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Article #6596Re: fast-track failures
From: Shari L Brooks
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 05:41
Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 05:41
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In article <1992Dec29.164256.18889@murdoch.acc.Virginia.EDU>
rbw3q@rayleigh.mech.Virginia.EDU (Brad Whitehurst) writes:
>In article <ewright.725152007@convex.convex.com> ewright@convex.com (Edward
>V. Wright) writes:
>>You think a typical engineer earns $100,000 a year?
>>
>>I want to work for your company!
> By the time you also pay for FICA, pension, benefits, and
>overhead, a $50,000 engineer can easily cost a company double his base
>pay! BTW, Ed, I ALSO help do the budgeting for my lab, so before you
>ask, yes, I have some experience in this!
Wow, your lab pays for FICA? I'm impressed. It takes up about a third
of *my* salary, when combined with income taxes. Right out of my pay.
I was under the impression it came out of everyone's pay, that that was
the idea behind "Social Security".
--
If you blow fire against the wind, take care to not get the smoke in your eyes.
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--------> shari brooks <-------- | brooks@windee.arc.nasa.gov
The above opinions are solely my own.
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