Staples Employee Reviews for Anonymous Employee

What do you like about working at Staples?

"Nothing."

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

"Only work for Staples if you're really hungry---there are MUCH better retailers out there to work for that will value you."

What don't you like about working at Staples?

"New store opened, budget was over forecasted so we constantly failed to meet goals. Payroll cut dramatically---only the store manager and ops manager (no othr employees) working from 12 Noon to 5pm near every date to run the entire store which included checking out customers, running the copy center, assisting customers in furniture dept, in business machines, helping customers to the parking lot when needed, receiving delivery trucks (3x per week), trying to stock shelves, do administrative/management paperwork/duties, and continue meeting unrealistic expectations of a very unsympathetic District Manager. Needless to say, the store manager and ops manager did not take needed meal and rest breaks 50% or more of the time. Staples actually lost a class action lawsuit two years ago when former management personnel sued the Company for FLSA violations (and what I would call just basic human mistreatment). Just because someone is in retail management doesn't mean they should be treated inhumanly, like an animal, expendable commodity, without basic human rights."

What suggestions do you have for management?

"For Senior Management (VP's, District/Corp Human Resources Personnel), review the turnover statistics and worker's compensation claims for stores/districts, and when there is a rise or something looks odd, get involved, visit the stores, talk to the employees, conduct a climate survey, encourage everyone to be able to come forward and reveal what is going on and above all, don't assume nor rely that the District Manager is actually researching/caring to resolve the matter---or even that they are competent to do so."

"slave labor"

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

"Don't !!"

What don't you like about working at Staples?

"erratic scheduling,closing til 11pm hten back at 5 am, over night shift work, minimum 10 hour days, with no breaks for 8 hours at a time"

What suggestions do you have for management?

"walk three weeks in my shoes with same schedule, and 7 to 9 workdays straight, including close to open shifts, and no breaks at all, because opening manager leaves as soon as you come in to close, yeah thats fair!"

"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."