So, I've worked at staples for nearly a year now. I just found a job that pays .75 cents more an hour so obviously I decided to go there instead. Now, I was suppose to work 26 hours this week it quickly deteriorated to 13 due to their lack of intelligence (I requested a day off and I go to school the one day they had me). So, tomorrow and friday I was suppose to work and they just called me very unprofessionally and told me not to come in. The manager also asked how picking up animal feces was and said he's glad I'm leaving. This guy was the most immature "manager" i've ever known (and I knew him a year). This job sickens me so much considering i was just their employee of the month and friday they were kissing my ass to stay. All i have to say is **** staples.

welcome to capitalism young man! enjoy your stay! it gets even worse in cubicle land :D

o how i hate that land but it pays. pick your battle i guess.

Isn't that the truth Timorek. Geesh, corporate world is cut throat and management is many times out of control. LOL

But it's worse becuz you have to 'act grown up'

welcome to corruption first class. that is where the manager got his position by kissing A$$. just wait till you reach a certain age then you can stand right up to a manager and tell him just try and do anything I dare you.

better yet ..........

BE the manager

lol i'd rather beat the manager. I want nothing to do with retail in my life i have real a job planned lol

well maybe you should call corporate

just a thought

after all you are a consumer

My ex just loves working at Staples. She said she was leaving for Texas last time I heard from her, hmm, two years ago (scratching my head). They offered her a higher position if she would go to Texas. OMG, God bless Staples. Hey, I can honesty sing that song now. "All my exes live in Texas."

hheeh good one .. hill

if all your ex's live in texas, just be sure you hang your hat in tenn.OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Would you like some bbq lamb chops and potato salad to go with you bad situation, hey I will fire the barbie....

Cheer up mate...look at this way, you don't have to do the poop job any more...lol. You have your schooling and just go find another job eh...

ppl are unreal at times

keep your expectations low

and your profile lower

and never take it personally

i have another job thats WHY they did this cuz they're pissed i gave them 2 weeks notice oh well i'm gonna get an even better job soon after my new one heh

hey atleast they called you and didn't make you drive into work to fire you.i hate when businesses do that!

I hate retail...I worked it for 20 some years. There really is a life outside of retail

Good luck in your new job and whatever you do from then on

Good luck at your new job.
Forget about the manager. Be thankful that they relieved you of your two week notice. The last two weeks after giving a notice are always a pain. I really can't remember if I ever actually finished a notice or not.

retail does suck..been there done that..hated it. best of luck with your new job.
Becca

About a year ago I quit my job to go work for a new place that opened down the road. The managers and my area supervisor supported me. So I started at my new job, I was the head of the department and never took any **** from anyone.I was making $9.00 to start as was told I would get the next management position that was open. We had about eight people in our group and we worked almost every day except for me I worked three days a week. Ten hours one day, then weekends for about 30-40 hours those two days.About two weeks after we were open everyone was picking up some extra hours usually about 60 a week.

The GM and AGM decided to hire more people for our department. We were Customer Service, Security, and supervisors. So they brought in ten more people. Some of our hours were cut by ten hours each week. Then one of the managers was fired or quit. They never really said anything about him. I went up to the GM and AGM asking about the open position. They told me that they already chosen someone to fill the spot. I asked who and it was a woman in her 40s in my department that had no management experience at all. She was a waitress at a bar before this job.
Watching her trying to take charge of the service support department, people refused to listen to her. She didn't delegate but ordered them around.

I stuck around for another month. Slowly my hours and the hours of the original people I started with started to slowly drop. From 50 hours one week, to 45 the next. Finally by the time I quit I was working 10 hours a week on a job I applied for full time.

The others and I that were getting their hours cut went up to the GM and had a little talk. We discussed that we were upset in their choices and that they lacked the ability to run such a large building. I have had experience in management with my last job. Where these two guys never really ran anything. About a week after we quit more than half of their staff quit as well. Now they can't even hold a complete staff. People quitting everyday because their "Managers" are riding these teenagers asses all day. And lack the skills to make them want to work there.

Last week my brother called me and said that the woman that was given the position I was suppose to get. Had a nervous breakdown in the middle of dinner, then drove off the highway because she couldn't handle it.