The way your employees feel is the way your customers will feel. And if your employees don’t feel valued, neither will your customers.

Is everyone feeling this?

I will tell all my customers to boycot all os Staples stores and online ordering... I will also tell friends and family to do the same. I hope all drivers do the same.

What a joke, Staples explaining why other business' will go bankrupt! Ha! http://www.myfoxdetroit.com/story/26676549/a-staples-survey-explains-why-you-may-soon-go-bankrupt

My DM just went over my manager's head and fired me, I am a part time mobility and tech sales associate, been working around a month and haven't sold any phones so far, the DM came and was yelling at the management and I guess I was an easy target... — read more 

The talk of termed assistants, Tech Sups, and the extension of part time team sup to full time seems like the emerging strategy for all but tier 1 stores. Also, the way to honestly gauge the future of your store is to see if you get new POSs because... — read more 

Follow this link to see a letter confirming the closure of the Michigan SDO. http://www.michigan.gov/documents/wda/Staples_469130_7.pdf

We applied with the city of Boulder to reduce the square-footage of its store at the Twenty Ninth Street mall by more than 30 percent -- Link:... — read more 

In my time as Staples I was a "Store Manager" and did everything from scheduling,payroll to book keeping and training all employees in all departments. I closed the store each and every night for six years. It was when I was looking for another job... — read more 

Here in SoCal OnTrac just moved into a 97,677 industrial building. They ditched the vans and are getting 75 FedEx type trucks. They will cover an area stretching from San Clemente to Fullerton CA. I guess they are expecting a lot of work coming their... — read more 

"Can you find ways to cut your operating expenses? Are employees getting overtime? Talk to your regional manager about ways to eliminate unnecessary cost. It's critical that as many positions as eligible be reduced or eliminated to further our growth... — read more 

so is Staples planning on closing all sdo's eventually? Sure looks that way. Does anyone know what kind of severance a driver can expect? I think overall, the use of third party delivery will hurt the company! Thoughts and feedback appreciated

So what is there out there for us lifers that thought we would work for Staples for 45 years and retire, but got laid off after 20? Anything other than retail?

"I'm sick of the procrastination and complaining, this is the future of YOUR business, I do not want to make these cost saving measures a topic of discussion again. You know the expectation, you know that to stay viable they are necessary, and you... — read more 

This sucks!!!!

Everyday it gets a little worse until being disappointed becomes part of the dress code.

Staples to close its Amherst distribution site. Full story at http://mobile.buffalonews.com/?articleRedirect=1

God we should just go down already, it's like a Rocky movie up in here.

I am being laid off. I recently received a reimbursement check for any stock I purchased in 2014. My etrade account is showing that the stock I have purchased from previous years is declining. It is worth $1000 less this week than last. My manager... — read more 

What happens to the sales offices and the employees in them that are effected by an SDO closure?

I dont think we will be shut down, because we are what a SDO is supposed to look and run like. i believe it is all rumors and everybody needs to relax.

So, we'll go from 100K to 74K (headcount) in 12 very short months. That adds up to 2K/month - HR will be busy indeed.

When I left Staples, I thought no one wanted to hire me because I was with office supplies for a long time. Your skills are transferable. I am working for a completely different retailer now that is far removed from office supplies. There are plenty... — read more 

If you know which stores are closing, please post them here!

Staples Canada closed 15 of its 331 stores in Canada at the end of September, saying it is shutting underperforming locations in an effort to improve its results. The office supplies retailer has seen in-store sales slump as more orders, especially... — read more 

I noticed on my letter ending my employment that my severance pay was based on what I was making a few years ago and not now. Since then I have taken a promotion and gotten a raise. I now make $9,000 more than my letter states. Why am I not receiving... — read more 

"Logistically impractical, non expanding, mature market located operation centers or stores will not be financially renewed due to an unforseen increase in the necessity of conversion to a primary showroom based online retailer with the best in the... — read more 

Came to regional in box today with an action plan and labeled extremely confidential and sensitive.

Staples is just such a poor employer, it's really hard for people who don't work there to understand how undervaluing the culture is. Throughout so much chaos and disappointment I am amazed there are still any tenured staff left. Obviously, there are... — read more 

I have seen a few comments on here about stores being open Xmas day. Is this guesswork or has there been any communication from Corp? Last year iirc they did't tell us about Thanksgiving until they had to.

Other than Southfield, Buffalo and Pembroke Park, what are the other SDO's that were told they were closing on the most recent announced list?

Opening a thread here - Let's list all ridiculous goals we have to force on our Associates.

A couple months ago I ran into a former Staples driver now driving for OnTrac here in SoCal. He stated that Staples personnel went to their hub and had meeting with On Trac drivers revealing that Staples was interested in signing a contract with On... — read more