OfficeMax Employee Reviews for Business Development Manager
Browse OfficeMax Reviews by Job Title →Business Development Managers at OfficeMax give their company a 4.8 out of 5.0, while the average rating for OfficeMax is 3.8, making them 23% happier than every other employee at OfficeMax and 23% happier than every other Business Development Manager on CareerBliss - the happiest Business Development Managers work for Samsung.
What do you like about working at OfficeMax?
"I enjoy the environment and the ability to work as a team toward a goal."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"You have to be willing and able to hear the word no, you must be persistent."
What don't you like about working at OfficeMax?
"The turnaround based on pressure and the economical effect on sales."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Be supportive in decision making and look at the economical effects on salary."
"Extremely good company to work for and for advancement. However corp company, which means can get lost in the shuffle."
What do you like about working at OfficeMax?
"The coworkers. The variety of products that are offered."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Be aggressive and show your determination. Must be a go-getter."
What don't you like about working at OfficeMax?
"More of a number than an employee. Large company."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Continue to provide advance opportunities for the employees. That continues to build trust."
Average Business Development Manager Ratings in the Past 2 Years
| Year | Salary |
|---|---|
| 2011 | $4 |
| 2012 | $5 |
"OfficeMax has been good to me and I have enjoyed the ride, but the growth potential for me is limited."
What do you like about working at OfficeMax?
"Opportunity and access to Fortune 500 customers. Enjoyed succeeding joining an organization that had zero technology business 14 years ago, and growing business to over $ 5 mil in mulitplie territories."
What don't you like about working at OfficeMax?
"Lost some of its local good culture feeling."
Average OfficeMax Attributes by Business Development Manager
"OfficMax pays low."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Dump MPS while you still have the chance."
"OfficeMax is all about OfficeMax, not their employees."
What do you like about working at OfficeMax?
"It was a great place to work in the 90's."
Do you have any tips for others interviewing with this company?
"Get a good salary! You will get screwed on you bonus. When I hit my sales numbers they would raise my quota the next month to make it harder to hit. Not the next year which I could understand, but the next month or the next quarter!!! When I was not hitting my numbers because they re-raised my Quota, they would say too bad, better luck next quarter! BAD business, OfficeMax. This info is from a rep who was a two time rep of the year for OfficeMax!"
What don't you like about working at OfficeMax?
"I don't feel they have a good Idea of how to compete in this market."
What suggestions do you have for management?
"Have realistic growth expectations, Stop setting goals that you know you can't hit. All this does is kill the spirit of your sales force when they get their check and they know they never had a shot at hitting their goals."
What do you like about working at OfficeMax?
"Care about employees."
What don't you like about working at OfficeMax?
"Boring."
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