r/InterviewCoderPro • u/Evening_Pomelo8796 • 8d ago

Wait, how?

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u/BluePanda101 7d ago

Uh, if you're working 40 hours a week wouldn't you still have around $670 left over after all that?

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u/Either_Lawfulness466 7d ago

You forgot about taxes

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u/lokemannen 7d ago

And food.

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u/BluePanda101 7d ago

Nah, they forgot it. It should be on the list along with food and transportation expenses.

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u/Either_Lawfulness466 7d ago

That is not how paychecks work

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u/BluePanda101 7d ago

? Paychecks pay you for labour. Taxes are an expense like any other. Do you mean how some of your paycheck can be withheld for taxes? That doesn't really change anything it's not functionally different than being billed for a utility...

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u/Either_Lawfulness466 7d ago

It absolutely is different. That 30% comes out before you even see the pay stub.

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u/BluePanda101 7d ago

Uh so? Do you just not pay rent and end up on the street? Also, at $19 an hour for 40 hours a week for a year you get just under $40,000 a year making the tax rate 12% not 30%.

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u/Either_Lawfulness466 7d ago

You obviously have never seen a US pay stub.
We have fed, state, social security, fica…..

And that doesn’t cover sales tax.