I am of wondering what is of happening. I am of taking this job outside of my country because of being promises but now of thinking that it could not last much longer. Why is this? Am I of getting cheated? What is of happening to me and my family who... — read more
Stapels Interiors no more?
Our company has been dying for a long time, but this is just ridiculous...
She Works Hard For The Money
So hard for ya honey, she works hard for the Staples but they refuse to treat her right. She works day and night working through bad contracts ***watching her salary and commission go away, she realizes now that their going to take her territory... — read more
Here comes another one!
Hide in your cubes! Next round is coming this month!
There isn't a single job opening at the Seattle Development Lab right now
With FM and friends gone, is this office kaput?
Amazon’s B2B Marketplace Advantage Staples is DOOMED
Amazon Business is fast becoming the 800-pound gorilla in B2B distribution, but it wasn’t always this way. With Amazon’s stunning growth over the last few years, it’s easy to assume that everything the ecommerce giant tries works. But that isn’t the... — read more
Band-aid solutions close stores
I know of a store that makes the numbers and was in the top 50 in the company for customer service and the store is being closed! Their building needs repairs done, expensive repairs and their lease is due to expire... So the store is closing!!! Make... — read more
Go to Market
Anyone else watch the Go to Market town hall and wonder why they could so happily deliver the news that Outside sales will now only cover 35k accounts vs the 135K covered by outside sales now? That’s a lot of heads rolling...
I've been laid off three times in two years.
I started as a CPAM (Copy & Print Account Manager) in 2014. Everything was great until 2017 when I was laid off in the first wave (February 2017). I was called back just a month after the layoff and returned as a PMAC (Print & Marketing Account... — read more
Contractors
There was talk during an all hands meeting about reducing the amount of companies Staples uses for contractors. Sounds like we should see some action on this in the near future, keep an eye out.
HiTouch is to remain a Staples-affiliated distributor, and will continue to operate independently.
According to the most recent press release, though HiTouch will now be part of the Staples Business Advantage delivery program, it will operate its e-commerce platform independently of Staples, and will maintain a status as a Staples-affiliated... — read more
Is this true?
How many stores are left? Are they getting close to the magic number of 450 that was speculated about years ago as the number of likely stores left that might be "showrooms" for dotcom? Is this true? Is Staples really attempting to get the number of... — read more
Yet again, inflated QUOTAS not met.
Work hard, pay your mm employees in the trenches less. Stop wondering why turnover is so high. EOM
It's the CULTURE STUPID!
So DP gets fired at Barnes & Noble and your sitting there at Staples owned by Sycamore and you ask why should I care? Well, because DP installed the same culture at B&N that he left behind at Staples. Most of the minions at higher levels are... — read more
A lot of things are being taken down on this sit
Don't tell the truth on this site it may be taken down. This site must be being paid off. A lot of Post on here are being taken down.
Barnes & Noble fires CEO Demos Parneros for violating company policies
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/03/barnes--noble-fires-ceo-demos-parneros.html
Create your own security
Create your own security so if you lose your job no worries. It is after July 4th now so as they have been saying no more severance packages so be prepared. So many out there want someone else to take care of them. This is America we have the... — read more
Charlotte Staples store is closing
Haven't seen this posted here yet, if it was, I apologize. The Staples store at the Metropolitan shopping center in midtown Charlotte is the latest one in line of closing stores. From what I can see, this is not one of the previously announced... — read more
SLA is doomed
There is no light at the end of that tunnel. If you can, get out now.
Friday!
Happy Friday! Let's play a game to help lighten the mood. It's clear Staples is not doing what's needed to keep up with ecommerce trends and the changing market. It's also clear that the attempts that they have made to grow in this area have failed... — read more
Excuse for more layoffs
How many people will be laid off to pay for the acquisition of HiTouch? How badly did we need to buy it right now, anyhow? It looks to me like just another convenient excuse to lay off more people... — read more
Directors and Managers
You folks are finally up to plate for the cutting crew. It’s about time!
Layoff of Training Department Personnel
This flew under the radar, but over the past couple months, various people in the training department, including the trainers of course, were laid off. It was about 80 people, which may seem like a small number compared to the thousands laid off... — read more
July purge in the table.
Sycamore planned termination of jobs coming in July. Get ready, this will be the biggest one so far. SBA will be hit hard.
Isn't Ecommerce why this company is failing
Isn't Ecommerce the reason this company is failing? You can go to Amazon or Walmart and pretty much get anything you want. It is mostly third party items but you can still get them there. Try to do that with staples not possible. Are they even trying... — read more
Staples center name
When does the naming rights for the staples center expire? Based on a company who slashed thousands of jobs and closed up many stores and other locations , outsourced delivery operations and plenty of other positions staples should end thier deal... — read more
If It’s Friday, The Out of Office Alerts Must Mean
That you can find a SAL playing a round of golf or shutting down early while the line of business owners do the majority of the real work. When will Sycamore realize that a full revamp of the SAL organization is way past due?
SDS Reorg
Today is day that rumors indicate SDS getting a reorg announcement. Let's see if anything comes of it. Best of luck everyone, remember while it's blatantly obvious Staples doesn't care about your well being or respect you as a person... many of your... — read more
I worked at Staples for fourteen years
and all I got was this lousy "Easy" button. I can't even wear it.
Vetting of management
Does this company background check the management before they hire them? Do they credit check them? This is leading to layoffs for not playing the game.
Spin the Bottle
I can't wait for the next spin on what is really going on. BCG will get the money out they promised. Otherwise their pay will be low!
Is it done?
Are we expecting more layoffs next week (Friday is usually not a day for layoffs) or can we considered this round over?
Question
Anyone know who the staples security team is ??
Layoffs of SAL's, Facilities AE/AC's, Business Development FSD's and BDE's, some FSD's, demotions of some RSD's all happened yesterday.
It's sad. Plain sad. Nothing more to add.
STAPLES 2.0
Ready?
Dear SBA Director and Manager - a report on what I did this week.
Purged dated Salesforce opportunities. One day later, put them back into Salesforce with a new date and description. Put random opportunities in that are not even close to being real. Bumped up my close numbers all the while fully knowing nothing... — read more
Sales Quotas
Due to raising quotas beyond what is achievable, people are being paid less for doing more and more work. As a result, more money is being made for the business yet the employees making the money for the business are not being compensated for their... — read more
SBA Execs Don"t Have To Layoff, Sales PPL Will Quit
Seeing the paycut in black and white it's a clear message to sales. Be happy with making much less, work harder or leave! Sad ending and dark future.
SBA reorg pilot hitting today and tomorrow
Going to one P&L for each region. Some RIF’s depending on category. Blending some elements of C&E and MM.