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In reply to the discussion: Few working at Staples make a living wage. [View all]longship
(40,416 posts)16. For Christ sakes, you don't get it, do you.
Staples isn't the only company doing this shit. In retail, they all do it. In the service industry, they all do it. In case you haven't noticed, for a HS grad, that's about the extent of opportunity. Hell! Too damned many college grads are working at fucking Staples, because that's the extent of opportunities these days. What the fuck do you do with a BA in English if you didn't get an education endorsement? How about a bachelors in almost any field?
There are probably many MS and PhDs waiting tables.
Your response is off the rails.
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That's a temporary situation, right? This is a rough patch the person is going through?
Honeycombe8
Aug 2012
#49
Are you in Texas, Lone Star? I am, too. Where in Texas is the economy that bad?
Honeycombe8
Aug 2012
#58
That is not what I said. HE said there were lots of "ivy league" MBA degreed people were
Honeycombe8
Aug 2012
#142
when the economy is no longer based on good jobs, there won't be another good one for most people
CreekDog
Aug 2012
#82
It's always been hard for non-college educated people to get good paying jobs.
Honeycombe8
Aug 2012
#61
I'm a nurse. The waiting list for LPN classes was so long it was done away with. Same for RN classes
Heddi
Aug 2012
#86
Well, my my my. There is absolutely NO answer for anyone to get ahead besides someone giving
Honeycombe8
Aug 2012
#138
Only if you live in a place with large employers, like factories. It has ALWAYS been hard for
Honeycombe8
Aug 2012
#139
No, it hasn't *always" been hard, and union jobs could be had in the teamsters, on railroads, etc
Gormy Cuss
Sep 2012
#168
bullshit. my millworker uncle & his non-working wife supported 5 kids & bought a new car
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#97
it has gotten worse since reagan, immeasurably. at the time you thought it was temporary &
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#122
Your uncle was lucky enough to live in an area with a mill. You're thinking every place is like
Honeycombe8
Aug 2012
#144
I'm sorry...I don't see the chart comparing college degreed w/those w/no ed.
Honeycombe8
Sep 2012
#163
You didn't say "it's always been harder for non-college than college-educated." You said:
HiPointDem
Sep 2012
#171
Now it's hard for college grads to get jobs - is the answer more education???
reformist2
Aug 2012
#99
They have to take what they can get and hope for better days. Even if it's that shitty Staples job
MADem
Aug 2012
#65
Okay, so we finally get to go home tomorrow after being in free hotel rooms for 4 nights cause
blueamy66
Aug 2012
#129
So what you want is a minimum wage world and we should all set back and take the kind of business
jwirr
Aug 2012
#102
considering how much you complain about things here, and *children* chief among them...
CreekDog
Aug 2012
#77
Bix Box stores are turning ALL retailing jobs into crap... UNIONS are the only answer.
reformist2
Aug 2012
#5
With the internet, I am amazed we haven't seen a revival of unionization yet.
reformist2
Aug 2012
#38
40 years of people like that poster saying "it's your own fault! pick yourself up by your boot-
HiPointDem
Aug 2012
#125
Those big corporations make LOTS of money. But it's nice to know you are so supportive of them in
kestrel91316
Aug 2012
#108
Which is sad, growing up, our next door neighbor was Produce Manager at a local Safeway.
haele
Aug 2012
#100
I just checked, Staples has a profit of $920 million. If just 50% was shared by employees...
reformist2
Aug 2012
#15
Just because.......what? Just because they WORK? Just because they are the means by which the
kestrel91316
Aug 2012
#109
Their wages could be $10,000 higher, and Staples would still be hugely profitable.
reformist2
Aug 2012
#50
Obviously, minimum-wage laws protect against no paycheck. But treat profit-sharing as a bonus.
reformist2
Aug 2012
#32
That co. isn't doing well, I think. Those employees need to look elsewhere. nt
Honeycombe8
Aug 2012
#34
Where is that happening? And what did people w/MBAs do before the recession? nt
Honeycombe8
Aug 2012
#80
Stop bashing people and realize there aren't enough good paying jobs to go around.
reformist2
Aug 2012
#73
funny - I posted about a 70-80k office job with great benefits here 6 mos ago
dmallind
Sep 2012
#159
You don't understand. In this thread we have a Texas conservative and an Arizona conservative,
kestrel91316
Aug 2012
#113
When you address me, you are speaking to the working poor, the homeless, the uninsured...
Honeycombe8
Aug 2012
#153
My sister is in a nursing home on Medicaid, having had a stroke at a young age.
Honeycombe8
Aug 2012
#145
Nothing is ever "fine" in the short term. It takes years. It's not RW to DO something
Honeycombe8
Aug 2012
#152
We just hired several paralegals and a secretary. Jobs are hoppin' here in Dallas.
Honeycombe8
Aug 2012
#151
I used some of the responses, starting with the very first, to tune up and
coalition_unwilling
Aug 2012
#54
one wonders why they spend so much time with us when it's clear they don't think much of us
CreekDog
Aug 2012
#84
Corporations have record profits. They can afford to give their peon employees raises.
reformist2
Aug 2012
#95
So true. The more you think about what ordinary people do, the more equal you want pay to be.
reformist2
Aug 2012
#111