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[-] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 74 points 2 weeks ago

That’s up there with refusing raises to avoid going up a tax bracket.

[-] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 28 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I will forgive people who were previously had a low enough income to have benefits that magically disappeared completely at a certain threshold when they received a raise for assuming that making too much money could be a negative. They generally never made enough to understand how tax brackets work and assumed the worst.

If it is explained to them and they refuse to learn, that is on them.

[-] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 10 points 2 weeks ago

Yes, that is something that really sucks.

Here in Ontario disability gets clawed back as soon as you stop making poverty wages, it’s disgusting.

[-] SqueakySpider@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 weeks ago

I believe the name is "benefit cliff" or something similar

[-] jonne@infosec.pub 5 points 1 week ago

Or the boss calling a cost of living adjustment a 'raise'. No, motherfucker, I'm just back to where I started.

[-] miss_demeanour@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

"If I work overtime, I make less!"
-- dumbfucks we've all worked with

[-] wise_pancake@lemmy.ca 9 points 2 weeks ago

I'm salary or contract, so working overtime is often just doing work without pay.

I'll do it every now and then to get things done, but I'm never going to make that my normal.

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