Why I want to work at enterprise despite reading this board

Originally Posted by TonyClifton

I worked in a rural area and left about a year ago. I believe they promised at least 31k/year to start. I was working 50-55 hour weeks and after taxes and medical/dental, etc I would clear around 900 every 2 weeks. Breaking it down, I was clearing about 8 bucks and change per hour.

Luckily I left when I was offered a job that paid much better.

yep, after medical about $911 every two weeks
i know laborers who make more, a lot more

Originally Posted by FridayUnregistered

$911 bi-weekly? I agree with another poster. That number doesn't sound right at all. Not for an admittedly small rural town. I can buy that figure in a big city, like NYC or San Francisco or LA, but not Smalltown, USA. But hey, who am I? I'm just a former employee. I don't know what the taxes are like where you are from. Times do change. Good luck regardless!

Don't know what to tell you. This wasn't something a recruiter told me. I accepted the position and I'm looking right at the paper in black and white. I'm required to sign it and the quoted figure is $911 bi-weekly and said I would get time and a half for every hour worked over 40 (figure for overtime is around $17.80 an hour).

Hey work me 55 hours a week. For those 15 extra I'll make $267.

Originally Posted by shook

Don't know what to tell you. This wasn't something a recruiter told me. I accepted the position and I'm looking right at the paper in black and white. I'm required to sign it and the quoted figure is $911 bi-weekly and said I would get time and a half for every hour worked over 40 (figure for overtime is around $17.80 an hour).

Hey work me 55 hours a week. For those 15 extra I'll make $267.

that $911 biweekly is before taxes
figure after taxes and medical ins ($25 every pay period)
you're looking to take home around $650
with overtime, figure another few hundred dollars which will total up at around 900-950 after taxes every two weeks...argue with those that know if you like, but it is what it is.
gurantee that your peers are making more working less

[Robert]

Originally Posted by dubsac

yep, after medical about $911 every two weeks
i know laborers who make more, a lot more

thats under the table though

Originally Posted by Robert

thats under the table though

laborers union scale is 19 per hour plus bennies and pension
carpenters about $7 more
plumbers about $9 more
electrical guys $10-15 more

so yes being in trades as a laborer pays more than BM, sadly

Originally Posted by parameino

laborers union scale is 19 per hour plus bennies and pension
carpenters about $7 more
plumbers about $9 more
electrical guys $10-15 more

so yes being in trades as a laborer pays more than BM, sadly

and robert being in vegas i bet these numbers are higher
good construction economy

Originally Posted by parameino

that $911 biweekly is before taxes
figure after taxes and medical ins ($25 every pay period)
you're looking to take home around $650
with overtime, figure another few hundred dollars which will total up at around 900-950 after taxes every two weeks...argue with those that know if you like, but it is what it is.
gurantee that your peers are making more working less

I never said that was anything but my gross. Obviously the figure they quote me doesn't take them into effect as I have yet to fill out my W4.

What job do you take where they quote you your take home "after taxes"?

How much of the U.S. economy is under the table wages?

Today I will start drinking water instead of diet coke. A friend of my lost 10 pound in two weeks. The salads and fruits they have at Wendy's are also good for lunch.