OfficeMax Reviews

Pros

Great work-life balance because you don't have any important responsibilities. Great place for families or people who like to slack off because it's very welcome here.

Cons

You will not be challenged. Upward mobility is virtually impossible. My tip is to get out while you can or else you're going to be stuck.

Advice to Senior Management

If you feel that you can't beat the competition, look for solutions! Give some optimism and motivation to the people working underneath you.

Pros

Hours are flexable and they are fair.

Cons

Lots of information that comes down with not a lot of direction.

Pros

Lots of nice people to work with

Cons

The culture within each department could be very different. Make sure you join the department with good culture.

Pros

the work isnt bad and the staff is nice. if you are hired on then there are some okay benefits but i am just a temp

Cons

not always work is provided. theres usually alot of sowntime or alot of work that there is too mich to handle

Advice to Senior Management

you should moniter the work that the temps are doing. i have been working there 5 months and i work harder then everyone else and have not gotten a job offer.

Pros

Local Management is awesome
Career path and choices are good is you are a performer
Benefits package is good
Lots of feedback from management
teamwork is great
Communication is good

Cons

Comp plan could use some work- must be at least 80% or more to get any commission
capped on deals over %500,000

Advice to Senior Management

Pay commissions on every sale. The company makes money, the sales rep should also.
When there are gates or caps on commissions, it is never good for morale

Pros

The associates that work in the stores are friendly and fun to work with. The products that are sold are above average in quality.

Cons

The home office does not know how there decisions affect the store level - or they just don't care. Stores are given deadlines to complete major projects, then materials needed are delivered after that due date. They send out new sets and within a day or two have it changed because they don't like the way it looks, never adding more payroll to get it accomplished. Favoratism within the company is evident when Store Managers are allowed to call out and leave early with no consciquinces and still get paid for 40 hours in a week. Store managers that still have a job even when there store performs well below company expectations for 12 months and longer. I could go on but it won't change anything. This company has serious issues with ethics.

Advice to Senior Management

Hold your people accountable for there actions and stop paying out bonus's to executives that don't deserve them. Get your home office departments to communicate with each other so you stop waisting the stores payroll with you mistakes.

Pros

great peers with real talent

Cons

poor management
poor direction
CYA is Corp culture
complete change of direction constantly from management

Advice to Senior Management

take care of your people! Management should take accountability for direction given if any!

Pros

Gives you time for a personal life, as long as you run your store well. Quality of life (except during BTS).

Cons

Compensation, advancement, profit sharing( or lack of any).

Advice to Senior Management

Make your TVP's be constructive during visits to Districts, and make them learning experiences instead of "GOTCH" visits. Don't micro manage.

Pros

You get to learn how to use copiers beyond the simple "number of copies and hit print". You get to learn how to utilize design programs that usually are very expensive to purchase by themselves.

Cons

Not a lot of chances for pay increase. 1 year and I got a 13 cent raise. This was while I was doing all the graphic design in a department of 6-8 people.

Advice to Senior Management

Management needs to go beyond the corporate feudalism structure that they employ and get with their employees (not managers) to get a true picture of how the customers are buying things. The best thing that they could do is utilize their hourly employees on a much greater level. Changing selling strategies every 3 months is not good for business, I don't care what the suits in legal say, Mr. CEO.

Pros

nice employees to work with
clean environment
you are not doing just one job(usually)
every employee gets a radio :D

Cons

customers can be very temperamental.
some customers no what there doing, sadly there are to few to count.
sometimes you work a few minutes over your shift to fill in the next person in line on what needs to be done still.

Advice to Senior Management

i have no advice, its a good place to work. if i got paid more i would even go back and work for them.