Overworked, underpaid no breaks and the famous ICE program, Incredibly crazy expectations! - Freight Specialist Office Depot Employee Review

2.0
Apr 14, 2012
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

they will hire anyone who can pass a background check and good for 1st timers in the work place to get a very small glimpse of corporate life.

Cons

1. Breaks are hard to come by given deadlines, i.e. 30 min a palet rule 2. hours constantly being cut 3. Negative numbers daily. Company always breaks even and never turns a profit 4. You will be pushed out if negative in anyway, make friends with whomever does the scheduling 5. Safety violations everywhere 6. Very high employee retention problem 7. No staff on floor leaving you to handle everything not giving you time to complete tasks... hence giving up breaks 8. customer complaint can get you fired, (even if someone didn't like you and pretended to be a customer on the survey). 9. RVP and Upper management don't know whats going on. 10. Upper manager style too old fashion to keep up with current sales techniques 11. Management needs to be fired, (some good ones, very rare) and hire new fresh management if this company plans on growing its numbers 12. You will be doing managements job. If they missed a deadline, they will NOT hesitate to blame on you!

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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

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1.0
Jul 8, 2026
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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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