• ragebutt@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    16 days ago

    I used to be a supervisor at a psych hospital and had to regularly explain this to staff who were refusing overtime. They wanted to do it, sometimes desperately so because they needed the money, but they were utterly convinced that once they crossed 40 or 45k or whatever they would be taxed higher and make it all pointless. I felt like some just didn’t want to do ot, which was fine, but some legit keep meticulous records of their earnings to ensure they wouldn’t go over the line. I swore to them it didn’t work this way but they never believed me

    • thermal_shock@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      16 days ago

      Seen the same bullshit when I worked retail. Nothing will convince them.

      It’s easier to trick someone than it is to convince them they’re wrong.

      • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        16 days ago

        I wonder how different the planet would be if boomers had just been taught, from an early age, that it’s OK to be wrong.

        • thermal_shock@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          16 days ago

          I remember my mom saying something like “don’t believe what you see on tv and only half of what you read.” Yet here we are.

          • prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            16 days ago

            Yeah, I remember my parents teaching me a whole lot of shit that Fox News would call “woke” today. I’m just thankful that I grew up when I did, because if it were now I’d probably have died of measles.

      • jj4211@lemmy.world
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        15 days ago

        Would have to be mandated by workplace regulations, no company is going to voluntarily educate their employees that more money has no downside.

        I’ll also say this doesn’t help, it strangely avoids the actual numbers. It should state explicitly that his total taxes would be $1,600+$4,266+$2,827=$8692, and not $13200. Needs to include the scenarios specific results and contrasted with what the viewer would have assumed otherwise.