Office Depot. Taking care of business???? Where's that hand in the box? - Business Development Manager Office Depot Employee Review

1.0
Jun 14, 2008
Recommend
CEO approval
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Pros

The only good thing about working for this company is the ability to work from a home office. That's it. Geez...how am I going to come up with 100 words to complete this section....well, I guess I could say that Staples and WB Mason and Office Basics do it so much better than OD. Do you remember the OD commercial with the hand in the box? Are you kidding me? That was horrible marketing. Go to youtube and type in office depot commercial. People have made some very funny spoofs about that horrible, horrible commercial. Staples on the other hand has a competent marketing department that creative campaigns that people remember. The easy button anyone?

Cons

Where do I start...management that doesn't tell you anything...management that steals from the company. Yeah. A manager actually used people's corporate credit cards to buy suits,dinners you name it after the rep had quit. There are other managers that preach integrity, yet have affairs with each other. It was so bad, that they actually addressed it during a meeting. I think so of the higher ups told them that it had to stop...The ceo is running the company into the ground. The stock has dropped significantly in the past year. They actually laid off a good portion of the sales force after the Christmas party last year to try to get the stock value back up. Horrible delivery service...when you would close an account, you would lose it very quickly due to poor service.

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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
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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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