"Those jobs at Staples are middle class jobs."

[rufus dog]

So says Chuckie Todd on MTP.

So part time minimum wage jobs are now middle class.

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK!

[LonePirate]

1. He truly is an idiot.

[irisblue]

2. you live on minimum wage chuck n/t

[gateley]

3. He's become rarified himself. Out of touch. nt

[TwilightGardener]

4. I don't know how much they pay at Staples for full-time employees, but

considering it seems to be mostly college-age people working there, I doubt they pay much above mininum. Is middle class is being defined downward--if you HAVE any sort of job, I guess you're middle class?

[trumad]

5. The

Average wage at Staples is around 30 grand.

[rufus dog]

8. I see a lot of postings showing people make $10 to $11 per hour

Which would be low 20s per year IF they were full time jobs.

[tridim]

10. And no benefits.

People who are lucky enough to still have their pre-Bush recession jobs have no idea what it's really like out there.

[trumad]

17. My wife is a sales Director with Staples...

There is a huge back end to the corporation....inside sales...outside sales, etc.

Its not just retail sales at the stores.

[tridim]

6. Unfortunately he's right.

Non-living wage jobs are the new norm. If you can't live on the salary, that's your problem. Just occupy yourself trying to pull up those non-existent bootstraps.

[hobbit709]

16. The bootstraps are there. What these clowns forget to mention is that the boots are nailed

to the floor.

[BumRushDaShow]

7. Schmuck Todd does it again.

[snappyturtle]

9. Actually I think Chuckie is right although

a bit ahead of the times. If Staples jobs aren't the typical
middle class job today, they soon will be IF things don't
change.

[brewens]

11. Staples is another job killer. There were two full service office supplies stores in my town.

Both delivered. They merged and hung on for awhile. A buddy of mine worked there and was paid fairly well. Most of their people were paid lower middle class wages.

There is no way our local Staples has as many full time people paid as well. The manager is a friend of mine. I'll ask him the next time I see him.

[kestrel91316]

19. Staples and Office Depot have basically two kinds of jobs

at their stores: Box opener/shelf stocker and cashier. I'd be surprised if they pay over $10/hr. And they are almost certainly P/T with no benefits.

Oh, and the people that make copies and do the shipping, but those might all be UPS employees because they are a UPS outlet.

[marmar]

12. If we ever start an Oxygen Reclamation Project......

...... Chuck Todd will be among the first ordered to return it.

[geckosfeet]

13. Do not forget the whole corporate structure behind the retail outlets.

Lots of mid-level sales managers raking in $40 to 60k a year with maybe a $2k bonus. Rolling in that middle class dough!

[gulliver]

14. The people who work at Staples probably wish Romney...

...would stop using Staples as a political life preserver. Association with him can't be good for their business.

[DeathToTheOil]

15. HA! Good one!

[raouldukelives]

18. Down is the new up.

[TheKentuckian]

20. "Middle class" in America begins at one penny above the absurdly low poverty line

and extends to at least 20 or 30 times that and many would argue multiples of that.

[Initech]

21. Holy crap, they really don't care do they?

[City Lights]

22. Chuckie's birth name was "Corporate Toad."

"Chuck Todd" is his stage name.

[rox63]

23. The store jobs suck and pay lousy

But the management and corporate jobs pay pretty well. One of my friends has a sister who worked her way up from a low-level job, all the way to the director level. Last I heard, she was a national marketing director. And she started with them right out of college with a Art degree, doing store displays and signs.