Staples Employee Job Reviews in the United States

"The reatil group is very good, corp sales needs a great deal of work. They only help the few to grow"

What do you like about working at Staples?

"Not very much, some good people there"

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

"Play the part of an interested applicant. research other companies that do the same thing and go there."

What don't you like about working at Staples?

"Hateful division management staff"

"Not for me!"

What do you like about working at Staples?

"I liked the customer interaction on a daily basis. It keeps you on your toes when it's busy but otherwise not much else."

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

"Retail is good if you have no where else to go. It usually works if you need a flexible schedule. But it doesn't pay very well unless you know someone in the company or if you've been there a while (and even still it's not that great). It is at most times fast paced and like I said before it keeps you on your toes."

What don't you like about working at Staples?

"The retail environment can be tough. Customers can be very demanding and at times irrational. It was not for me, but I did it because it worked for my schedule. On another note, the management doesn't really go out of their way for their employees and the upper management (district) have absolutely no clue what they are talking about when it comes to being on the sales floor on a daily basis. They have unrealistic expectations. It's all about making them money! Oh and being lied to my face by the store manager...that's another good reason why I didn't like working there. That's OK though, I tripled my salary once I left that place."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"The management of staples needs to focus more on the employees well beings. If they took the time and energy, Staples wouldn't spend so much time and money in training a new employee every six months for the same job."

"Great job for a person who like routine job in a cubical tied to a phone."

What do you like about working at Staples?

"proud of job"

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

"appy for the position you qualified for not just take a job to get you foot in the door. You might be rat holes for min of 1-2 years due to rules and economy."

What don't you like about working at Staples?

"cubical, no career path or help..."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"if you see someone with great potential help them to the next level."

What do you like about working at Staples?

"Interacting with people and helping them out."

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

"Be friendly, outgoing, and helpful."

What don't you like about working at Staples?

"I do not like it when some items are misplaced."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Continue to provide great customer service."

"Working at Staples was a good experience. I learned about computers and because of this was able to break in to the Computer Networking / Computer Education environment."

What do you like about working at Staples?

"What I liked about Staples was the individual store locations desire to improve and succeed."

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

"Know what you are looking for."

What don't you like about working at Staples?

"Due to budget constraints there was never enough time to properly train in sales training and customer service training."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Allow for training. Even if associates must be sent to the regional office to receive it. Continuous improvement is a must. The associate are the first line in front of the customers."

"not if they were the last employer on earth"

What do you like about working at Staples?

"the chance to trian and learn"

What don't you like about working at Staples?

"they treat everyone as a number"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"get more involved"

What do you like about working at Staples?

"They took care of their people."

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

"Be honest."

What don't you like about working at Staples?

"NothingNothingNothing"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Keep doing what you are doing."

"This place trains you in every aspect of retail management"

What do you like about working at Staples?

"They have great benefits for their associates."

"the best ,please don't work for stapleZ"

What do you like about working at Staples?

"nothing was good there,the managers did not care ,they kick you down Everytime!"

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

"yea,run away to W.B Mason, where the actually have a better placement for your career"

What don't you like about working at Staples?

"benefits, no flexible hours,like I said ,it was a horrible expierence."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"listen to the employees,when they have questions"

"Staples - THAT WAS SLEAZY!"

What do you like about working at Staples?

"The customer contact"

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

"Don't bother - there is no future there."

What don't you like about working at Staples?

"I had problems with the District Manager. He started coming into the store, writing me up, and I refused to sign them for what he said were lies. He tried everything he could to get me to quit....he took me into the office, told me that I had lost my humanity, that no one liked me, that he could fire me on the spot and contest the unemployment, etc. He used the same write ups all 3 times using the same incorrect spelling. He even hired my replacement while I was working there to try to demoralize me. What a jerk!! It didn't work. A few weeks after I had surgery, HR walked in and fired me. This armchair district manager didn't even have the guts to do it himself. The GM was so upset over this, that she walked out for good that same day! The day I was fired was the same day that the results of the class action lawsuit were made public. Since I was the highest paid employee of my position in the district, this Monday Morning Quarterback District Manager did not want to pay be the additional money that the courts determined necessary based upon my hours. Since my firing, sales in this store have dropped by over 50%, they have lost many customers due to my firing, and my replacement was fired! This is a true classic example of biting off one's nose to spite their face. As far as the district manager goes, he truly has risen to the level of his incompentency."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Take a good look at middle management and get rid of the dead weight."

"great"

What do you like about working at Staples?

"decision making base on judgement with flexibility"

What don't you like about working at Staples?

"Third shift hours Grave yard"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Rotation of third shift manager"

"It's was great for the unexperienced"

What do you like about working at Staples?

"The people"

What don't you like about working at Staples?

"No overtime"

"blue collar sales position"

What do you like about working at Staples?

"Great people, recognized name, great product depth"

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

"be prepared to do the hustle and not know your customers"

What don't you like about working at Staples?

"Have moved away from relationship selling, quick closes and onto the next deal attitudes, little freedom to operate as necessary in varyin scenarios"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"People buy from people"

"When you're young you work retail"

What do you like about working at Staples?

"Really nothing. Retail is an unpleasant repetitive unrewarding environment."

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

"If you're desperate, why not."

What don't you like about working at Staples?

"At first in retail, you ethically sell products, but then you start getting really good at manipulating people to buy in order to put yourself high on the charts, and then customers complain rightfully so. Without even knowing it, you turn into a sales hungry machine. Not pleasant."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"Perhaps not to post charts or train people. Actually, teach them to not sell, and instead teach them to assist people. Not that Staples taught people only to sell, but the ideology should be about assisting people and it was too easy to confuse the environment with a sales situation."

"REALLY DISPLEASED W/THE LEGALISTIC TREATMENT"

What do you like about working at Staples?

"DIDNT LIKE HOW BRANDY, WROTE ME UP TO KEEP ME FROM TRANSFERING TO ANOTHER STAPLES EVEN THOUGH SHE KNEW, WORKING IN IRVINE, VS IN SAN CLEMENTE WHERE I LIVED, THAT IT WAS COSTING ME MONEY AND I WASNT MAKING MONEY WORKING FOR HER"

What don't you like about working at Staples?

"NO HOURS, MADE 1 DOLLAR PER HOUR AFTER GAS AND LUNCH"