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Re:Zynga Lays Off 15% of Its Workforce by sureshv on Thursday January 30, 2014 @06:36PM (#7154159)
Payroll taxes (7.5%) plus benefits - not personal income tax which is deducted from the employee's paycheck.
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Re:Zynga Lays Off 15% of Its Workforce by chiph on Thursday January 30, 2014 @06:49PM (#7154227)
Healthcare costs are the rest. The figures I've heard through the years is 50% over salary for benefits.
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Re:Zynga Lays Off 15% of Its Workforce by silverbax88 on Friday January 31, 2014 @08:32AM (#7156538)
It's nowhere near that for most companies.
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