3.0
Oct 27, 2008
Former employee
Sioux Falls, SD
Recommend
CEO approval
Business Outlook
Pros
Easy place to work , no other employee or manager has a clue, so if you know even the basics you are ahead of the rest
Cons
limited oppurtunity for advancement. The company tends to hire from the outside for upper level promotions and rarely hires internally. Most other retailers I have been with will give current employees preference for promotion, but staples tries to attract the "brightest and the best" from other retailers in the hopes to steal their "secrets". There is little growth that takes place for a manager at staples. I would say that I degressed more that I progressed while working their.