Mediocre pay, stressful work - Copy & Print Center Supervisor Staples Employee Review

1.0
Sep 1, 2016
Recommend
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Pros

This position helped hone my selling and managerial skills, taught me to better diffuse difficult customer situations, I learned alot about paper and simplified digital printing. It is also a great position to network in, as I am always working with small/medium sized businesses directly to provide them with printing and marketing materials.

Cons

Extremely stressful and undercompensated, understaffed and undersupported by upper management.Lofty sales goals in an extremely unpredictable sales climate with sporadic guidance on how to meet said goals. Pushy sales culture.

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Cons

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Pros

You will acquire genuinely useful AR and account management skills including Oracle, MS Office, customer support, reporting, and general O2C fundamentals. These skills will help you in future roles and look good on a résumé. To be transparent: those skills will come in handy when you’re searching for a new job later — because based on team conditions, you’ll likely be looking again within a year.

Cons

The Escalation Specialist role was originally part of the Center of Excellence (COE) and fully remote. It is no longer remote. Management relies heavily on weekly “validation” scorecards to evaluate performance. These scorecards often feel subjective and based more on opinion than actual workload, metrics, or demonstrated knowledge. They do not accurately reflect your true performance or skill level. Recognition tends to go to the same small group of individuals (primarily within Vendor Management), even though the Specialists are responsible for the majority of the day‑to‑day work and issue resolution. This creates an uneven sense of visibility and appreciation across the team. You deserve better!

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