[Recurring Poll:] [Serious] How much do you make a year?

[BoomerD]

that's the tough one, i'm almost never allowed to take 2 weeks off at a time

 

[Pohemi]

Damn...that sux. I can relate to most of it...but $15k?

Try 2/3 of that amount...

 

[brianmanahan]

 

[BoomerD]

hmmm...well, at least we've established that you're not underpaid or overworked...

 

[Tweak155]

Perks:
100% employer sponsored healthcare including dental vision (zero cost to employee for themselves & family)
6% unlimited 401K match up to $15K with no vesting period
$1000 home office stipend, $50/month cell phone reimbursement
100% remote work with limited to no required travel. Offices used to have catered lunches and well stocked snacks.

Comp varies year to year due to stock option sales and RSU vesting

I'm curious, how is "6% unlimited 401k match" and "up to $15k" compatible? I believe employer-allowed 401k contribution is near $50k, and personal max is almost $20k.

 

[zinfamous]

All I know is I get paid way too much to nef.

benies are really good, too!

 

[zinfamous]

that's the tough one, i'm almost never allowed to take 2 weeks off at a time

Well, why don't you just, you know, tell them "I'm not going to be here for these 2 weeks."

Deploy stance of dominance.

 

[zinfamous]

I'm curious, how is "6% unlimited 401k match" and "up to $15k" compatible? I believe employer-allowed 401k contribution is near $50k, and personal max is almost $20k.

I read that as "6% of salary contributed, no match, up to maximum of $15k (per year).

I think I have the same sort of deal (Actually, I don't know about a maximum here, or what it is, but I'm sure there is one. Otherwise, the same)

well, you're right..."unlimited" doesn't make much sense in that statement, but I just ignored it. maybe that means "regardless of salary," because some have limits on the total compensation that will qualify for an unmatched contribution, or any contribution.

when you think about it, contributing 6% of $500k salary to a maximum of $15k isn't really much of a benefit to the employee.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

I read that as "6% of salary contributed, no match, up to maximum of $15k (per year).

I think I have the same sort of deal (Actually, I don't know about a maximum here, or what it is, but I'm sure there is one. Otherwise, the same)

well, you're right..."unlimited" doesn't make much sense in that statement, but I just ignored it. maybe that means "regardless of salary," because some have limits on the total compensation that will qualify for an unmatched contribution, or any contribution.

when you think about it, contributing 6% of $500k salary to a maximum of $15k isn't really much of a benefit to the employee.

I've worked for... 3 mega companies (First was HP), and 1 semi-mega company now. All of them have only ever given me somewhere in the ballpark of 3-6% match based on my salary. Most often it's 4% or there-abouts.

So anything substantially higher that is mentioned here I can only imagine comes from tech companies in Silicon Valley type of thing. Either that or just in general a very high-up executive position with separate options than normal peasant positions.



Thankfully, my overall pay has increased enough for me to at least be able to max out my 401k + wifes +plenty of other investments, so I guess I can't complain too much.

 

[EliteRetard]

15K... Disability. It's a life... not quite sure what kind. Looking to find my own angle through Crypto (Edit: Without scamming anyone). Maybe I can hit it big somehow and be set for the rest of my life. That's the hope. Or that they vote in UBI, without making us all socialist slaves. Fat chance, I know. But then I could get a job without penalties, and (not have to) risk losing everything (just to get a day job). That is, if I could handle a job. I wouldn't mind WFH tech-support. I'm kind of a savant around PCs, but give me a menial day job, like McD's or grocery checkout clerk or what have you, and I would absolutely suck at it. I can't be on my feet for more than 10 minutes without severe back pain.

Edit: Oh yeah, as far as "perks". I get free healthcare, and reduced rent, and some food assistance. (The rest I supplement with some mining. It pays for food + gas for the month.)

Believe me, though, I'm envious of those of you with a "real job". I had one in my 20s, used to be a software developer. Could have been making the baller ATOT money, I was fairly good at it, in a "former life". Then the stupid disability hit me.

I know how that feels...
I bring in about the same $15k, but with no perks. I typically eat what other people throw away.

