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Re:Wage suppression – not stagnation – is costing workers $1... by jandrewrogers on Friday November 03, 2023 @04:13PM (#38134375)
The overhead costs of highly paid employees in the US are something like 25-50% of the wage. $200/hr gross will pencil out at $1xx/hr received.
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Re:Wage suppression – not stagnation – is costing workers $1... by kube-system on Friday November 03, 2023 @04:17PM (#38134431)
Depends on the company. I have seen people making $40k/yr being billed out between $180-210/hr... about $20/hr for the employee after PTO.
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