Staples Employee Reviews for Sales Technician

"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."