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re: My $15.00/hour job just got replaced.

Posted on 3/11/21 at 1:42 pm to
Posted by tigahbruh
Louisiana
Member since Jun 2014
2858 posts
Posted on 3/11/21 at 1:42 pm to


At least it gets some funny shite out there, I guess.
Posted by Antonio Moss
Baton Rouge
Member since Mar 2006
48331 posts
Posted on 3/11/21 at 1:48 pm to
quote:

Is this supposed to upset me?


It doesn't upset me, but . . .


quote:

Why not learn how to build this stoplight



Only takes one engineer to design and create this.

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or work at the factory that builds them?


All machines

So basically one person created a machine that can replace 100s of people.

Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
119559 posts
Posted on 3/11/21 at 1:52 pm to
You really should stop.
Posted by lowhound
Effie
Member since Aug 2014
7585 posts
Posted on 3/11/21 at 1:53 pm to
quote:

$700/wk per diem


You really thing the guy holding the flag on the side of the road is getting per diem
Posted by FLTech
the A
Member since Sep 2017
12789 posts
Posted on 3/11/21 at 1:54 pm to
somebody gotta pay for the Popeyes
Posted by Plantworker79
Convent
Member since Jun 2019
26 posts
Posted on 3/11/21 at 1:57 pm to
No, they don’t. Stop lying. I make $50 an hour and barely clear 3k biweekly. I sir are an idiot
Posted by Plantworker79
Convent
Member since Jun 2019
26 posts
Posted on 3/11/21 at 1:58 pm to
That’s not take home u moron
Posted by Demshoes
Up in here
Member since Aug 2015
10224 posts
Posted on 3/11/21 at 1:58 pm to
quote:

Kroger announced Wednesday it would close three more of its stores in Los Angeles after the city passed a “hero pay” ordinance mandating a $5 pay bump for grocery and pharmacy workers.


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roger says its Ralphs and Food 4 Less associates in Los Angeles already earn $18 an hour. With health care and pension benefits, their total compensation comes to $24 an hour, according to Kroger.


fricking idiots. More money for some and substantially more people being forced out of jobs because of this.

Kroger To Close 3 Stores In Los Angeles In Response To Approval Of ‘Hero Pay’ Mandate
Posted by Buzzed
#1 NIC
Member since Nov 2020
623 posts
Posted on 3/11/21 at 1:59 pm to
quote:

You really thing the guy holding the flag on the side of the road is getting per diem




I know it as fact. I was kinda blown away by it myself. Makes me look at flaggers completely differently now. Dude is holding a flag and laughing all the way to the bank.

This is Texas oil field flaggers.
Posted by kywildcatfanone
Wildcat Country!
Member since Oct 2012
119559 posts
Posted on 3/11/21 at 2:00 pm to
I'm shocked anyone would pay you that much.
Posted by billjamin
Houston
Member since Jun 2019
12663 posts
Posted on 3/11/21 at 2:05 pm to
quote:

This is Texas oil field flaggers.


That's an incredibly small segment of the traffic control industry. 99.9999% of them don't make anywhere near that.
Posted by SuperSaint
Sorting Out OT BS Since '2007'
Member since Sep 2007
140462 posts
Posted on 3/11/21 at 2:09 pm to
quote:

legit clear $6k/month at $15/hr + per diem.
must suck being a poor
Posted by RobbBobb
Matt Flynn, BCS MVP
Member since Feb 2007
27972 posts
Posted on 3/11/21 at 2:22 pm to
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or work at the factory that builds them?

Because China is actually pretty racist, so they wouldnt hire him over there
Posted by Buzzed
#1 NIC
Member since Nov 2020
623 posts
Posted on 3/11/21 at 2:28 pm to
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That’s not take home u moron


Yeah. It is.

1700/wk gross.
1480ish/week goes in the bank after taxes.
Posted by Ed Osteen
Member since Oct 2007
57531 posts
Posted on 3/11/21 at 2:32 pm to
quote:

Oil field flaggers legit clear $6k/month at $15/hr + per diem.


might want to check your math there chief
Posted by Notnac
Vidalia
Member since Nov 2020
881 posts
Posted on 3/11/21 at 2:32 pm to
Did OP figure out the cow dilemma??
Posted by Buzzed
#1 NIC
Member since Nov 2020
623 posts
Posted on 3/11/21 at 2:36 pm to
quote:

might want to check your math there chief



You can find the math worked out a few posts up.
Posted by X123F45
Member since Apr 2015
27497 posts
Posted on 3/11/21 at 2:38 pm to
quote:

$15 x 40 = $600
$22.50 x 20 = $450 OT
$700/wk per diem

$1750 per week
$7000 per month.

Take out taxes, $6k/month


I lose 28% in taxes and pay at the end of the year.

What am I doing wrong?
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
Member since Oct 2011
75703 posts
Posted on 3/11/21 at 2:40 pm to
Someone making $70k pays more than 15% tax
Posted by GreenRockTiger
vortex to the whirlpool of despair
Member since Jun 2020
42469 posts
Posted on 3/11/21 at 2:41 pm to
quote:

Take out taxes, $6k/month


And to think I wasted my time getting a masters degree ...
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