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
Just got word that the 5m threshold is going to be the deciding factor well beyond the short term 500 closures. Additionally many TCEs and SSMs
May soon be out of a job due to budgetary reorganization.
500 Layoffs in the Next Three Years.....Can this be confirmed?
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-Ron Sargent
“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
Get Out While You Can III
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
Get Out While you Can part II
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
Get out while you can! Don't ride the SS Staples down.
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
My store is dust.
Store 1714 in cleveland ohio will be closing, just announced. I will probably lose my job. Staples, That was sleazy.
Store 0598 closing
Store 0598 Austin,MN is closing
After the first 225 close..... Just because Staples is closing stores, doesn't mean anything is wrong with upper management.
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
After the first 225 close..... Just because Staples is closing stores, doesn't mean anything is wrong with upper management.
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
0431
Got wind for my region, store 0431, will be closing.
3/31-4/11
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
Expect more with less:(
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.
March 25th - March 28th
I have heard that sometime between March 25th and March 28th a few hundred Sales and Services Managers will be let go.
What Staples Stores will be closing in CT?
There are a couple of stores in my area? What Stores will be closing in CT?
Got out while I still could...
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
List of Staples stores closing in 2014 and 2015
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
Stores Closing 2014 and 2015 (California)
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
Cut costs by stopping ink recycling
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
How is culture in Staples Corporate
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.
when is staples advantage closing
Do you have any details on the closing of staples advantage?
2014 layoffs have begun
And in certain IT areas, directors and managers have to reapply for their jobs. Big org announcement due this Thursday.
staples layoffs 2014
I'd say it's February not March, Staples has done it before in Feb
Staples layoffs March
I heard we'll be downsizing in March of this year...
KY Call Center
I can confirm everything that the KY Call Center poster noted. It's even worse...
Anonymous
Im an internal associate and we just got word that they plan to let at least 5,000 people go just in February alone.
Lead Position/Management
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
staples store closings 2014
do you know what stores will be closing?
Staples Corporate Office Layoffs
Anybody knows more about corporate office layoffs?
Staples cuts workers hours
Is this accurate? I work for Staples' competitor and was considering joining the company. Please let me know.
Part time employees - weekly hours limit
Does Staples limit part time employees to word 25 hours per week maximum?
2014 Office Depot layoffs
I heard rumors that Jan will bloody for Office Depot
100 more jobs from Staples West being eliminated__good way to transfer the work to SC and India. y'otta be ashamed of yourselfs
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
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