[QbCp7LaZ]

HEY! You dont need to concern yourself with that, you just worry about trying to be more like EAG! k thnx

Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story!

Still play L4D2?

[awagsFare]

Don't let the truth get in the way of a good story!

Still play L4D2?

Here and there....

Well, the way taxes work unfortunately, if you end up getting a certain amount of extra money, you'll sometimes get charged a higher percent of taxes because when they figure out how much in income taxes to take out, they only look at how much was on this paycheck and assume you make that much every pay. If you made that much more on every single pay, it may bump you into the next higher tax bracket, and so that's why they take out more, although you'll end up getting a little of that extra money back at the end of the year to make up for it if you get a refund, because you won't actually make that much at the end of the year. Ive always been on hourly wages and I used to get paid every week and I would have like 10 hours if not more of OT on my check and it didnt seem like they took that many taxes as they do now that Im paid bi weekly. Either way I better get a fkn good refund.

Ohh and Will, I dont work for an American company, I work for a Danish company which is why Im on hourly and I prefer it that way. K? [dots] dont ask why thats just the way it is!!

[BgpOoGI2]

What kind of engineer gets paid hourly in the US?

I'm an engineering contractor...I get paid hourly. Quite honestly, I'm not sure I would want to be salaried where I am. Half of the R&D team are contractors, half are full-time right now. 3 out of 4 of the full-time engineers on our team pretty much work non-stop. Nights at home, weekends, on vacation, they're working. The other guy seems to be a bit more sane, and tends to leave his laptop at work when he leaves for the night (smart move IMO). Us contractors on the other hand, work 40 hours per week, and that's about it. I actually wouldn't mind getting some OT, but they don't want to pay for it, so...

[berdyanskdotsu]

What kind of engineer gets paid hourly in the US?

Anyone who wants it, if they negotiate it into their pay package. Most corporate people of any type don't, but that's their fault for not pushing for it. **** 10 to 20+ hours unpaid overtime every week.

[DuePew]

HEY! You dont need to concern yourself with that, you just worry about trying to be more like EAG! k thnx

[QbCp7LaZ]

Anyone who wants it, if they negotiate it into their pay package. Most corporate people of any type don't, but that's their fault for not pushing for it. **** 10 to 20+ hours unpaid overtime every week.

I got paid for biking for charity on Friday without taking time off. . There are benefits both ways.

I did not consider contractors, though to be fair, engineering contractors tend to be under-paid, under-benefited and given the light work at my place of employment.

Sure, they get paid by the hour but do not get paid for the shut-down between Christmas and New Year's or education reimbursement, or health care, or sick time when you get itchy pee pee.

[QbCp7LaZ]

Whatever dude. You are just too dumb to have spelled Suiside correctly.

[DuePew]

Whatever dude. You are just too dumb to have spelled Suiside correctly.

Totally bro. I definitely didn't do it on purpose.

[awagsFare]

I'm an engineering contractor...I get paid hourly. Quite honestly, I'm not sure I would want to be salaried where I am. Half of the R&D team are contractors, half are full-time right now. 3 out of 4 of the full-time engineers on our team pretty much work non-stop. Nights at home, weekends, on vacation, they're working. The other guy seems to be a bit more sane, and tends to leave his laptop at work when he leaves for the night (smart move IMO). Us contractors on the other hand, work 40 hours per week, and that's about it. I actually wouldn't mind getting some OT, but they don't want to pay for it, so...

Some of the engineers at my work get paid salary + OT, that ive never heard of and some are hourly. I think lvl 4 engineers are the ones with the salary + OT and lvl 3 are the hourly, but Ive heard that the salaried + OT engineers make bank.

[berdyanskdotsu]

I got paid for biking for charity on Friday without taking time off. . There are benefits both ways.

I suppose there are. I doubt I could get the golfers of the round table to sign off on paying me to ride for charity, no matter how my month-end check was determined. [thumbdown] New work time.

[BgpOoGI2]

I did not consider contractors, though to be fair, engineering contractors tend to be under-paid, under-benefited and given the light work at my place of employment.

Sure, they get paid by the hour but do not get paid for the shut-down between Christmas and New Year's or education reimbursement, or health care, or sick time when you get itchy pee pee.

I never said it was the best job in the world, but overall I can't complain too much. I wouldn't want to make a career out of it, but it sure beats some of the alternatives. I would rather be hired directly, but where I work pretty much won't hire you unless you have a doctorate or a masters and experience. A few managers are starting to break that trend though, as I saw a posting on their site the other day that only called for a bachelors. They might be starting to find out that putting a Ph.D in every cube doesn't always mean that you're going to put out better products, or even any at all. [rofl] (I mean no offense to anyone with a doctorate, but let's be honest, how many people with a Ph.D in engineering really want to do product design? Most people with a Ph.D want to do research, and that's what they're best at anyway. It's been a revolving door with very few new products coming out since they let go of all the BS and MS engineers last decade.)

[ananciguinter]

Ive always been on hourly wages and I used to get paid every week and I would have like 10 hours if not more of OT on my check and it didnt seem like they took that many taxes as they do now that Im paid bi weekly. Either way I better get a fkn good refund.

Yeah, it sounds like you were close to that threshold before then. I know a couple people at my workplace that are hourly and work OT fairly often, but know not to get more than a certain number of extra hours before they take the extra taxes out.

[awagsFare]

Yeah, it sounds like you were close to that threshold before then. I know a couple people at my workplace that are hourly and work OT fairly often, but know not to get more than a certain number of extra hours before they take the extra taxes out.

Thats what Im starting to do myself, I gotta keep it under 10 hours of OT a week. Anything over that and it seems Im working for free [thumbdown]

[BgpOoGI2]

Thats what Im starting to do myself, I gotta keep it under 10 hours of OT a week. Anything over that and it seems Im working for free [thumbdown]

You'll get it back in your tax returns, though. Or, claim different exemption and you'll see it immediately.