I also think UBI would be good, and it would actually motivate me to deal with a minimum wage job.
What's the point of working if your standard of living won't change? You work just to pay to go to work.

Washington just increased minimum to $13.50 or $28k/yr. + $1k UBI = $40k/yr, minus 35% for tax/medical.
I'd have some worthless medical that probably wont count for much, but also an upgrade to about $2.15k/month.

After the expenses for work, I'd probably have $800 more per month...enough to upgrade food or housing + savings.

 

[Brainonska511]

Decent pay and benefits. Nothing to really write home about. The main benefits for me are great people to work with, interesting work overall, and being fully remote for the last 2 years after starting out in the office for 1.5 years.

The 401k is definitely nothing to brag about... 2% match with a 3-year vesting period on the match. The only bright side was the option for decent low-cost index funds.

 

[Dr. Detroit]

I'm curious, how is "6% unlimited 401k match" and "up to $15k" compatible? I believe employer-allowed 401k contribution is near $50k, and personal max is almost $20k.

6% match up to a total of $15K
A person who makes $100K gets a $6K match if they contribute 6%
A person who makes $200K gets a $12K match if they contribute 6%
A person who makes $300K gets a $15K match if they contribute 6% as that's the maximum match.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

We should ask everyone how much that make annually PER POUND. Fat people will lose again!

 

[brianmanahan]

We should ask everyone how much that make annually PER POUND. Fat people will lose again!

our british friends will probably report their numbers in pounds per stone

 

[BarkingGhostar]

Agreed, only because they like smaller numbers, like their IQ.

 

[Zeze]

bump

 

[ponyo]

bump

why are you so nosy? We have like 10 members on this forum and I think most already commented.

 

[BurnItDwn]

ehh, i can put food on the table, and, probably could hire the naked lady to lay on the table that we could put the food on like in that one movie once in a while ...

Edit: Rising Sun, thats the movie I was thinking of!

 

[EliteRetard]

why are you so nosy? We have like 10 members on this forum and I think most already commented.

4.5 times each, as of this moment.

 

[deadlyapp]

$150+ Bonuses. In an average year should be around $200, in a bad year nothing, in an extremely good year can be up to ~$300.
Also have car allowance ($650/mo) and other perks
401k 75% match up to 6%

Wife and I also own a business, which is just barely now starting to turn profitable after ~1.5yr in operation

 

[snoopy7548]

$150+ Bonuses. In an average year should be around $200, in a bad year nothing, in an extremely good year can be up to ~$300.
Also have car allowance ($650/mo) and other perks
401k 75% match up to 6%

Wife and I also own a business, which is just barely now starting to turn profitable after ~1.5yr in operation

That's like third-world salary. $300/year? What is this? A salary for ants?

 

[Red Squirrel]

I thought the 100k thing was just an atot joke but it really does seem like almost everyone here makes at least 100k lol.

 

[Zeze]

I thought the 100k thing was just an atot joke but it really does seem like almost everyone here makes at least 100k lol.

Well, back when 100k thing started in 15 yrs ago, it was worth a lot more.

Probably like 150-175k by today's dollar.

 

[Zeze]

$150+ Bonuses. In an average year should be around $200, in a bad year nothing, in an extremely good year can be up to ~$300.
Also have car allowance ($650/mo) and other perks
401k 75% match up to 6%

Wife and I also own a business, which is just barely now starting to turn profitable after ~1.5yr in operation

what do you do for work, sounds delicious.

 

[Sonikku]

Damn...that sux. I can relate to most of it...but $15k?

I'm on SSI and am living on 10,440 a year. It's not that bad with a little sense. I live in subsidized housing that is rent and utilities and water for $245 a month and I get 20mpbs through spectrum from $15. I would like more speed, but the next tier up is $70 a month. I have access though, so it is enough. I don't eat very much and manage to buy anything I need with food stamps. And one of the saving graces of being so poor is I also get healthcare. I'm grateful for all of it and never take it for granted. Though I really worry for the future. The pillars that support us seem to be under constant assault by the powers that be. And it does not help that the majority of my fellow residents in my building who also owe their survival to these same programs are cheering them on.