By no means do I desire to compare my situation to military vets but I have frequent dreams about Staples, some bordering on nightmares . My confidence has taken a deep hit and has affected a couple job interviews.
Deep down I know it was pure maliciousness on their part. But it still gets to me more than I care to admit.
I worked 11+ good years until I broke $50k and they realized my age. My work ethic and productivity never changed, but their attitude changed almost overnight.
No one should ever let this company effect your mental or physical health. Racist fools, decrepit old CEO's and incompetent Presidents should never dictate your life. An HR department that has abdicated it's moral authority to keeping their jobs and a company clearly on a massive downward spiral is not the standard of what is possible or even likely. Even in an Obama crushed economy, good jobs are available to talented retail managers. You are after all Business Managers. You will always have value!
On the other hand racists, decrepit CEO's and incompetent Presidents should be and will be retired. The FTC is coming for them and it won't be pretty.
California... DCS print center. The management there did one of the cruelest things I have ever seen done to a person who did not deserve what happened to them. It bothers me to this day. My own particular story was much more complex and also involved the management of this center and the complete waste of time, money and energy during a rediculous program forced upon the staff known as LDP. A complete farce that laid waste to a good solid crew of people on a production floor and sent the center into a complete tailspin. The place was decimated by the idiots who are in charge there and amplified by the worst HR department I have ever seen in a company the size of Staples. I have been gone from this DCS for more than a year and very happy now in a solid and successful private print company that hired me to manage their print department.
To the post who left on your birthday....I swear we were in the same place together!!! CA?
It's hard to change after many years of working there. You will eventually say"thank you for letting me go" but don't forget you could of left at anytime no one is holding you hostage. Move on .
No one is whining. I'm simply telling the truth of how Staples tactics to fire managers over 40 making over 50k has lasting effects to ourselves and our families. Mental abuse is real. Depression is real. Many of us are going through this. And it's good to know we are not alone. My being unemployed is temporary, but the lasting affects of the abuse is long lasting. Shame on staples. They're the ones whining that we get paid to much when they hired us and approved our reviews. Stop whining Staples, we earned our pay through hard work and years of making stores rank the top 100's. Staples took it too far with their whining and abused their power and us. It's outrageous what they put some of us through.
Vinnie, Vinnie, Vinnie.......
You'll be whining when some manager eventually knocks you on your assduring your usual emo episodes while on store visits. Kevin Kylie almost did it in Bridgeport - you were very lucky that day.
Stop being such a dick. Eventually karma will come back and bite you in the ass
...said the poster who has yet to grasp basic 4th grade grammar and punctuation. Did you come up with that clever comment while on break at your Mensa meeting?
Wow what a bunch of WHINING Bitches
More than just confidence was shaken. I can't seem to get past the last interview. My unemployment is gone and I worry I'll loose everything and my family will be homeless. Im depressed and feel I have lost my self worth as well. My spouse is sleeping in another room and it's affecting marriage. I'm ultra sensitive and I was not like this before their shananigans. I went from stable to falling apart
Been there for 10 years as a gm. Watching all the other gm's leave. Horrible company to work for. They want at least 15 metrics hit, sell 7 mobile phones a week with no advertising, cut hours however still send down heavy task loads, cashiers get minimum wage but have more things to ask customers plus tasks. They can work at a supermarket for same pay and less work. I am looking now too.
I was laid off after 20 yr sentence, had a job 1 week later. No lack of confidence here!
I could write a book on my final two days working at this company in a print production facility but it's just to much to post here on this board. In short. On my second to last day I worked a 14 hour shift with no help as I was a one person department that performed at a very high level in a wide format print department. What I witnessed in that facility was border line slave labor. The shop was run by an absolute tyrant who showed one associate complete favoritism. That associate did no work at all and was being paid while others worked non stop to meet deadlines. I was very respected by about 88 stores for the work I did for its customers for almost three years. When I called this tyrant out on my final day ( my birthday no less) to "fix this problem" of this one associate doing nothing, I was sent home. I explained in great detail to the HR department in Ohio about what was going on at this facility and the abuse of power and favoritism being shown to one associate. I exposed these bosses misguided management in great detail. I simply did not care anymore and was tired of 55-60 work weeks that I and a few others were being forced to work for an impossibly low hourly salary. If we missed deadlines the finger was pointed at us and all of their pencil pushing excuses were placed on the production crew. Instead of acting on what were 100 percent true statements I had made to HR about the center GM, they chose to let the power abusing, rule by fear and intimidation, continue and actually told them to investigate themselves and I was let go with no further statement from HR. The last thing I said to HR after I was fired was "you are a typical wind up doll for this beast of a company. I give the this center about a year before its shut down." That was after I received the phone message from the person I had exposed that I was let go. I now have a great job as a print production manager at another company only half a mile away from this DCS. I have watched and enjoyed every knucklehead move that Staples has made during this merger attempt with Office Depot and while most of what was a great crew and very efficient production floor are long gone in the house cleaning that this tyrant did, I feel for a few of my former co workers who have stuck it out. I know print was recently sold off and have to believe this centers days are about up. When it happens, I am in a position to actually hire a couple of them at double their salary knowing their skill level and I will reach out to them. As for the DCS GM and her associate, who I have never spoken to again after their misguided attempt to save their sorry assjobs and reputations I can say only this.. F--- off you miserable power tripping idiots. Staples is a titanic ship and the iceberg is very close. You have no way to stop the ship from sinking and every person in this sh-- company can hit the streets and look for another job like you have done to many. There are many that are so much better off in life without dealing with your trip anymore.
Couldn't have said better myself. I debated for a almost two years, deciding to look for a job or stay out of the workforce all together, my former Staples manager that canned me, was the direct result of it. I questioned myself, am I as good as I thought, as previous review showed, as my metrics showed, and as what my previous managers told me. It wasn't until I started interviewing again and applied for a position where I'm wowing them to where I'd be shocked if I wasn't made an offer. Their feedback and assessments of me show, I am as good as what I thought and was told. It's Staples loss that they lost a very good, dedicated, bright employee, and could allow a manager who should have been let go because of the complaints against him years ago. I hope my customers went elsewhere.