk to someone over seas?... — read more 

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Share if you've heard anything, please. I'm really anxious ahead of the weekend, not knowing if we are done or not.

Multiple teams at Corporate told today that layoffs are done. Company-wide town hall with Gerry Smith tomorrow morning to announce this is the new team.

Any ideas on what else we can expect this or the following week? Something tells me that yesterday was just a start. I haven't heard about much going down today, but I'm not ready to take that as a good sign. Office Depot has burned me before... I'd... — read more 

300 people fired with 200 more to by by Friday! All because compucom lost money in Q1. Failed attempt at building shareholder value. They think they can turn over the contract division to ISO. Good luck with that!

Any information on a swath of layoffs at all levels of the OD organization? Directors and VPs in this round.

https://www.finance101.com/bankruptcy/10/ 50 Failing Companies At Risk Of Going Out Of Business In 2019

Anyone else hearing this? All conference rooms on 1st floor north are on hold.

Hello everybody. I was hoping somebody might tell me what kind of severance is being offered by Office Depot to employees in closing stores and who is entitled to severance? I don't think my store is closing in this round, but I wouldn't be surprised... — read more 

https://www.businessinsider.com/office-depot-closing-stores-list-2019-4?utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=topbar&utm_term=mobile

In corporate there are talks of buyouts and severance packages however if you are seen as underperforming you get the axe

Many stores will be closed by end of may, company says lease agreements are the factor for most closings.

2 southern new jersey OD stores are closing in May. Corporate told employees all was well and then just came in one day and dropped the news. District managers have already been let go. Supposed to be restructuring but closing stores that are still... — read more 

Burlington NJ and Voorhees Township NJ stores are closing mid-may 2019.

ODP is closing stores in south jersey

Office Depot UK has announced its yearly round of redundancies with over 70 roles initially at risk.

Have you heard anything about potential Office Depot Layoffs in 2019?

i (a customer!) was told by someone who worked at my local Office Depot years ago (and probably has since left for greener pastures) that they don't even buy stuff from there because the employee discount barely covers the sales tax!!

looks like Depot isn't taking too kindly to the Union talk going on. https://splinternews.com/this-union-busting-manual-from-office-depot-is-really-s-1827792710

I was recently hired into Office Depot and am already a recent ex-employee after 2-weeks. I had one day of computer training in the store manager's office, then basically out to the floor to run the Print Services Counter with no training. Wasn't... — read more 

what are the details of the latest changes? were there layoffs?

It seems to be headed in that direction. It is about time. Nasty work environment with some of the most unfit to be in management folks you could ever imagine.

It would be really nice if we had at least some say in what our schedules are going to be. Managers don't care about our private life and don't give us an option to make any plans. They will schedule us the way they want to, even if we announce that... — read more 

office depot expects way too much work for the amount they are willing to pay. not sure how we got to the point in time where companies believe that people will be so grateful to even have a job they'd be willing to do everything for barely anything... — read more 

Office Depot is the perfect example of why outsourcing customer support is a lousy idea. We went from amazing support teams that were knowledgeable and efficient to outsourced ones which downgraded both our internal and external customer support... — read more 

Talk about hectic work environment! You are thrown into the fray with little training as per corporate orders (can't waste hours on something as trivial as training,) so juggling learning on your own and working at chronically understaffed and... — read more 

I'd like to see if someone can give us more info about job cuts in Boca Raton.

Do you know if Office Depot will be closing any stores in 2018? Also, do you think there will be large layoffs and if yes, who will be affected.

Reported: Staples offered to sell 1500 stores to Office Depot as they try to go private and close retail stores.

I have been a customer of business customer of Office Depot's since they merged with OfficeMax. I tried to e-mail my account manager and received a kick-back. It took me several hours to finally reach someone else and was told there had been some job... — read more 

Layoffs of all leadership (manager & above) of all adjacencies. They have determined that they need to get back to their core business, and you can expect another 300 to 400 people being cut in the next 7 to 10 business days. Many of those people... — read more 

Major internal changes/layoffs/buyouts on the BSD/contracts division this week... Round 2 supposedly next week...

Should be happening soon. Staples wrote a nice check to steal the account!

Any discussions if this is going to extend past director level? Doesn't sound like many are taking them

Sounds as if more layoffs are happening at the corporate headquarters in the next two weeks.