Difficult for a job ad to have a red flag in every sentence, but not impossible apparently.
@timClicks Sooo, they pay like 20k€ / month, right? So one can save up for inevitable burnout and therapist expenses.
@shine @timClicks the ad says "$80-$120k", and I'd presume this means one is going to be a contractor and pay all the taxes yourself.
So for Germany, this is probably an equivalent of 65-95k€ per year in salary (maybe 57-85k if this US billionaire does not pay for vacations)... which reminds me of that one company, you know which one
@IngaLovinde @shine @timClicks In the US at that rate you are also taxed at nearly 40 percent.
@shram86 @IngaLovinde @shine @timClicks in the US if you are single and have no dependents you would pay a 16% effective rate on $120k of wage income. Health insurance premiums should be added to that to compare apples to apples with other developed countries.
@joeld @shram86 @shine @timClicks I'm not comparing between countries though.
The billionaire is looking for Java engineers in Europe, for $80-120k of presumably contractor money (otherwise the sum would be quoted in euros), so I'm comparing it with European salaries. If an engineer in Germany would sign a non-employment contract with said billionaire for $80-120k, that would be roughly equivalent to them signing an employment contract with a local company for 65-95k€ (or 57-85k€ if the quoted amount does not include typical 5-6 weeks of vacation).
This is more on a low side in Germany, and that's not even counting that they won't be protected by labor law.
So this incredible offer sounds like a joke in EU (in Germany at least; i'd imagine in other western European countries too).
I don't know if that's an okay salary in US, or what net income would it imply in US. I don't think it's relevant, because job and seems to be for Europe.
@IngaLovinde @shram86 @shine @timClicks sure ok. I was more responding to the claim of 40% tax directly above me. FWIW this would be a laughably low offer in the US as well for the position described.
@joeld @shram86 regarding taxes, FWIW, the salary of 60k€/year (more of an entry or medium-level for developers here in Germany, depending on the specific location), would cost the employer around 72k€/year, and would net the worker around 3050-3450€ a month (depending on the bunch of things). That's take-home sum, after statutory health insurance (which covers dependents as well), after social security contributions, after unemployment and accident insurance, after typical 5-6 weeks of vacation per year (legal minimum is 4 weeks), and with typical legal labor protections (of which there aren't much in Germany on non-union jobs, but still there are some: e.g. overwork is somewhat limited, they cannot just fire you unless there is a reason (layoffs can be one) _and_ they warn you in advance, etc).