Office Depot Reviews

Pros

Good Pay for Position held

Cons

The amount of responsibillies for management is endless!

Advice to Senior Management

Reduce tasks, Increase payroll

Pros

Fast paced clean environment. Potential to increase your income from personal effort on the sales floor with some limited commissions. Advancement opportunities available for those interested in the long term..

Cons

Might not be a good fit for those used to commission based sales. Sales events tend to be consistently underestimated so extra income opportunities tend to be limited to "stock on hand".

Advice to Senior Management

More overstocking for some of the sales might be a good idea for those customers who come to late for a sale who are more interested in the item and not just the sale price.

Pros

Great Office Location
Have some Interesting Work
Have some great talent
First class Gym on site
A Beautiful Headquarter Office

Cons

Poor corporate culture
Lack of team working spirit
Poor middle management
Many people work with fear
Poor communication among cross functional teams. Management has been working hard to improve it.

Advice to Senior Management

Drive fear out of organization if we want to keep the best talent.

Pros

gOOD WORK ENVIRONMENT. Great work life balance. Talent must be nurtured

Cons

Recognition problem....Too much top heavy ..Low salaries

Pros

It doesn't require much thinking. It's pretty easy all around.

Cons

A lot of pressure to sell warranties. Especially hard if you think warranties are a rip-off. A lot of time on oyur feet. Weird hours sometimes.

Advice to Senior Management

Show people a clearer path to higher in their career.

Pros

-The employee discount
-The customers
-The employees

Cons

Senior Management has no idea whats going on within the company. Alot of favoritism. No work/life balance.

Advice to Senior Management

Respect your employees.

Pros

Flexible work schedule
Training available
Technology experience
Knowledge passed from Managers
Bonuses available for up-selling the customers and getting product protection plans

Cons

Standing on your feet all day for minimum wage
32 hour work weeks so management doesn't have to give you benefits

Advice to Senior Management

Value your associates more, they are your true backbone and job turnover would not be so high if they felt advancement was a real possibility.

Pros

Pays more than minimum wage. Store is only busy from 1-3pm.

Cons

Everyday you will come in and read hate messages written on the break room wipe board.

When I come in, I read things like:

"Cutting hours of employees who slack."
"If you aren't cut out for this business, then move on."
"Things must change or new blood will be brought on."

These kinds of messages are also spread through company gossip. Working at my store isn't hard, but it is depressing. Our store manager seems to think that threatening job security is a good motivator. Instead, the employees are listless and indifferent to company goals.

Advice to Senior Management

To Corporate: Get out of the tech business. The new generation is tech savvy. If you rely too much on tech service profits, you will collapse just like borders.

Pros

Management is paid well, especially at the Store Manager level. Base salary is higher at Office Depot than at other retailers, and store managers have the opportunity to make a pretty substantial annual bonus.

Cons

Like a lot of companies, Office Depot has reduced its workforce to mostly part-time associates who are paid less, receive fewer benefits, and are therefore less inclined to take pride in doing their work.

Advice to Senior Management

Spend more money on the lower level associates. Increase the number of full-time store positions and improve their pay. Also, bring back some of the bonus opportunities (shrink & CSI) that Office Depot used to pay to store associates.

Pros

I enjoyed working with customers, easy advancement, great employees, casual work ethic, no pressure... a overrall great company.

Cons

Working holidays, some stores open well into 10pm. Low raises even though you made sales for the week.

Advice to Senior Management

Making every manager accountable