This GM was an informal style and we had a shop conversation in the back of the sales floor for an hour. This GM shared with me that she started with the company as a GM three and a half years ago and liked the company’s approach to business and level of autonomy she was afforded as the GM of her own store and shared with me their successes since she’s been there. I was liked for a F/T supervisory role when I came in for a P/T RSS role, and accepted. They are able to scale pay and adjust over time to show appreciation and help retain the team members, not limited only to an annual review bump. From an experienced Merchandiser perspective this seems to be a great fit for anyone who enjoys to engage customers with pride and ownership of their visit and give them your best guest experience as well as fresh stock to keep growing and learning over time. I could see myself becoming a GM myself here for maybe the first time anywhere. It was a courteous and candid interview that I personally enjoyed enough to review.

After I applied for the Retail Sales Associate position online, I was very quickly asked to schedule an interview, so I chose a Thursday morning during store hours which was 5 days away. Once I arrived at Staples for the interview, I found out that there were only two employees working there, the manager wasn’t even there, and the nobody knew when he would show up. I waited 30 minutes in the store before leaving. Do not work here unless you like managers who don’t respect your time.