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Paycheck rule (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 year ago by nifty@lemmy.world to c/196
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[-] StoneGender 212 points 1 year ago

Always talk about your pay. It's better for everyone

[-] Asafum@feddit.nl 33 points 1 year ago

Employer: We fired Asafum for disobedience and poor conduct. (No mention whatsoever of retaliation for discussing pay.)

I was told when I was hired that they would fire anyone discussing pay. We work in a factory, there is no such thing as email proof when you're a meat machine with no email.

[-] Sethayy@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago

Single party recording consent laws if you're lucky

[-] StoneGender 4 points 1 year ago

Well depending where you work that could have been illegal. This is where unions come in. I'm sorry to hear of such mistreatment my friend. I was also forced out of a job for talking about wages

[-] Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago

I did that at my first job. I got docked pay for it. I didn't mind, the others used it to leverage for more.

[-] Wilzax@lemmy.world 63 points 1 year ago

Food pantry time

[-] gearheart@lemm.ee 20 points 1 year ago

In addition to this way too many people I know are receiving SSI disability checks on top of that. 😅 I got folks on oxygen and walkers that get less SSI then a bunch of 20 year olds I know.

[-] Maggoty@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

The entire SSI/SSDI system is fucked. It's arbitrary and unnecessarily complex. Linking disability benefits to time worked is also cruel and arbitrary to younger workers who become disabled. And especially to people who never have the chance to build a work history at all. Then the idea that it has to be capped to an even outcome instead of a livable floor plus medical expenses...

That last part might just be why the younger people get paid more. They have less assets that count against the monthly pay.

But there is one thing SSI/SSDI have in common. The pay drops in step with money earned. So if you go get a job then you're not going to get much of an SSI check, if any at all. And SSDI can be outright revoked for working.

[-] fishbone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 1 year ago

I find this hard to believe. I'd be curious to hear roughly how many people you know that are on disability.

For those unaware, social security is extremely strict with earned income affecting benefits. It's also incredibly difficult to start getting disability benefits, even with mountains of documentation and medical records. It's quite common to have to appeal a case multiple times, and it often takes years for people to be approved.

[-] iheartneopets@lemm.ee 18 points 1 year ago

The trick is that they are working another job, and their partner is probably working two as well 🙃

[-] Dorkyd68@lemmy.world 13 points 1 year ago

They aren't. Your coworkers are making more. Talk about pay with coworkers as you may be getting screwed

[-] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago

My kiddo is just a toddler, but in our VHCOL area, at this age the only thing that really matters is childcare expenses. If we had family/grandparents taking care of them, the additional cost would be pretty minimal, in the scheme of things.

The max contribution to dependent FSA (tax free account for daycare) is a joke, less than 2mo of care.

The material things we've needed probably amount to less than one month of daycare expenses (diapers notwithstanding).

Saving for college, on the other hand...

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