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Re: Paypal Freezes Wikileaks's Accounts (Scroll down to donate)

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Post by pmichaud » Sun, Jan 24, 2010, 2:15 PM UTC

petewarden wrote: post #11

I posted the original "Wikileaks needs engineers"[1] story to HN, and emailed them to offer help. I never heard back, and from the thread other people had the same experience. I still support their mission, but they seem pretty disorganized, an impression this story reinforces. [1] http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1023663

I did the same, and got the same [non]response.

Re: Paypal Freezes Wikileaks's Accounts (Scroll down to donate)

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Post by olefoo » Mon, Jan 25, 2010, 5:19 AM UTC

ryanwaggoner wrote: post #24

olefoo wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's if they pay staff salaries. 400K is really only 3.5 FTE's if you assume a baseline of 50K/yr (and that's being very optimistic about some costs).

400K is really only 3.5 FTE's if you assume a baseline of 50K/yr Can you elaborate the math you're using here?

In the US in my experience a full-time employee costs around 150% of their stated salary with some exceptions. It varies depending on local regulations and startups can often finesse these costs by doing without office space, health insurance and tax withholding, but payroll overhead will be a part of your spend.

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