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      Office Depot

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      Office Depot reviews

      3.2

      42% would recommend to a friend

      (7,964 total reviews)
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      Gerry Smith

      41% approve of CEO

      26% positive business outlook

      Ratings by demographic groups

      Office Depot has an employee rating of 3.2 out of 5 stars, based on 7,964 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Office Depot employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Retail & Wholesale industry (3.5 stars).

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      8K reviews
      4.0
      Sep 7, 2008

      FLEXIBILITY, MAKING MONEY, TERRIBLE BENEFITS!! OVERALL GOOD PLACE TO WORK

      Account manager ii
      Recommend
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      Pros

      Time in the day. It is very flexible hours. There have been times when I needed to do some personal things during the day but somehow I make those hours up. It makes me want to finish everything by the end of the day. It's also nice to be recognized when hard work is done.

      Cons

      goaling is off, benefits are terrible, excuses instead of work I hate that we pay so much for our benefits and the only time that is helpful is if I break a leg or slip into a coma. Not to mention they took our sick pay from 6 weeks and put it down to one. If you have a baby, you get 5 days and 50% of your salary. Not to mention it doesn't seem fair that some people will work hard and when you rely on others to do their job to get your job done and they don't nothing is done about that. It is so hard to get fired from this job.

      1.0
      Aug 20, 2008

      Not a good place to be

      Director
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      With significant revenues from each of its channels (bricks and mortar retail, internet, catalog and contract), Office Depot is a good place to learn and gain experience in multi-channel retail. In addition, with almost one-third of its revenues from the international division, there are also opportunities to gain international experience as well. There are a lot of talented people in the organization who are very committed to improving the company.

      Cons

      Unfortunately, there are many more downsides than upsides these days. Career development is almost non-existent, and in spite of management's espoused commitment to promoting from within, the vast majority of senior level positions are filled with external candidates. High levels of management turnover have led to numerous changes in direction - this is a company that can't seem to stick to a strategy for very long. Our CEO has shown poor judgment in a number of areas, and has pushed cost-cutting decisions on his team which have later been shown to have negative repercussions on our operations. Overall, morale is very poor these days. Employees work very hard, but accomplish very little as there are poor processes for decision-making and little commitment to following through on espoused priorities.

      2.0
      Jul 23, 2008

      We need to get back to the basic principles.

      Sales associate
      Recommend
      CEO approval
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      Pros

      When I first started with this company many years ago, there was a slogan in place. It was known as "A compelling place to work, shop and invest. These were happier times for the company and its employees as a whole. The executives in the company understood the simple relation that happy employees created happy customers which created an end product of profit. There are still good long term employees in the company at all levels that are experienced and enjoyable to work with but they seem to be a quickly dwindling bunch these days with the new CEO and his desire to cut expenses.

      Cons

      The big downside of my company is our CEO, Steve Odland. The company was a lot better off when we had Bruce Nelson at the helm. Odland is only concerned with slashing expenses and has no long term vision on taking the company anywhere. All of the management at my store are hoping he leaves the company soon and that we can pick up the pieces and bring the company back to the glory that it was before he arrived. I also have problems with some of the immediate management that I report to. They are very good at delegating but hardly ever do any work themselves. This is particularly annoying when most stores are running with only the most minimal of associates at any given time. In this kind of work environment I feel my management needs to roll up its sleeves and get busy working along side the rest of us. Because of their lax attitude on not helping, a lot of the store projects don't get done as they should. What I see a lot of is management socializing in a friendly with one another and then getting stressed when projects aren't done and they are under the gun.

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