Stuff and FUCKERY.

[obliviousally_lj]

Y'know, the fact that I'm making $9.30 an hour and working roughly 64 hours every two weeks (32 hours a week) and I'm not even clearing $400 with my paychecks is REALLY starting to piss me the motherfuck off.

My check was $388 today.

Now, let me do some math here.

32 - one week
+ 29 - two week
- 8 - absent day
x 9.30 - hourly
______________
= $492 - roughly

Okay? So, of course, taxes need a cut. Same equation as above, but at an $8.00 pay rate an hour instead of $9.30 would still be over $400.

So I'm just a LITTLE PISSED.

Sure, I claim 0 on my taxes, so I get it all back come refund time. But this is fucking absurd. I can't recall taxes being THIS fucking much.

So, I'll have to investigate and, possibly, claim 1 or 2 on my W2s, then. Because this is just getting absurd.

Comments

[keeperofdreams.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I'd check and see if hours aren't missing from somewhere or if someone in payroll isn't dicking you over, be it accident or not.

Damnit, I like having monies!

[farelle-moon.livejournal.com]

I'm going to agree. Taxes seem like they are a lot more now a days. I discovered that for every $1 I spend it's roughly 10c in taxes. It's freaking me out!

I remember working 32 hours a week for $10.80 and not breaking $500. O_O

[tixen.livejournal.com]

You should see higher tax brackets. They suck.

I make about $1,800 a check before taxes, but I only ever see $1,200 of that.

[advienga.livejournal.com]

I made $112 for one week of work. They took out $68 for taxes. That leaves me with a $44 paycheck. THEY TOOK OUT MORE THAN HALF OF MY FREAKING MONEY.

I am seething with you, yes yes >=(

[lobar.livejournal.com]

I'm almost positive that you could claim 1 on your W2 and still end up with a refund when you file.

[trigem.livejournal.com]

This is why I work under the table, can't track it, and well, fuck the stupid system. When I worked at Doctor Browns back in 1998 full time, I pulled in 50+ hours a week at 15$ an hour. I'd barely clear 600$ every two weeks cause of stupid taxes. I also got DICK back at the end of the year, MAYBE like 700$?

So yeah I prefer to keep it under the eyes of old Sam, cause he's a greedy bitch, and it all goes to waste anyways.