I worked as an account manager mid market, prior to that role staples.com acct manager, tenure of 18 years total, I was a top performer, and like most top performers was struggling to achieve impossible key performance levels to keep my job since... — read more 

....so I can short the stock. I've been in the consulting business for 28 years now. In that time, i've worked for well over 40 companies. NEVER have I seen a company with its head so firmly stuffed up its butt as Staples. How can they continue... — read more 

Maitland- let’s get this union together . Tuesday in office let’s do this !!

https://abcnews.go.com/Business/cyberattack-caused-temporary-disruption-staples-online-ordering/story?id=105285609

So this time last year, in the B2B world we were all told to be in the office. Something awesome is coming and we want everyone together to celebrate. We all thought we were getting raises or promotions. Something very neat. We were told to order... — read more 

The new campaign slogan and new AI plans launched earlier this year and now, at the end of the year, there are over 900 “humans” laid off? The “trickle” started in the spring of 2023 and in the traditional manner of Staples the majority were laid off... — read more 

I was one of the folks laid off. No real reason given, no other job offer, and I’ve heard nothing from my former boss. What I will say is it’s been refreshing to get it over with it. No more worrying about if this will be my time on the chopping... — read more 

And for Sycamore to take us public or sell. Enough is enough. While the wealthy king sits on his throne, the kingdom is burning. We need new leadership in the form of stock holders and a board. I still believe in the people of this place and the... — read more 

Has anyone heard which departments/teams are going to be affected by the second round layoffs tomorrow? I can't imagine they would sack some of the newly created teams in the sales org, but curious to know if anyone has line of sight to this...any... — read more 

Very odd time to do one given the layoffs, low moral, and very low employee opinion of JL and Sycamore. Wonder how honest people will be this time?

Am reaching out pro-actively to my customers and prospects advising them with potential delays in delivery due to our system being down, heard the same from True Value stores and UPS. Would rather be up front with them, to apologize - and shared my... — read more 

This is a message to all Staples, Inc. employees. We are continuing to experience issues across various Microsoft platforms, including MS Outlook and Teams today, November 29th. We are working hard to bring all systems back up as quickly as... — read more 

I tried logging into Staples system this AM ( 28 Nov 2023) but got locked out. Is this an IT issue? Hope they did not fire me silently overnight. Anyone else facing this issue?

How is it going from salary to hourly? What are they making you do?

Wishing you and the SLT a very happy thanksgiving. Thankful for everything you have done. You are very fair. Very very fair. Wanted to thank the AVPs for their unbridled quality of work. Boy this lip stick is smearing a little. Oh oh boy. Thankful... — read more 

I can only imagine how they are feeling on a day when we're supposed to be thankful. Should they be thankful that this cr-ppy company and its management decided to take away their livelihood so close to the holidays? Talk about the worst possible... — read more 

June layoff and what Nov layoff? Retail and NAD? How many?

Remember Citi bank pulled away from staples means citi bank is like a credit card company lending $ to staples if you don't pay your money back you will loose out on your credit. Then they let people go (fired alot of people) then (layoff) with... — read more 

Layoffs of Staples employees in Nova Scotia and the closure of the company's call centre in Lower Sackville are not related, said a spokesman... — read more 

I wish I never gave Staples a chance.

Is this true we could be moving to hourly? Some teams already there?

I'm a current employee. I've watched 100s of great employees given their walking papers. The company has not listened to the front line since SP took over. They are charging more than other companies making huge profits and sending some of the very... — read more 

Why is it that’ll that all the diversity leaders were let go in inside sales??? Went from the most diverse group in The company to the least diverse hmmmm. # DT

Two growing organizations. At least with those two you will have good leaders, job security, and great pay. Still good people over there. And it’s not the B2B world…

Beware and unfortunately not shocked…heard there are internal only postings all of a sudden. Seems odd considering mass layoff that the roles would not be posted externally as well.

I'm not sure what I would say to that since I don't know myself. It's been a while since I last interviewed and this is the first time I was laid off, so I'm not sure how these things function. I am worried and stressed over it, though. I'm too old... — read more 

Is the layoffs happening in development resources?

I refuse to work at a place where I have to worry about layoffs 24/7 even though we desperately need more and not fewer employees. I refuse to pick up more work before somebody at the top figured out they can squeeze more out of already overworked... — read more 

Seems like according to JL’s “need to perform now or Amazon takes over the world” Staples is losing the battle and Sycamore is going to shut us down for not meeting the revenue increases. Masking the cost-reducing layoffs as a vertical market rebuild... — read more 

If you have a mouth, an opinion and are not a "yes man" you were likely let go Isn't it sad that this is 100% correct? It feels like only a-s-kissers are safe at Staples. Everybody else is only waiting for his or her turn to be laid off or even... — read more 

BCG sold Staples a bill of goods which we were never going to get. Same as they’ve done with us multiple times over past 8 years. AC model, GTM, etc… and Lederer loves them- we got an unrealistic budget to hit this year and we are nowhere close to... — read more 

They do it every year, one round around 11/1 and one round around 12/1. They like to hit people who make good money. If you are in Sales you should be concerned, they lay off so they do not have to pay you. It's so messy right now, this is not a... — read more 

Severance package is completely unclear. A packet is coming in the mail tomorrow. Don’t bother calling HR, they won’t tell you anything to clarify.

Are the layoffs complete (for now) or are there more coming this week?

I can't be the only one who saw these layoffs as an opportunity to leave Staples behind for good. Even if the severance is not all that good, it's better than leaving without anything. I'm genuinely disappointed I'm still here while somebody who... — read more 

Let him have it….vent here. That guy ruined Staples along with Sycamore. The worst thing to happen to Staples..worse than Covid.

Does anyone have any insight into how they chose the B2Bs that stayed vs the ones who were let go? Some of the ones that were cut were far outperforming some of the ones that were safe. No one seems to know how/what was used to determine who kept... — read more 

Were you impacted?