Not bad for a first job - Sales Associate Office Depot Employee Review

3.0
Sep 30, 2025
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook

Pros

- Straight forward, fellow employees were usually nice. - We didn't get too many annoying customers outside of the print section. - Managers would recognize when you did well, and I have no real complaints about them as people. - During down time when it was slow, employees and or managers would sometimes have fun talking over the walkie talkie, making jokes and such. Made the time go by faster till we got customers.

Cons

- No set schedule, but rather you get a weekly schedule of half shifts and full shifts. Makes it hard to set up plans for coming weeks and can end up with barely any hours, working a closing shift and then an opening shift the next day, etc. - Store activity fluctuated, one moment you're watching the clock tick, the next you've got a line of 5 people. - As a sales associate you are required to be flexible, able to work both the floor and the registers, willing to clean bathrooms, work any hours, and when responsibilities shift, you have to be ready to take them on.

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5.0
Mar 10, 2026
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Pros

Store never get overwhelmingly busy - mix of light/busy days Management does a good job at listening to employees

Cons

Have to push selling product on people that don't want it Schedule may be inflexible

1.0
Jul 8, 2026
Recommend
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Pros

There are no pros to working for this company.

Cons

Low pay, grueling hours, unsafe and toxic work environment. The company does not offer opportunities for its sore employees to advance to the corporate sector; especially if you have a college degree. As a store employee neither you, your expertise and skill set, nor your ideas on how to improve workflow and company culture matter.

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