Tough to make it on a sinking ship that - Account Manager Staples Employee Review

2.0
May 11, 2015
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Pros

Nice, friendly, warm people on a personal level. Account Managers & their immediate managers have close knit teams that have a "we're all in this together attitude"

Cons

Staples is very very cost conscious on every aspect of the business. For the last 5-6 years of my tenure there, there were always waves of layoffs. Staples outsourced not only IT support, but HR Services to India. I think they outsourced AP/AR as well. There were especially a lot of waves of layoffs in Commercial Sales (Staples Advantage). The B2B teams go through sales reps like water. After the 2nd year working there, I had to keep myself from getting too close to B2B sales people because they usually never made it past 4-5 months. Its tough for Staples to compete against Amazon and Costco. The stock started going down 8-9 years ago, and has never gone back to the $50 range it was 10 years ago.

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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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