Not the best choice if you know anything about the department you work. - CSS II, Copy Center Office Depot Employee Review

4.0
Feb 21, 2012
Recommend
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Pros

Friendly atmosphere, pleasant co-workers. Neat and clean store with merchandise in the retail part of the store well displayed.

Cons

The copy center is a disaster. No one in local, regional, or corporate management have the remotest idea of how a print and copy center should work. Spoilage is 10-20x maximum acceptable. Profitable equipment needs service and often you have to wait months to get it repaired. Associates receive training in the other departments, but virtually no training other than OJT in the P&C.Bindery and equipment tables are not allowed because they are not attractive to the customer. Equipment is required to be lined up against a wall with insufficient work area, making it look neat like the equipment was displayed for sale. Management claims P&C is one of the most profitable centers in the store, indicating something is wrong with their books. A small commercial shop could not stay in business more than a few months with this type of operation. This review is for P&C specifically and not other departments, which appear to be well run. Even so, I loved the work. I give the company an F for P&C and a B+ for all other departments.

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Cons

There was a recent hiring freeze, which meant that current employees had to start wearing three or more hats, doing other jobs that are outside of their description, whether they’re capable or not, and then the managers have unrealistic expectations as to how to delegate responsibility due to either not enough tenure in their position or trying to cover more than one department, ..which means things are gonna fall into the cracks, then there is a lack of accountability on the part of management for their contribution to the situation are currently frustrated about… they’re aware of this and let’s just say there is room for growth.

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