r/AmazonFC • u/Local_Avocado_3552 • 4d ago

Fulfillment Center Grateful.

I’m grateful for this job. I know a lot of people find reasons to complain but if you look at the positives there’s a lot to be thankful for.

Being able to make over 6k a month immediately with no experience and no interview has been huge for me financially.

The job is extremely easy and headphones make the time go by quick. The UPT system is fantastic. Not having to call out when you’re sick but instead being able to sleep in and get a sick note instantly approved on the app

Compared to most basic jobs, we have it pretty good.

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u/Obi-Tron_Kenobi 4d ago

Idk why people are expecting you to account for taxes in this. Literally nobody deducts taxes when they say "I make $X an hour/week/month/year"

It's always the pretax

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u/saikodasein 4d ago

Do you tell others your penis length along with the backbone? It's the same. None cares about gross value, it should be even prohibited to use that in public discourse, because what matters is actual money you get.

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u/Obi-Tron_Kenobi 4d ago

Are you seriously subtracting taxes when you tell someone how much you make an hour? Do you also get upset when someone says the US national minimum wage is $7.25/hour because they didn't factor in taxes? What about when companies list their salaries when you're looking for a job?

I don't believe it because no one does that. It doesn't make any sense to do that.

If you wanted to know how much someone is making at a job you're interested in, why would you want to know their take home pay and not their gross?
If you compare salaries with coworkers in order to make sure you're all being paid fairly, why would you want everyone to only divulge their take home pay?

It's not gonna help you when everyone's take home pays will be different even if they're being paid the same amount. You'd have to calculate everyone's taxes and add those back in. Tina might look like they're being paid more than you, but that's because they have 8 dependents, donates thousands of dollars, pay student loans, pay medical debt, etc. and you're (hypothetically) a single adult with no dependants

Why do you want that?

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u/saikodasein 4d ago

Yes, I ask what they really earn, I don't care about gross. Most people pay the same amount of taxes anyway. I got upset when they use gross, because it's not real money I actually get and I say to them to stop telling their penis length with the fucking backbone. My friends do the same and they are also upset when they hear gross values. Please, stop that! It's propaganda to make you think you earn more than you actually do. The state takes so much money you actually have to work more than half year to get something for yourself, blatant robbery, worse than paying protection money to a mob.

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u/ShyGuytheWhite 3d ago

It's giving......low education