https://nypost.com/2021/11/05/waitress-says-she-made-1-cent-in-6-weeks-at-restaurant-job/

@VolcelPolice you can send me to horny jail now.

      • tails__miles_prower [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        Which is funny because they tried so hard to defend the pay. Though it looks like they gave up halfway .

        I cant help but to laugh at the idea that this person. Just imagining they were pulling out the arsenal of excuses while writing this. Then realizing the horror halfway. None of them can be applied to in this case. But they had a deadline and needed to turn in something. So he threw a bunch of comments at the end to make it look longer hoping no one would notice.

      • star_wraith [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Yeah the idea is to try and demean her in order to try and invalidate her point.

  • Snackuleata [any]
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    3 years ago

    Tip your servers

    Or you could make your employer tip you more. Permanently.

  • Kanna [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    This is about the pay issues with servers why are you being weird about this

  • invalidusernamelol [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Residuals!

    Love me paychecks that are for less than the cost of the paper they're printed on.

  • VolcelPolice [any]
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    3 years ago

    Officers are on their way, stay where you are :volcel-judge:

  • pppp1000 [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Why did NYPost use those images in their article? Wtf is wrong with them.

  • Mardoniush [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    So...how does this work? Here (Aus) there's a minimum taxable income of about 18k a year. Then you have a progressive income tax at a fairly low percentage and a medicare levy. Definitely wouldn't come to more than 30% of income.

    That's before substantial low-income tax credits, though you don't get that back until the end of the year.

    Did she make a bunch more earlier in the year? Does the USA just have flat taxes?

    • Parzivus [any]
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      3 years ago

      99% sure that either the article or the waitress is wrong, that's definitely not how taxes work in the US either

    • emizeko [they/them]
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      3 years ago

      FTA:

      The federal minimum wage for tipped employees across the United States is $2.13 an hour. However, in Tennessee, federal, Social Security and Medicare taxes are deducted from earned income. That left Liny with a measly $0.01 from her employer.

      • Mardoniush [she/her]
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        3 years ago

        Yes, I can read. But traditionally its deducted as a percentage of earned income. a 20% tax rate above the threshold, a 10% superannuation contribution, 2% medicare levy etc.

        Trying to work out how someone on minimum wage is paying a 99.99% Tax rate on those combined levys, unless they're flat dollar amounts. The math simply doesn't work out.