Staples Employee Reviews for Anonymous Employee

"If you don't have a college degree it is an alright job, but otherwise don't bother."

"I worked with the company for well over a decade and found that the local management was very good, but the executive leadership at HQ did not understand, nor were they interested in knowing, what it takes to get any job done."

"Staples focuses not on people but on using people. They use their sales help and technicians as stock boys and stock girls, they select people for management based only on how well they will support their overall greed, which is most evident in the company ATTITUDE. Some people have said only work there part time. If you have any hopes of developing yourself in personal and customer relations; try a company like Western Digital; who is known for excellent customer service."

"The goals that are set are just unrealistic!! As a manager, staples expects that we bombard our associates with all these sales goals for tech ans Squaretrade and expects that we take progressive counseling for them to get better. As a manager I try my best to inspire associates and make them the best they can be. But it gets hard to stay positive when I'm threatened everyday to be fired because of a sales goals. MOBILE PHONES WAS A MISTAKE AND STAPLES IS GOING TO LOSE A LOT OF GOOD MANAGERS!!!"

"I am currently in a 3 month contract position at Staples. Hence I am looking into other opportunities."

"Good place to work at. Staples was very flexible with schedule. The managers were great to work with."

"I have worked at Staples for 4 years now and I have managed to move up the chain pretty decently. The management is awesome and very good at getting you requested time off. The small work place makes it easy to manage. For the regular staff, the pay is pretty poor. If you make your way to management then the juice is worth the squeeze."

"Initially I had not wanted to work at Staples. I kind of got talked into it by my career advisor. He fed me the biggest load of garbage so I figured why not. The managers are horrible. You couldn't pay my time an a half every shift to stay there and be treated like garbage. The managers are present when the customers insult the associates but will not stand behind the employees. Not to mention my GM likes to talk about confidential information throughout the store. REAL PROFESSIONAL!!!"

"I worked for STS for 7 years. In that time I learned a tremendous amount about corporate sales inclusive of strategic selling, consultative sales approach, and value added strategies. However there were significant challenges in being a tech division for an office products company in that many of the strategic initiatives held by C and director level IT management was not supported from a product and service perspective in many of those need areas."

"Cashier, StaplesHouston, Texas / November 2011 - May 2012Recognized for top five suggestive selling performers and guest service. Assisted floor team members in stocking and receiving, cleaning, and troubleshooting computers with easy tech team members."