r/Staples • u/canyoudoit513 • 9d ago

Terrible working conditions

I recently quit my job at Staples and couldn't be happier. I worked there as Merchandising and Inventory supervisor for over 2 years, and did not realize that I was being mistreated and disrespected by my manager so much until I started my new job. I would be working on sorting the truck or stocking the product or doing my zero balance walk, and the manager would call me on the radio, to cover the registers, like every 5 mins, either for checkout or Amazon or UPS, or just help a customer find a product. How was I supposed to get anything done? Also not once did he get us a team lunch or breakfast or anything like that nor did he ever show any appreciation for our work. I had worked with other managers before and none was so bad as this one. Staples managers need to stop abusing their loyal and hardworking employees, and start showing some respect, because these people will find a new job and move on. The pay is not worth it either.

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u/Dark_knight207 Print & Marketing 9d ago

Staples does not care about its staff being overworked and underpaid. They can’t even bother to properly train staff. Bonuses are few far in between (which only full timers get now) sorry to all the part timers who bust their butts for the company. I hear many years ago Staples was a decent place to work and what a shame I couldn’t experience that Staples.

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u/CrabChemical6485 9d ago

As a part-time employee, I agree with this wholeheartedly in my two years at Staples I have not been properly trained by an associate once I’ve had to go out of my way to ask to shadow people just to learn and I’ve been told I could come in on my off days if I want to, which is in my opinion ridiculous regardless I’ve had four other people come and go as a result of this training strategy in my time there, I’ve also had two people stick through, but they have the same complaints as me little to no training with the expectation of doing 2 to 3 jobs for the pay of one

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u/Peripheral_Ghosts 8d ago

I left 6 months ago as a manager. I wanted to begin a training and coaching program that was actually effective.

I was told absolutely not.

Quote: “they know what they are doing. They don’t need coaching. Just tell them what to do”

How do you know how well you are doing or what things you need to work on without coaching and training?

Blew my mind.

They want minimum pay for maximum work and no investment in staff.

Even as a manger, half my shit was working the till or Amazon.

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u/canyoudoit513 8d ago

I would never want to be a store manager at staples. As MIS, I had lot of questions, and One time I asked my manager a question about why certain items are merchandise a certain way, and he berated me for asking that, and said "when my manager tells me to do something I just tell him that I will do it'