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 fired. That's what this company has become. Sad.
Too many buddies being hired and not skill, it’s a who you know not what you know environment 100%..imbecile after imbecile being hired to manage or lead and they paid the price. You could painfully watch a persisting error play out over and over and no one seemed to be able to see it .. They whole thing felt like a pyramid scheme of people not giving two sweet fs , turning a blind eye, raking in good money and sharing with their friends and family,. A mismanaged production from the bottom to the top.. Many of us said, we’ll ride it til the wheels fall off.. Not many were surprised and knew this was coming
There's little rhyme or reason to the layoffs except insofar that a lot of good folks with tons of experience in the company were let go on Wednesday. These were people with good relationships with their managers and who had no expectations that morning that they would be walked out by that afternoon.
What the company seems to want are mindless drones - not even a--kissers, just people who a) don't remember what it meant to strive for 30 by 10 or when we received clear communications about where the company was reaching and how we can help get it into grasping distance; and b) are desperate enough about their circumstances not to raise a hue and cry when the company falls short _again_ due to leadership's failures. Private equity firms have no knowledge or willingness to learn how their little toys work, and are instead baffled when they start breaking down.