In the second week of my employment, I was put in charge of running the cash register with no formal training or help whatsoever. First day I was stuck behind a computer filling out training sessions that I was unable to complete during my entire MONTH OF EMPLOYMENT as the managers would constantly call me to another department just to sweep and clean the area! They didn't even allow me the luxury of looking around to memorize where everything was located, I was just to sweep and wipe down counters. Starting from the beginning, the management was just horrible, on no account did any member of management (whether Store, Assistant, or Front End Manager) even attempt at helping familiarize me with the store layout/environment. I was recently employed as, well the official title was "Sales Consultant" but in reality all I was ALLOWED to do was stand behind a cash register all day with little else to do but keep organizing the same five stacks of paper for 6 hours straight. They cut the payroll company-wide so there's no way to keep the manpower needed in order to help every customer, and at the same tim. We are supposed to "Take care of the customer" and let the managers worry about the rest.but that in itself is absolutely impossible due to corporate. The same goes for coming in / leaving for the day.If we are stopped by a customer, we have to help them or we can be disciplined (even terminated) - Last I checked it was illegal to force people to work without pay.
This often means that half or more of the "break" ends up depleted before we can even sit down to eat. We also have to bring in shopping carts that are left in the parking lot if we see them on our way back in from getting food. We get a 30minute lunch break if we're scheduled more than 6 hours for the day.but if we are stopped by a customer on that lunch break, we have to help them even though we're off the clock. They treat all employees (except the store managers) as expendable but at the same time they expect us to keep their product flowing off the shelves. I will probably lose my job for posting this (If they even care / read it) but I don't really care at this point.I'm tired of it.
They seem to be more concerned with making their budget than they are with actually taking care of their stores, employees, and customers. The problem with this company lies in its corporate offices. Let me start by saying that I have no issues with this specific store. I am not a huge germ guy but I know when working there I would use hand sanitizer throughout the day and made sure when I got home I washed my hands before eating. The walls in there are also gross you can tell they haven't been cleaned.really ever. The bathrooms are gross (office depot is still running a 1990s model were apparently employees dont get a private bathroom) so you will walk into toilets that customers have decided to not flush and leave for everyone. The fridge has crumbs all in the door seal. The break room was gross, and trust us we moped it but obviously not as well as we should there corners are black, with dust, old food, and whatever else. Display shelves are caked in dust and dirt and also falling apart because they have never been replaced since the store open. The registers are from 30 years ago and are also a faint brown/yellowish color. The counters where the cash registers are were falling apart.
Sadly the cons out weight the pros during my 1 year at Office Depot before being laid off.Įnvironment: First off the Office Depot I worked at in the greater Seattle area is disgusting. It is never over 40 hours a week (typically between 35-40 for manager) I enjoyed the people I worked with as we all knew we did not enjoy our job Also during my time at Office Depot I got paid pretty well (over $20/hr) Simplicity of the job, you are not required to do that much.
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