Gautam Mukunda wrote:
Without commenting on my own salary, I would point out
that between the various taxes and government-mandated
deductions in my salary, I end up paying 42% to the
government. That's _before_ I deduct for my 401K and
things like that.
I'm trying to remember what 401K is.
K. Feete wrote:
I'm trying to remember what 401K is.
A 401K is a retirement package. An employee invests some
set percentage of her salary each pay period into one or
more stock market or bond funds. The employer often matches
the employee's investment in those funds, which helps a lot.
Nick Arnett wrote:
And a note on salaries, professionals, etc. There's at least one very large
exception to the pattern of professional hours and salaries we're been
talking about -- aerospace, where even the engineers are unionized. That
always seems strange to me -- very well-educated,
Gautam Mukunda wrote:
Hi Ticia,
Thanks, I, umm, think. I don't think my energy levels
are anything out of the ordinary, actually. If you're
interested, my normal weekday schedule looks something
like:
5:45 - wake up (Definitely the worst part of my day)
6:15 - go to the gym
7:45 - get back
Gautam Mukunda wrote:
Without commenting on my own salary, I would point out
that between the various taxes and government-mandated
deductions in my salary, I end up paying 42% to the
government. That's _before_ I deduct for my 401K and
things like that. I also live in Manhattan. Despite
the
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Foreigners here complain about how hard it is to
get to know
people, as coworkers hardly every socialize outside work (and
when they do,
it's a work-related outing); you have to make
Ticia wrote:
Nick Arnett wrote:
On the other hand, I can report from experience that, much like Japan,
visiting on business is a real treat from the standpoint of socializing.
You folks really take care of your visitors. Very much as in Japan, it's
the foreign residents who tend to
...
some of whom practically work to rule.
work to rule?
Work to rule is a thing that labor unions do when they're bargaining, but
not ready to strike. They'll start obeying every little rule, whether or
not it is practical. One of those rules often says that nobody can be
forced to work
--- Ticia Luengo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Am I reading this right? This guy works up to 80 hr
a week and *still* has
time to read a ton of books, watch games and movies,
worry about being
single in NY, and write such long and elaborate
emails from the office at
9.30 pm???
At 07:14 15-11-2002 -0800, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
That adds up to 67.5 hours at the office
That just cannot be healthy. Ther are people in this country too that have
a schedule not unlike yours -- but those are the kind of people who have an
ulcer by the time they turn 40, and have an heart
5 figures a month would mean a minimum of $120K a
year, right? I thought
that was not all that unusual at McKinsey. Now that
I know that, I guess
I should have more sympathy for McKinsey employees
:-)
Erik Reuter [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well, I am the lowest of the low here...
Gautam
J. van Baardwijk wrote:
At 07:14 15-11-2002 -0800, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
I don't get overtime, Jeroen, so that doesn't help much :-)
Wow, your salary is *that* high? It is pretty much standard over here that
in certain jobs (typically in higher management) you do not get paid
overtime,
At 09:58 15-11-2002 -0800, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
5 figures a month would mean a minimum of $120K a year, right? I
thought that was not all that unusual at McKinsey. Now that I know
that, I guess I should have more sympathy for McKinsey employees :-)
Well, I am the lowest of the low here...
J. van Baardwijk wrote:
At 09:58 15-11-2002 -0800, Gautam Mukunda wrote:
5 figures a month would mean a minimum of $120K a year, right? I
thought that was not all that unusual at McKinsey. Now that I know
that, I guess I should have more sympathy for McKinsey employees :-)
Well,
Erik Rueter wrote:
5 figures a month would mean a minimum of $120K a year, right? I thought
that was not all that unusual at McKinsey. Now that I know that, I guess
I should have more sympathy for McKinsey employees :-)
Ye gods, but that is an obscene amount of money.
Brings up a point of
Erik Rueter wrote:
5 figures a month would mean a minimum of $120K a
year, right? I thought
that was not all that unusual at McKinsey. Now that
I know that, I guess
I should have more sympathy for McKinsey employees
:-)
Ye gods, but that is an obscene amount of money.
Brings up a
--- Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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You don't get overtime for almost any profession in
the US, so far as I know. My parents (a physicist
and an engineer) don't either.
When I was doing locum tenens (sort of a Kelly Girl
doctor, i.e. via an agency) I did get overtime for
hours
A lot of jobs are salaried and not hourly. I don't know how it is
across the board, but in Texas, to have a salaried job, it needs to be
either managerial or require a degree (or special skills equivalent to
having a degree); I think there's one other criteria that could be met
instead, but I
K. Feete wrote:
but practically I think the going wage
for a trained herdsman is 15-20k.
Er, is that not a lot?
Kat Money? What's that? Feete
It really depends on where and how you live,
but around here, that will get you an
apartment (with roomates), a used car, and
enough finances
To compensate they gave me extra time off, illegal at that time, then a
few weeks later made me salaried.
Kevin T.
Duh. I meant hourly.
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At 05:19 PM 11/15/02, Deborah Harrell wrote:
When I was a resident, we calculated our hourly rate
and found it was something between $2-5/hr, depending
on how many hours we worked that week, so we *were*
paid less than the janitors!
I dunno how much the custodial personnel at school get paid,
At 04:56 PM 11/15/02, Deborah Harrell wrote:
--- Gautam Mukunda [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
snip
You don't get overtime for almost any profession in
the US, so far as I know. My parents (a physicist
and an engineer) don't either.
When I was doing locum tenens (sort of a Kelly Girl
doctor, i.e.
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