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| nctnico:
--- Quote from: james_s on August 20, 2022, 07:14:56 pm --- --- Quote from: nctnico on August 20, 2022, 04:05:13 pm --- --- Quote from: paulca on August 20, 2022, 01:53:50 pm --- --- Quote from: madires on August 20, 2022, 01:23:50 pm ---Salery? Shouldn't it be called compensation for personal suffering? >:D --- End quote --- Your not far off the mark with that. Often you just get called in and given a pay rise. When you ask why, they say, the market is changing, we want to keep you. It's pro-active retention "pay increases to remain competitive in the market and limit attrition". Take a look at what the new startups in town are paying while poaching staff and bump the employees you want to keep close to that figure. I once openly referred to it (my end of year bonus), as "danger pay" and got a wry smile out of the senior delivery manager of understanding, and then asked not to call it that. --- End quote --- The way out is to become self employed. No more office BS and politics to deal with. But usually you still get invited to BBQs and Christmas dinners. --- End quote --- That's much harder in the USA than it is in other parts of the world as our healthcare is mostly employer provided. Getting health insurance as a self employed individual is exorbitantly expensive, as in >$1k/mo. It's definitely an aspect of our system that I'm not fond of. --- End quote --- But how about taxes? What kind of income tax percentage are you looking at? Health care insurance ain't cheap over here either... The bottom line may not be better at this side of the big pond. |
| KaneTW:
--- Quote from: james_s on August 20, 2022, 07:14:56 pm --- That's much harder in the USA than it is in other parts of the world as our healthcare is mostly employer provided. Getting health insurance as a self employed individual is exorbitantly expensive, as in >$1k/mo. It's definitely an aspect of our system that I'm not fond of. --- End quote --- Similar in Germany. Here the employer and employee each pay half. If you're self-employed, your bill is double (i pay ~$600/mo + $1200/year deductible for example in private health insurance; govt would be even more expensive (~$900) for worse service). |
| nctnico:
--- Quote from: KaneTW on August 20, 2022, 09:41:32 pm --- --- Quote from: james_s on August 20, 2022, 07:14:56 pm --- That's much harder in the USA than it is in other parts of the world as our healthcare is mostly employer provided. Getting health insurance as a self employed individual is exorbitantly expensive, as in >$1k/mo. It's definitely an aspect of our system that I'm not fond of. --- End quote --- Similar in Germany. Here the employer and employee each pay half. If you're self-employed, your bill is double (i pay ~$600/mo + $1200/year deductible for example in private health insurance; govt would be even more expensive (~$900) for worse service). --- End quote --- Typically you make sure to charge your customer enough. In the end an employer will also need to charge their customer to pay for the health insurance. |
| KaneTW:
--- Quote from: nctnico on August 20, 2022, 10:51:04 pm --- --- Quote from: KaneTW on August 20, 2022, 09:41:32 pm --- --- Quote from: james_s on August 20, 2022, 07:14:56 pm --- That's much harder in the USA than it is in other parts of the world as our healthcare is mostly employer provided. Getting health insurance as a self employed individual is exorbitantly expensive, as in >$1k/mo. It's definitely an aspect of our system that I'm not fond of. --- End quote --- Similar in Germany. Here the employer and employee each pay half. If you're self-employed, your bill is double (i pay ~$600/mo + $1200/year deductible for example in private health insurance; govt would be even more expensive (~$900) for worse service). --- End quote --- Typically you make sure to charge your customer enough. In the end an employer will also need to charge their customer to pay for the health insurance. --- End quote --- In the end it's the same sum. I don't know why it's split like that in the first place, probably weird tax reasons. |
| pcprogrammer:
To add on to the madness, a little bit off topic, the wife just read somewhere that even the fairy tale snowwhite is under the magnifying glass of political correctness and #metoo movement because "the prince did not ask if he may kiss her" :-DD |
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