I wish I never gave Staples a chance.

Is this true we could be moving to hourly? Some teams already there?

I'm a current employee. I've watched 100s of great employees given their walking papers. The company has not listened to the front line since SP took over. They are charging more than other companies making huge profits and sending some of the very... — read more 

Why is it that’ll that all the diversity leaders were let go in inside sales??? Went from the most diverse group in The company to the least diverse hmmmm. # DT

Two growing organizations. At least with those two you will have good leaders, job security, and great pay. Still good people over there. And it’s not the B2B world…

Beware and unfortunately not shocked…heard there are internal only postings all of a sudden. Seems odd considering mass layoff that the roles would not be posted externally as well.

I'm not sure what I would say to that since I don't know myself. It's been a while since I last interviewed and this is the first time I was laid off, so I'm not sure how these things function. I am worried and stressed over it, though. I'm too old... — read more 

Is the layoffs happening in development resources?

I refuse to work at a place where I have to worry about layoffs 24/7 even though we desperately need more and not fewer employees. I refuse to pick up more work before somebody at the top figured out they can squeeze more out of already overworked... — read more 

Seems like according to JL’s “need to perform now or Amazon takes over the world” Staples is losing the battle and Sycamore is going to shut us down for not meeting the revenue increases. Masking the cost-reducing layoffs as a vertical market rebuild... — read more 

If you have a mouth, an opinion and are not a "yes man" you were likely let go Isn't it sad that this is 100% correct? It feels like only a-s-kissers are safe at Staples. Everybody else is only waiting for his or her turn to be laid off or even... — read more 

BCG sold Staples a bill of goods which we were never going to get. Same as they’ve done with us multiple times over past 8 years. AC model, GTM, etc… and Lederer loves them- we got an unrealistic budget to hit this year and we are nowhere close to... — read more 

They do it every year, one round around 11/1 and one round around 12/1. They like to hit people who make good money. If you are in Sales you should be concerned, they lay off so they do not have to pay you. It's so messy right now, this is not a... — read more 

Severance package is completely unclear. A packet is coming in the mail tomorrow. Don’t bother calling HR, they won’t tell you anything to clarify.

Are the layoffs complete (for now) or are there more coming this week?

I can't be the only one who saw these layoffs as an opportunity to leave Staples behind for good. Even if the severance is not all that good, it's better than leaving without anything. I'm genuinely disappointed I'm still here while somebody who... — read more 

Let him have it….vent here. That guy ruined Staples along with Sycamore. The worst thing to happen to Staples..worse than Covid.

Does anyone have any insight into how they chose the B2Bs that stayed vs the ones who were let go? Some of the ones that were cut were far outperforming some of the ones that were safe. No one seems to know how/what was used to determine who kept... — read more 

Were you impacted?

I wonder if Sycamore Partners laughed when the new tag line rolled out. They don't treat Staples employees like they are human. I'm so sorry to all those negativity impacted today. Hopefully this forced change will turn out to be something great for... — read more 

What departments are being effected by layoffs today in Framingham?

Any ideas on the group that will be impacted by layoffs tomorrow? Sales? Supply chain? Sourcing? HR?

How do so many of you know there'll be layoffs tomorrow? Is this just a rumor gone wild or is there something concrete that was announced that I somehow managed to miss? I don't want to get all worked up over this if there is nothing to get worked up... — read more 

Does anyone know the departments being effected in the layoffs November 1? Is this Framingham based?

Good news the layoff are happening next week. The word in HR is about 550 are on the list. I mean did it really feel like 2022 when we went layoff free. Will this make Staples successful I don't think so. This all across the Staples companies. There... — read more 

Anyone else hearing anything about a big layoff planned for next week?

I've been at Staples for a short time and I won't rehash too much on what other people here have posted but I think this forum is too optimistic on the viability of Staples as a company. You can't have a retail chain of dirty, unkempt rundown stores... — read more 

So what do we think is next in terms of mid market for staples? This is all so uncertain and would love to hear others opinions.

What happened to the Sales directors (brothers) on the B2B side? I heard they were let go?

I have a good friend that’s pretty high up mentioning sales leadership is on the chopping block? Can anyone confirm?

Any news on the leadership change in Canada - have heard that they let go on MM? Any other changes? And who is running the show now? Assuming Staples Professional now reports to AG - is that right?

50%, 90%... What are your thoughts?

Got out right after the acquisition. Could see that “ the smartest guys in the room” had no idea how to run the b to b business! Guess they aren’t so smart after all!

A few weeks ago while in the office I heard a SDS person say he was going to fabricate a story about one of the SDS leadership and hopefully that will stop the changes in their organization. In all my years of work at Staples I was shocked that... — read more 

How nasty it can get for non compliance of new 3 days a week "work from office" rule? Could this policy be be a sly backdoor route to enforce a silent RIF? (Terminate people without severance for even the slightest non compliance?) Or is it just a... — read more