Office Depot Employer Reviews

Working at this company is pleasant. just wish i was doing something more in my field. sometime it can get a little stressful but it is a good place to work for anyone.

Higher management treat the department managers and employees like garbage. They are extremely rude to employees and customers. Employees never get breaks and are lucky to get lunch breaks. There is absolutely no order and there's a double standard for everything. There aren't enough employees in the store to help customers at any given time. Most of – more... the managers are unprofessional and don't know what they're doing. They mostly retreat into their office for hours, no one knows where they are, cutting off all communication with employees that need their help. They allow harassment to go on within the store. The schedule is only made one week in advance and most all vacation requests are denied. Sometimes the schedule is edited after publication without any notice. Managers blatantly lie to customer all the time. Your job position is mostly based on your sex or gender and management fights cross-training in other departments. These days everyone is just happy that the Iowa City store is closing down. The only reason I stayed so long is because the job worked very nicely with my schedule and paid more than minimum wage. – less

I worked for them for a year and to be honest it was one of the worst places that I have worked. management was very unprofessional,

Slightly outdated ways of doing business but staffed with good people.

Totally discriminated by my direct supervisor. It was a living hell every single day. No matter how much I worked, and how much I was dedicated, Management didnt change their attitude towards me

The day is ussually busy. I work in the Copy and Print Department. Most my customers will come when I am working because they like the way I helo them.

I only worked for Office Depot for three months, but I had a wonderful time while I was there. The store was located only five minutes off of a Military base, so our customers mainly consisted of Military personnel, soccer moms, and local business owners. The only hostile customer I ever came in contact with was a club owner who expected hundreds of – more... promotional cards to be printed and cut within the hour. My coworkers were pleasant to work with. Everyone did a wonderful job, and there wasn't anyone who was not willing to do their part. My manager was not a fan of me, not because of my work ethic, but because I have a big personality, which can sometimes seem obnoxious. She was still very professional despite her dislike for me. The pay was not very good, nor were the hours. They will start you at minimum wage, and you will be lucky to work more than 25 hours per week, unless it is Back To School season. The hardest part of the job is getting all orders finished by the time the customers are expecting them. It is a great job for college students or maybe a mom who wants to get out of the house. – less

Work for 5 years love the company the only problem no opportunity to transfer

a very friendly and out going work envirnment where we create word documents and projects like wedding invitations and etc for our customer.

Good solid Management, well organized store, excellent sales training! One of the best employers I've ever known!

You never knew what kind of day or what kind of new people you were going to meet that day. Working with people everyday definitely taught me that people can be very unpredictable. Management was good and were there when you needed them. Co-workers were nice as well but there were many times we all just kept to ourselves. Hardest part of the job was – more... being on you feet for long periods of time as well as not being able to have water at the cash register. Most enjoyable part was meeting all the different people. – less

Office Depot is a pretty busy place to work. Management always wants more than what can be provided. co-workers for the most part are cool. Hardest part of the job was keeping up with the ever changing corporate plan. The job wasn't enjoyable.

I enjoyed working there. Everyone was very helpful and nice an calm.

I Learned About Different Updates In Technically While Working.

I truly enjoyed working with the copy and print center. I loved designing for my customers. I would work with customers and associates on getting their business started with business cards, postcard, brochures, and other related office items. I got to learn each department within the store. The worst thing was that was to much moving from one store – more... to another store, without any warning. The store was always changing the structure of the business. The reconstructing was always in place. They could not agree on how to run the company, difference from home office to district manager was always causing a disruption in the flow of the stores. – less

Overall, Office Depot is your relatively standard retail job. Your day will be simple and easy, provided you don't get a customer who doesn't know how to properly treat other human beings, or doesn't know what they're doing. Management at my store was always quite good, which made things better. Your job is pretty safe as long as you're somewhat competent. – more... My only real criticism is the company doesn't seem to know what they want. You can either have highly skilled employees and pay them well, or you can have a lot of replaceable employees paid dirt cheap. You can't expect highly skilled employees who will multitask, and then pay them minimum wage. Expecting minimum wage associates to push tech sales and work on computers is just naive. – less

Working at Office Depot develops a strong connection with your customers. You're able to take care of the customers job. I learned how to use Photoshop network and all Microsoft networks. The company is focused of Taking Care of Customers Business so all associates work together to meet their needs. I've never came across a situation with my co-workers.

While traveling I created many great relationships with co-workers and people we met. With the pride we all took in our jobs of delivering nothing but a perfect new store we still found time to explore and see the country. My teams were like a second family and we loved spending our off time with each other.

The other half of my position working as – more... corporate support, I had the advantage of seeing both sides of the process. I learned the ins and outs of the ordering process and worked with my corporate partners to make our projects more cost effective and run as seamless as possible. – less

nearly 17hr work days
my manager wasn't reasonable with decisions
my co workers were not interested in working.

One thing I learned is how to work hard
with or without others co-operation.

Learned how to operate cash registers, how to work in the environment of customers