Guys, if you can’t see the writing on the wall now, let me be a little more direct...GTFO now..on your own terms and with your head held high. I understand if you love your job or your manager or the other leaders in your division, but the party is... — read more
October Promotions
Typically at the corporate office there are promotions given out at the beginning of October and has been the case for all the years I've been here. Does anyone know if this will be happening this year? I find it interesting that the survey is being... — read more
Ageism
How many of you over the age of 45 have had your commission or pay reduced in order to force you out and replace you with a younger cheaper employee. Also, how many of you have been passed over for a promotion for a younger person who has very little... — read more
Here it comes!!!
you're next!
The Essendant buy - keep the champagne on ice
This isn't going to play out for the workers at all. First of all, when this sort of acquisitions happen some reorganization of WF is bound to happen on both ends. Staples has already revealed its plans to cut store sales by half (from 40% to 20%)... — read more
Amazon Says Business Sales on Pace For $10 Billion Annually. Amazon’s program challenges Staples Inc., Costco Wholesale Corp., WW Grainger Inc.
September 11, 2018 Schools, hospitals and governments have quickly embraced Amazon.com Inc. as a go-to source for supplies, propelling the company’s three-year-old business platform into a $10 billion annual enterprise. Its success may soon provide... — read more
Go To Market-Here We Go Again. East
SBA get ready for more commission cuts. Take the customers you have built and say goodbye. Train wreck 3 point Zero.
Union meeting Saturday for Orlando FC and SDO
Meeting with the local union Saturday. Hoping we have enough votes to make Florida a union shop.
Staples buys Essendant
What do you make of the deal?
Store closings
Any store closings on the horizon?
1,000 dollar bonus to people willing to work at lithia springs
How bad has things gotten that stpaples is offering a thousand dollar bonus to full time employees to gowork at the lithia springs fc. Just shut the place down. It has been one of the worst building in the network for years.
SBA Employees No Commision
Push employees to the brink and then not pay them? On what planet is this acceptable? Sandy, when will you step in? Good people, hard workers not being able to support their families. Shame on you Staples.
Directors and managers in SBA
Something is about to happen. These folks are coming apart at the seams. I have seen the effects of pressure in the past but nothing to this extent. No more exiting early on fridays!
SBA expense reports
These reports have many more eyes on them. Guess I need to be more careful of what goes on them. No more bar tabs! Damn it!
Future of SBA
Anybody have some good information for the future of SBA mid market, especially in regards to the outside sales force? My opinion is that by 2019, they are going to drastically cut the dead weight, and only keep a small amount of us to work with... — read more
Tell me horror stories
Since there hasn't been any real layoff news on here in ages, I want to hear about the sh---shows you had the misfortune of living through...I'm thinking of things like: Coupa Odoo PNI acquisition Anything else you got
Major Leadership Shake-up in the Works
Rumors swirling of a major and possible multifaceted leadership shakeup in many business categories over the next 30-60 days.
Whopping $14M Tax Bill for Staples LOL!
Corporate Close Up: Maryland Nexus Determination Results in a Whopping $14M Tax Bill for Staples Aug 20, 2018 The Maryland Court of Appeals recently affirmed the state’s multimillion dollar assessment against Staples—the office supply giant—based on... — read more
September
Let’s call it “the big kill” month.
WayWAYWAYWAYTO GO STAPLES
Staples store in Springfield, Virgini accused black pregnant woman of stealing, mistaking her belly for stolen merchandise. Are you kidding me? Shame shame shame, so disappointed,wow unbeleivable. Store manager calls cops on pregnant woman, manager... — read more
what is of being happening?
I am of wondering what is of happening. I am of taking this job outside of my country because of being promises but now of thinking that it could not last much longer. Why is this? Am I of getting cheated? What is of happening to me and my family who... — read more
Stapels Interiors no more?
Our company has been dying for a long time, but this is just ridiculous...
She Works Hard For The Money
So hard for ya honey, she works hard for the Staples but they refuse to treat her right. She works day and night working through bad contracts ***watching her salary and commission go away, she realizes now that their going to take her territory... — read more
Here comes another one!
Hide in your cubes! Next round is coming this month!
There isn't a single job opening at the Seattle Development Lab right now
With FM and friends gone, is this office kaput?
Amazon’s B2B Marketplace Advantage Staples is DOOMED
Amazon Business is fast becoming the 800-pound gorilla in B2B distribution, but it wasn’t always this way. With Amazon’s stunning growth over the last few years, it’s easy to assume that everything the ecommerce giant tries works. But that isn’t the... — read more
Band-aid solutions close stores
I know of a store that makes the numbers and was in the top 50 in the company for customer service and the store is being closed! Their building needs repairs done, expensive repairs and their lease is due to expire... So the store is closing!!! Make... — read more
Go to Market
Anyone else watch the Go to Market town hall and wonder why they could so happily deliver the news that Outside sales will now only cover 35k accounts vs the 135K covered by outside sales now? That’s a lot of heads rolling...
I've been laid off three times in two years.
I started as a CPAM (Copy & Print Account Manager) in 2014. Everything was great until 2017 when I was laid off in the first wave (February 2017). I was called back just a month after the layoff and returned as a PMAC (Print & Marketing Account... — read more
Contractors
There was talk during an all hands meeting about reducing the amount of companies Staples uses for contractors. Sounds like we should see some action on this in the near future, keep an eye out.
HiTouch is to remain a Staples-affiliated distributor, and will continue to operate independently.
According to the most recent press release, though HiTouch will now be part of the Staples Business Advantage delivery program, it will operate its e-commerce platform independently of Staples, and will maintain a status as a Staples-affiliated... — read more
Is this true?
How many stores are left? Are they getting close to the magic number of 450 that was speculated about years ago as the number of likely stores left that might be "showrooms" for dotcom? Is this true? Is Staples really attempting to get the number of... — read more
Yet again, inflated QUOTAS not met.
Work hard, pay your mm employees in the trenches less. Stop wondering why turnover is so high. EOM
It's the CULTURE STUPID!
So DP gets fired at Barnes & Noble and your sitting there at Staples owned by Sycamore and you ask why should I care? Well, because DP installed the same culture at B&N that he left behind at Staples. Most of the minions at higher levels are... — read more
A lot of things are being taken down on this sit
Don't tell the truth on this site it may be taken down. This site must be being paid off. A lot of Post on here are being taken down.
Barnes & Noble fires CEO Demos Parneros for violating company policies
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/03/barnes--noble-fires-ceo-demos-parneros.html
Create your own security
Create your own security so if you lose your job no worries. It is after July 4th now so as they have been saying no more severance packages so be prepared. So many out there want someone else to take care of them. This is America we have the... — read more
Charlotte Staples store is closing
Haven't seen this posted here yet, if it was, I apologize. The Staples store at the Metropolitan shopping center in midtown Charlotte is the latest one in line of closing stores. From what I can see, this is not one of the previously announced... — read more
SLA is doomed
There is no light at the end of that tunnel. If you can, get out now.