My place is a great place to work, but... - Sales Associate Office Depot Employee Review

3.0
Jan 30, 2010
Recommend
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Pros

My store has some of the best management I've worked with. A dedicated store manager, a hard-working assistant, and a pair of very knowledgeable department managers. Generally speaking, the environment and team in my store is excellent. We have a good customer service culture, and the management supports the associates - tactful when reprimanding, public when praising.

Cons

Some of the policies are at best poorly spelled out - at worst, they're horribly screwed. The return policy causes much anguish from both a customer and an associate standpoint because of how it can be interpreted by different stores. Getting supplies for security seems to be akin to pulling teeth from a chicken. There's many security "breaches" or just missing displays which are being caused by inability to order or maintain the required parts. In-store service for simple hardware work would make an absurd amount of money - instead, we need to send a customer's computer off for weeks at a time to put in a hard drive.

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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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