Reposted: Forecast for the Q1 was very bad, there are going to be some major surprises in the next few weeks. Any linked insiders know that all tier 4 and eventually tier 3 stores will certainly close. Look at the stores that will lose phones or... — read more 

OfficeDepot/Max announced today they will close 150 stores this year, and a total of 450 in a three year span. You know they would not have followed suit unless they knew we were closing 500 in 3 years. This is bad news for everyone. If one of our... — read more 

Do you have the list with 225 that will be closing? Is Oakland, CA on the list?

Hello Staples from a competitor. I know we are supposed to be enemies, but we are in the same retail business, so hopefully you can help us out. We (assistant managers aka Solutions Leaders) are still salaried. We have received a class action lawsuit... — read more 

repost: if a store is doing under $5m/year there isn't much sense in renewing the lease as it expires. The leases from the Staples boom of 1998-2004 are coming up for renewal. The leases on the 25,000 sq ft Superstores run $24,000 - $40,000 per... — read more 

Good article from the Washington Post at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/wp/2014/04/25/photos-unions-protest-postal-services-deal-with-staples/

Did anyone else's District Manager ask them to walk the US Mail protest lines to see if they were interested in having their cell phones checked for free to see if they are eligible for upgrade? Talk about taking advantage of traffic. Gotta sell 7... — read more 

May soon be out of a job due to budgetary reorganization.

A person (perhaps from corporate) said that there will be 500 layoffs in the next three years. Is this true? Or all the news reports wrong? Why didn't the news report that in the first place?

“Stores have to earn the right to stay open.” That’s a direct quote from Ron Sargent. It’s this type of negative attitude that filters right down through field management. Ron, Demos, and Otis know that they are fighting a losing battle. They are... — read more 

After the 225 stores close, what's going to happen to employee morale? Does anyone believe it's going to stop at 225? The local news in my area did a investigation on Staples. The news producer pulled the plug to the hard drive to see what the Easy... — read more 

If you really think that the people from corporate that are posting here are telling you the truth....think again. I've been lied to again and again during my time at this company. Do you think it will be any different now that they are closing down... — read more 

The time to have gotten out of Staples was when the AMs were laid off. For those of you who are still there, you are riding a sinking ship. Staples is a terrible company, run by terrible upper management, who make terrible decisions. Remember VIBE?... — read more 

Store 1714 in cleveland ohio will be closing, just announced. I will probably lose my job. Staples, That was sleazy.

Store 0598 Austin,MN is closing

Staples is nowehere near Chapter 11. They have $1.125 Billion in cash, and $1 Billion in available credit. Plan for the first 225 stores to close is mostly California and Mexico. Then targeting sub $4 Million boxes. Expecting a negative 10% comp in... — read more 

Staples is nowehere near Chapter 11. They have $1.125 Billion in cash, and $1 Billion in available credit. Plan for the first 225 stores to close is mostly California and Mexico. Then targeting sub $4 Million boxes. Expecting a negative 10% comp in... — read more 

Got wind for my region, store 0431, will be closing.

I've heard shit is going down in the next two weeks. Ron, Demos, Otis, and the others need to get their shit together. They keep saying the cuts they have made are tough but necessary. If the cuts keep happening maybe a change in leadership is the... — read more 

Staples is cutting some valuable people but expect to get more with less! They really need to look in the mirror (Executives) you might be the problem. The changes need to be you.

I have heard that sometime between March 25th and March 28th a few hundred Sales and Services Managers will be let go.

There are a couple of stores in my area? What Stores will be closing in CT?

I was a sales manager for 5+ years at this dump of a company Staples. I pushed out their shady extended service plan numbers that they shove down their customers throats. I hit the high tech repair dollar amounts that they wanted. I dealt with their... — read more 

Does anyone have this information, I do not think we announced the list - I can tell you that there is a ton of anxiety in the field, people are freaking out. Staples should have played this much better, now all good performers will start leaving and... — read more 

OK, we announced today that we'll be closing 225 stores - I heard the rumors (few weeks ago) that there are plans to close up to 50 stores in California - you saw the numbers published today, Amazon is killing pretty much everyone. OfficeDepot is... — read more 

How much has Staples lost with ink recycling rewards. My guess is millions in the past 7 or 8 years. I believe it went nationwide in 2006, after a test run in the Chicago area in late 2005. Employees were initially stealing those $3 coupons and when... — read more 

I work in a store but may be offered a transfer to Corporate (it's a complicated story) - People seem to speak freely here and I'd appreciate any information you may be able to provide.

Do you have any details on the closing of staples advantage?

And in certain IT areas, directors and managers have to reapply for their jobs. Big org announcement due this Thursday.

anyone

I'd say it's February not March, Staples has done it before in Feb

I heard we'll be downsizing in March of this year...

I can confirm everything that the KY Call Center poster noted. It's even worse...

Im an internal associate and we just got word that they plan to let at least 5,000 people go just in February alone.

After 11 years of watching Staples make mistake after mistake I had to leave, they just let go of their training department and plan on automating customer service and letting even more people go. The management at this location is abysmal. They... — read more 

do you know what stores will be closing?

Anybody knows more about corporate office layoffs?