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Remember this next time you get your yearly review/raise. 4.2% is what you need to stay even, anything less is a pay cut.
Many people here make more than they spend, and this is simply inaccurate when that's the case. edit: I've explained how this works in a reply below.
Remember this next time you get your yearly review/raise. 4.2% is what you need to stay even, anything less is a pay cut.
Many people here make more than they spend, and this is simply inaccurate when that's the case. edit: I've explained how this works in a reply below.
But if you don't mind, I'll take 4.2% from your pay.
Remember this next time you get your yearly review/raise. 4.2% is what you need to stay even, anything less is a pay cut.
Many people here make more than they spend, and this is simply inaccurate when that's the case. edit: I've explained how this works in a reply below.
Remember this next time you get your yearly review/raise. 4.2% is what you need to stay even, anything less is a pay cut.
Many people here make more than they spend, and this is simply inaccurate when that's the case. edit: I've explained how this works in a reply below.
Remember this next time you get your yearly review/raise. 4.2% is what you need to stay even, anything less is a pay cut.
If you're at $5,000/month, a 4.2% raise puts you at $5,210. If you're spending $600/month on gas (not unreasonable for someone that drives an SUV and lives in the suburbs instead of in the urban core), you still come out behind.
Regressive consumer tax due to tariffs?
Regressive consumer tax due to going to war with a country for no real reason
https://www.drewry.co.uk/supply-chain-advisors/supply-chain-...
All of the increase is from energy. Oil prices.
All of the increase is from energy. Oil prices.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
Many people here make more than they spend, and this is simply inaccurate when that's the case. edit: I've explained how this works in a reply below.
How is it inaccurate? If I only care about buying apples, and apples get 10% more expensive, and my salary only increases by 5%, then I can't buy as many apples as I could have before. How many apples I do actually buy in the end is irrelevant to the calculation.