Staples, Inc.

Tech Sales Associate

January - September 2018 • Tualatin, OR

What I liked

Flexible schedule Fun environment

What I wish was different

To learn more

Advice

Phenomenal experience

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Sales Associate

July 2016 • Rochester, NY

What I liked

I really liked the people that I worked with.

What I wish was different

I wish that I wasn't under so much pressure to see things.

Advice

It definitely helped me to improve my communication skills.

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Print and marketing associate

April 2017 • Sea Girt, NJ

What I liked

I liked the many connections I was able to make with other people in high positions. It also taught me a lot about different computer programs and responsibility.

What I wish was different

I wish I worked less and enjoyed my summer more. I hit my 40 hour mark every week and wish I didn't offer myself up to do that all the time.

Advice

If you are not good with people or unable to deal with people being extremely rude to you all the time, DO NOT take up this job.

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Sales Associate

May - August 2018 • Massapequa, NY

What I liked

I liked working in a fast paced environment with many other associates who had a common goal. My general manager was very clear on the goals that we needed to reach and was very engaging with both the customers as well as the employees.

What I wish was different

I wish there was more training so that customers wouldn't have to wait as long on certain requests they had.

Advice

I think that working retail is a great way to build up customer service experience by being directly immersed into the area.

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Sales Associate

June 2018 • Adrian, MI

What I liked

The team was really supportive and knowledgeable

What I wish was different

Nothing

Advice

Learn patience.

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Sales Associate

June - August 2018 • Yorktown Heights, NY

What I liked

Other employees were really nice!

What I wish was different

I wish I had a summer job that was more outdoors, instead of being cooped up in a retail store.

Advice

Look for a job that fits you and try to avoid "a job's a job" mentality, even if only for a summer job.

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Sales Associate

May - August 2018 • Tampa, FL

What I liked

Good opportunity to move up in the company but not in the areas that I'm interested in working in. The people were really nice

What I wish was different

Good opportunity to move up in the company but not in the areas that I'm interested in working in. I wish we had more people on staff so I could have learned more about the copy center department

Advice

Be prepared to work hard

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Retail Salesperson

July - September 2018 • Torrance, CA

What I liked

I enjoyed my coworkers and the customer relations that grew as a result from this position.

What I wish was different

Advice

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Customer Service Representative

May 2018 • Fond du Lac, WI

What I liked

Coworkers

What I wish was different

Mean customers

Advice

Have thick skin

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Technical Intern

May - August 2018 • Framingham, MA

What I liked

Phenomenal people that I got to work with!

What I wish was different

More interaction with the other interns.

Advice

Make sure that, in addition to your technical work, you do networking!

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Sales Intern

June - August 2017 • Atlanta, GA

What I liked

The pay, the location, my co-workers

What I wish was different

I didn’t like the work I was doing. B2B outside sales is grueling and there was a lot of behind the scenes political drama happening between sales managers and between employees.

Advice

It is an extremely high stress environment and competition between fellow employees is very high which causes a lot of conflict.

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Associate

July 2018 • Rochester, MI

What I liked

I like the work environment and my associates are fun interesting people to work with.

What I wish was different

I wish I had started sooner.

Advice

Working hard pays off.

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Cashier

June - August 2018 • North Bergen, NJ

What I liked

What I wish was different

I wish that I would have done something that aligned better with my future goals.

Advice

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Software Engineering Intern

May - August 2018 • Framingham, MA

What I liked

Great work environment with people that were passionate about what they were doing and were committed to doing a good job. The Agile development process kept the work fast-paced and challenging.

What I wish was different

Advice

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Sales Associate

June 2018 • Rockville, MD

What I liked

I loved meeting so many people every day.

What I wish was different

I wish I didn’t have to deal with as many difficult customers.

Advice

Working retail isn’t easy, especially at a Staples during back to school season. You need a backbone to have discipline not to take criticisms from frustrated customers personally. Also, always use a level tone of voice—people are way less likely to be angry at someone who is being nice to them. So be friendly! Work is so much fun when you are.

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Technology Sales Associate

January 2016 • South Burlington, VT

What I liked

Very flexible hours. Nice associates.

What I wish was different

Less stressful managers

Advice

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Cashier

June 2018 • Staples, MN

What I liked

Hours, people I worked with

What I wish was different

N/A

Advice

N/A

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Certified Tech

April - August 2018 • Terre Haute, IN

What I liked

Working in and with technology, having interpersonal interactions, advising customers and helping them.

What I wish was different

More training at the start of the job. Unfortunately I for the most part had to teach myself most of the processes to do the computer work.

Advice

Never take a person off first impression, some people may look ragged and be able to pay for a computer in cash, while others my look fancy and kind and end up being the most frustratingly rude people you have ever met.

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