OfficeMax Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"The company doesn't give me enough hours to take care of my family even though I have asked. That's my only complaint."

"Good company but bad management."

"Office Max is a very good company to work with. The managers are excellent and open communication culture is very good."

"Good company to work but merger is in process."

"Working for OfficeMAx was a pleasure. Utilize top notch technology for QA practices. Good pay. Nice working experience in Ecommerce domain. Good technology company to work for."

"Exciting at first but then gets really difficult to advance in the company."

"My experience working at Office Max was good. The managers always hired quality employees and the workplace environment was great."

"I worked at OfficeMax for 6 months, I didn't enjoy the experience."

"I opened a brand new store, beat sales plan both years and was number one in profit. My reward, terminated for pushing the staff too hard."

"I have worked in both the print and sales departments of OfficeMax. The only real part I enjoy about the company is my co-workers. I have been fortunate to meet good people. As far as the company, the ad signs most of the time don't match the prices, so we have to override a lot. The second thing that bothers me the most is customers get too much slack. They complain, they get what they want... that is so ANNOYING!"

What do you like about working at OfficeMax?

"I loved working with customers. After being there for 5 years, there were quite a few customers with whom I had created a great relationship with."

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

"Don't bother!!! If you do plan on it anyway, be prepared to work FOR someone, not with them. They don't respect associates, or managers (below the store manager) in any way, shape or form."

What don't you like about working at OfficeMax?

"My immediate supervisors micro-managed every thing that I did, and didn't allow me any creative license when it came to doing my job. They didn't care whatsoever about the way that I felt about my job and expected me to be able handling doing 10000 things at once, putting little focus on customer service, which in my mind, was the whole reason that I was there."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"I would actually care about my employees. I would listen to what they had to say and not micro-manage the crap out of them. I would treat them like human beings who were there to work just like I was, and not like minions that I had there to do my will."

What do you like about working at OfficeMax?

"It was a good company and listened to the employees."

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

"Be honest and trueful. Think out of the box and the key."

What don't you like about working at OfficeMax?

"We were always given empowerment and encouraged to come up with new ideas."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Before making decisions, to be more thorough in research and get opinion from the field experts."

What do you like about working at OfficeMax?

"Yes. The people are very nice, the manager is very open mind to everything that you may ask him."

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

"Be familiar with the question that they are going to ask you and answer as the best you can."

What don't you like about working at OfficeMax?

"I love this company a lot so there is nothing that I don't like about the company"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Their job is to make sure everything goes fine in the company and see what can they do to make the work place better."

What do you like about working at OfficeMax?

"I enjoy the environment and the ability to work as a team toward a goal."

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

"You have to be willing and able to hear the word no, you must be persistent."

What don't you like about working at OfficeMax?

"The turnaround based on pressure and the economical effect on sales."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Be supportive in decision making and look at the economical effects on salary."