Happy Friday! Let's play a game to help lighten the mood. It's clear Staples is not doing what's needed to keep up with ecommerce trends and the changing market. It's also clear that the attempts that they have made to grow in this area have failed... — read more 

How many people will be laid off to pay for the acquisition of HiTouch? How badly did we need to buy it right now, anyhow? It looks to me like just another convenient excuse to lay off more people... — read more 

You folks are finally up to plate for the cutting crew. It’s about time!

This flew under the radar, but over the past couple months, various people in the training department, including the trainers of course, were laid off. It was about 80 people, which may seem like a small number compared to the thousands laid off... — read more 

Sycamore planned termination of jobs coming in July. Get ready, this will be the biggest one so far. SBA will be hit hard.

Isn't Ecommerce the reason this company is failing? You can go to Amazon or Walmart and pretty much get anything you want. It is mostly third party items but you can still get them there. Try to do that with staples not possible. Are they even trying... — read more 

When does the naming rights for the staples center expire? Based on a company who slashed thousands of jobs and closed up many stores and other locations , outsourced delivery operations and plenty of other positions staples should end thier deal... — read more 

That you can find a SAL playing a round of golf or shutting down early while the line of business owners do the majority of the real work. When will Sycamore realize that a full revamp of the SAL organization is way past due?

Today is day that rumors indicate SDS getting a reorg announcement. Let's see if anything comes of it. Best of luck everyone, remember while it's blatantly obvious Staples doesn't care about your well being or respect you as a person... many of your... — read more 

and all I got was this lousy "Easy" button. I can't even wear it.

Does this company background check the management before they hire them? Do they credit check them? This is leading to layoffs for not playing the game.

I can't wait for the next spin on what is really going on. BCG will get the money out they promised. Otherwise their pay will be low!

Are we expecting more layoffs next week (Friday is usually not a day for layoffs) or can we considered this round over?

Anyone know who the staples security team is ??

It's sad. Plain sad. Nothing more to add.

Ready?

Purged dated Salesforce opportunities. One day later, put them back into Salesforce with a new date and description. Put random opportunities in that are not even close to being real. Bumped up my close numbers all the while fully knowing nothing... — read more 

Due to raising quotas beyond what is achievable, people are being paid less for doing more and more work. As a result, more money is being made for the business yet the employees making the money for the business are not being compensated for their... — read more 

Seeing the paycut in black and white it's a clear message to sales. Be happy with making much less, work harder or leave! Sad ending and dark future.

Going to one P&L for each region. Some RIF’s depending on category. Blending some elements of C&E and MM.

SUPPLY CHAIN DOOMED. NOTHING BUT H1 VISA FOLKS. PRES. TRUMP, WHERE ARE YOU? DO SOMETHING!!

Gave my manager in .com my resignation May 8th for a term date of June 8th. Manager goes on leave so I call HR this week to see what I need to do and they don’t even have a record of my notice? Good ridence ノ(ಠ_ಠノ)

The results are in and the number of people NOT hitting a quota (that cannot be explained) is mind blowing. I would say the number is < 8% in our office. Chew on them apples. Sycamore just made (took away) millions upon the backs of hard working... — read more 

I remember when FM's written statement said that outsourcing to TCS would improve IT reliability. HA

Staples in North Platte, Nebraska to close in July. http://www.nptelegraph.com/news/local_news/staples-store-closing-at-platte-river-mall-in-july/article_ff885ed4-648c-11e8-9291-1fb8346bca12.html

1 month left on severance payouts. Come July, the big ol' hatchet is currently being sharpened. Massive layoff/terminations to follow. And no.... this is not guess work. It is reality. All you have to do is research what Sycamore does to companies.

Staples Distribution is closing its Henderson facility and laying off around 100 employees working there... — read more 

Anyone else tired of slinging these fake memberships we have? Our customers hate it and don’t take well to the membership program. The pricing is sh-- and is always price matched by mason. I give us another year or 2 before all of our customers hate... — read more 

Do we have any indication on how big were the layoffs at Staples this week? Can we hope for a slowdown now or should we expect more in the following several weeks? While I am certainly hoping it's the first option, something tells me that the company... — read more 

You know, when did the HR folks get the word to dispute and attack all negative posts as the work of trolls? When were they authorized to attack all of the off-shoring of jobs as racist? Do the HR folk really believe that this is not transparent? I... — read more 

My 5 years in FS is coming to an end. My last day will be May 25! I can no longer put up with all the internal b---s---, drama, and unrealistic quotas. This job and company has gone down hill quickly in the past 2.5 years. Since I handed in my... — read more 

The common refrain from the trolls here has been that CP wants to gut the company and sell the scraps. The other theme is that CP doesn't give a damn about the contract business. Given the news this morning, that narrative is full of holes. Look for... — read more 

TJX just outsourced 500 jobs to India, wonder how long it will be before Staples does the same. I've heard rumors a month or so back about this which i mostly ignored, but now it looks like it's becoming more and more of a reality. To be very clear... — read more 

On a positive side, I'm actually seeing a little more media coverage of layoffs at Staples. On the negative side, I really wish people would get more accurate information. For example, an article I found yesterday estimates that 200 people have been... — read more 

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It looks like that last week it was not only marketing that was hit, but also accounting. This week, based on internal correspondence and emails from those who lost their job, about a dozen employees in marketing and more than 3 times that in... — read more 

I heard some really talented long term players got laid off today in Marketing. Not an easy road. Really superb talent that will be scooped up.

there have been rumors floating from reasonable sources that the contract will be ending soon that Staples and Sycamore agreed to meaning once it ends you can say goodbye to the severance packages. Can this really happen? Can they lay off people... — read more 

Furniture Ops will soon be NO MORE. Prepare yourself folks!