Office Depot reviews

We have to deal with daily "emergency tasks" that have to be done "or else". The tasks are not that big of a deal but they are a nuisance as many of them are inaffective to driving sales. Payroll cuts are another weekly occurence. But as I stated above, we are less busy so we just deal with it. With the current state of the economy, we don't know how secure our job is. This affects almost every job out there though. Also, OD focuses too much on upselling on technology items. It is more beneficial to me to not sell the item, rather than selling it without a warranty or service. As my Dm states, "just stay under the radar". Since everyone struggles with hitting the numbers, my theory is to stay somewhere in the middle.

The management has no clear idea about employee retention. Mid and upper level managers are only worried about themselves and have no great understanding to how to build a sales team. This organization has spent millions to improve their corporate offices, but neglect all their satellites. Decisions are made at a national level and executives have no idea how to approach or support local markets. They only promote individuals who agree with their corporate practices. They quietly ignore those who think outside of the box. The retail side of the business sell cheap products and don't support their sales staff. Their Business Services side are plagued with favoritism, and unattainable goals for their sales teams.