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Unless it's essential to see facial expressions and engagement of your audience, I don't want to see your face. If i'm giving you your year end review, please turn it on so I can smile at your sadness.
i mean watch you appreciate my feedback.
One year, BIG BIOTECH was particularly good to us and it bumped us just over the next tax bracket. Totally fucked our tax and we went from being where we should be (breaking even EOY) to owing 10k. THAT was a hard one
You know that when you get bumped into the higher bracket, you only pay the increased tax rate for the amount in that bracket.Unless it's essential to see facial expressions and engagement of your audience, I don't want to see your face. If i'm giving you your year end review, please turn it on so I can smile at your sadness.
i mean watch you appreciate my feedback.
One year, BIG BIOTECH was particularly good to us and it bumped us just over the next tax bracket. Totally fucked our tax and we went from being where we should be (breaking even EOY) to owing 10k. THAT was a hard one
Everyone pays 12% on the fiirst $40K they make, then 22% on the next 40K or so. You wouldn't pay 22% on the first 80K.
Sometimes it sucks when it's below zero and I'm outside having to fix something, but it still seems better than the corporate hell you guys are all describing. 
Sometimes it sucks when it's below zero and I'm outside having to fix something, but it still seems better than the corporate hell you guys are all describing.
but I don't have to wear pants
i can make espresso whenever i wantSometimes it sucks when it's below zero and I'm outside having to fix something, but it still seems better than the corporate hell you guys are all describing.
Making a salary in my jammies while surfing Ridemonkey is the culmination of a lifelong dream.
I have arrived!
I have arrived!
i roll out of bed, stoke the fire & make coffee. i check RM before i check my email.
This is my experience with my company as well.
your membership card is in the mail.
This is a common misconception perpetuated by people who wish to demonize a progressive tax rate.
the increase likely made him ineligible for certain deductions as well.
but those phase out over a range. No sudden jumps that'd raise marginal rate on the last X dollars past 100% certainly.
Parroting pretty much what everyone else has already said: no big deal to turn the video off. I have everything from 1:1 meetings with my boss or the senior designer on my project, to our daily team meetings with ~20 people, up to massive 50+ person lunch and learns... and video is never mandatory. I tend to have video going on my weekly 1:1 meetings with my boss, but not generally anywhere else. Corporate culture differs from company to company, which may factor in to this. But my boss recently brought some insight to our team about "staying sane at work while WFH" during these Covid times and one thing mentioned was definitely don't be shy about turning that video off during meetings, sometimes you just need to dial it back some.
yep same.
The only people that turn on the cameras in our internal meetings are from Germany/Austria.
Or from Microsoft when they do their Teams training.
Other than that, cameras are off. Mine has a piece of tape over it, so even if I turn it on, diddly shit will be seen.
Ditto. Only time I'm on video is my 1-on-1. Otherwise I find it unnecessary and distracting.
Also, yes to mute. At all times except when actively speaking. Nobody needs to hear you mouth breathing, typing, fiddling with your mic, or whatever other background noise is going on.
but when you combine that with a jupm in bracket it's more noticeable.
well, @Sandwich is technically an idiot so there's that.
Thank you for the info on tax brackets. What actually happened was that we forgot a W2 in our initial filing and had to refile with it. That income pushed us into another tax bracket. So, I thought it was because we moved up a bracket, but I guess it was more likely because we didn't have the correct withholdings...or something. if you tax addicts want to explain, I'm all ears...this is why I pay somebody else to do it- I'd rather focus on bike parts.
Nobody ever turns their cameras on for this company, exception being my boss's weekly staff meeting. Otherwise, video stays off. Microphones are all muted too unless you are speaking. With everyone working from home, there's a lot of background noise. For me, that noise is the CAT insisting on being heard, and whatever movie I have on in the background.
About a hundred pounds of ice just offloaded from the roof into the driveway. Glad I wasn't walking or driving past at the time.
Yes, sounds like a withholding problem. With the brackets one will never have the situation where the extra dollar earned doesn't result in less than, say, 65 cents being ultimately as income. (State tax may take away up to an extra 10%, sure, but marginal rate never approaches 100% or exceeds it as is the implication of "muh brackets jumped" statements.)
yeah, i'd say the more people, the fewer videos on.
70* and sunny ride was excellent and needed. might repeat tomorrow.
70* and sunny ride was excellent and needed. might repeat tomorrow.
@Sandwich
The way to look at this is stacking your paid tax dollars. Let's say your household income is $200k, filed joint.
Stack 1: $19,750*10% = $1,975
Stack 2: ($80,250-19,750)*12% = $7,260
Stack 3: ($171,050-80,250)*22%= $19,976
Stack 4: ($200,000-171,050)*24%= $6,948
Your total taxes (not including deductions) would be $36,159 or 18% effective rate.
The way to look at this is stacking your paid tax dollars. Let's say your household income is $200k, filed joint.
Stack 1: $19,750*10% = $1,975
Stack 2: ($80,250-19,750)*12% = $7,260
Stack 3: ($171,050-80,250)*22%= $19,976
Stack 4: ($200,000-171,050)*24%= $6,948
Your total taxes (not including deductions) would be $36,159 or 18% effective rate.
Fuck deductions nonsense.
I preferred the UK, where you didn't have to file anything unless you were running a business...
I preferred the UK, where you didn't have to file anything unless you were running a business...
I'm with this guy...
mine comes off in metric units of mass at a time
no judging, but I am sure you are a cute couple.
Agree. You wanted kids? Good on you, pay their full price. You wanted a house on mtge? Congratulations, you pay the full amt. We both make $xx/yr. Just because you decided to go into debt and breed doesn't mean I should pay the govt more. If anything (in Libertarian land) YOU should pay more because I'm not paying for kids in public school.
nice
Thats why I am going to buy a flycraft stealth