Office Depot Employee Reviews for Sales Associate

"Office Depot provides part time employment in a direct selling environment."

What do you like about working at Office Depot?

"Very flexible hours, I am able to work just two weekends a month. The current corporate team has made great strides in selecting top brands of office equipment and has done an outstanding job of merchandising same in store. Point of sale displays are branded and inviting to the shopper."

What don't you like about working at Office Depot?

"I received virtually no hands on training. All education was received by watching training videos. This is changing, so improvement is in the works."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Look for more merchandise manufactured in the USA."

"Consult more with the people doing the work!!!!!!!"

What do you like about working at Office Depot?

"Co-workers."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Retail hours suck!!!"

What don't you like about working at Office Depot?

"Hours - too many nights and weekends, understaffed, lack of training (need to do a lot more cross training), underpaid, computers are way too slow to be efficient. Need to be trained on software (publisher, adobe photo-shop, and all the other software used in the copy center. Xerox certified is a joke!!! Better drivers for the Docucolor 252. Schedule does not come out early enough (less than a week is not enough), and hours should not be cut after the schedule has been issued. I would like to see the schedule come out a month in advance!!!"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"A lot less micromanaging. Set broad direction and let each manager manage accordingly. Forget about Black Friday since we lose money with all the sales. Since we are not a one stop holiday shopping location, there is no need to open early. Stick to the basics and forget all the designer crap!!! Most huddles are worthless. Stop worrying about the numbers and work more on the process. Most associates do not care. We spend too much time tracking when we have other things to do. Dropping all endcaps and EBWs at the same time makes it hard to nearly impossible to get them and freight done in a timely manner."

What do you like about working at Office Depot?

"Flexible hours and the people I worked with. It was a good college job."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Show a good work ethic."

What don't you like about working at Office Depot?

"Unstable hours and the corporate structure."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Have a voice."

"Excellent place to work."

What do you like about working at Office Depot?

"I enjoyed helping others determine the best solutions to their problems."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Have fun."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep it up."

"Lack of qualified managers."

What do you like about working at Office Depot?

"The people I have met (customers and employees)."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"If you want a job, but no career."

What don't you like about working at Office Depot?

"Management."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"To hire qualified manager and promote based on merit."

"This would be in my opinion just for this specific location review."

What do you like about working at Office Depot?

"It was fun working with a bunch of people and getting to know them."

Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?

"Be prepared to work a lot of strange hours and not have too much help as you would likely be the only sales associate in that department of the store."

What don't you like about working at Office Depot?

"The hours were not really flexible as they only hired enough people to keep the place running every day. So normally there would only be roughly one cashier and one sales associate to each section of the store."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Hire more people."