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Hey there, I am hoping that I can gain some new perspectives by making this post and I welcome any advice that can be given. I also apologize as this may be a slight rant.
I graduated with an electrical engineering degree about a year ago. When I was looking for jobs in my senior year frankly I was willing to take anything that would pay the bills.
I am currently working as a product development engineer at a major appliance company on the east coast. My salary with bonus was around 80k this year and I am in a medium cost of living city. Also for added information I am 23 and I have around 30k in student loans.
I don't hate my job because frankly there is almost no stress. However, I find it very boring. It's not what I want to be doing and I struggle to get excited about most of the things I do at work.
The things I have enjoyed the most through school and independent learning have been coding and digital design.
I know I am overthinking things and I know I am young but I feel like I just don't know what to do with myself most of the time. I am afraid of stagnating and I feel like I am just drifting through life right now. I know it sounds cliché but I want some amount of adventure. I am single and don't feel attached to living in any one place. I feel like there is so much out there to see and I have been trapped in a very small bubble for most of my life.
I am lucky to have parents that have loved and supported me a lot as I have grown up. Although I did not grow up with a lot of money and they could not support me much financially they have been there for me in so many ways emotionally.
In school all I could think about was graduating and finally making "adult money" but I have realized pretty quickly that money does not go as far as I would like it to. After taxes and living expenses I am really not living it up that much. I am grateful that I have the luxury to be able to save money each month but it means that without being irresponsible I don't have that much to spend on hobbies.
I don't know if it's because I have never had a job I really enjoy but honestly every time I think about money I just want to be able to put enough away so that I can retire early and spend time on the things I do enjoy.
I really don't know what to do with my career I just know I am not where I want to be. I have been heavily looking into digital design and FPGA jobs and have sent some applications. Unfortunately, I have not had much luck as I either don't hear anything or I don't even get an interview. My current job is not very helpful to breaking into this field. Therefore, I have been trying to refresh myself on digital design and got a FPGA development kit to mess around with. My thought process for going into digital design is that it is something I enjoyed and is a code adjacent field if I am working with a hardware descriptive language which I also enjoy. In addition, from doing research it seems to be a very niche and well payed field of electrical engineering making 200k or more seems pretty easy to swing with experience.
On the other hand I have looked into two other options. I have considered taking a government job with an overseas contract just so I could get the chance to travel. Though I would probably want to go back to private after I finished my contract. I also looked into trying to internally transfer to a different division. I am not sure how to make something like this happen. My hope would be that I could find something closer to what I want with a lower barrier to entry and still get a pay bump. I don't even know who to ask about this. It seems that you usually have to be at a company for a certain amount of time before you can transfer.
I am kind of at a point where I don't know what to do. But I know I need to do something. It feels like I don't have many people to talk to about my situation because I don't know many people in my industry.
A lot of people I have vented to always say that money is not that important. To be fair I know money will not make me happy. I really believe that especially once your basic needs are met happiness comes from within. I have been trying to work on being more comfortable with myself and enjoying life (though I am not always the best at it). That being said, money is a barrier to entry for a lot of things in life. I feel like there are so many things I want to try that require money. Like building a house, getting to travel, racing cars, karts, or motorcycles. I want to be able to have fun projects.
Currently in my free time, if I am not doing some productive like working out or trying to find jobs. I feel like I am not getting to enjoy myself. I usually just end up watching shows or playing video games which I honestly hate. It just feels like I am throwing time away into things that don't matter. I want to learn things see things and meet new people. It certainly does not help that there are basically no young people where I live.
The honest truth is I am lonely, bored, and I don't really know what I am doing with my life. This has made me pretty depressed for awhile especially after I graduated as I don't feel like I have some big goal I am aiming towards.
I apologize for this being such a long post but I really would appreciate any advice or thoughts that you have.
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My (38F) husband (40M) and I have been together for 4 years, married for nearly 3. Initially, we had a commuter marriage where he was living in another state and we took care of our own expenses in our respective residences. Last summer, we moved in together and agreed to split household expenses. Since moving in together, it has been rough to say the least. Not issues like personal habits, but deeper issues. First, he never revealed he was in default for 6-figures worth of student loans and didn’t tell me until we were in underwriting for our home. I had to find out from the loan officer actually. We had multiple discussions about finances prior to getting married and he never mentioned this. Needless to say I don’t trust anything he says now (I also found some photos of a woman on his phone shortly after I had a miscarriage about 2 years ago). I had to get the house in my name, but I digress.
Since we have been together, he has been let go from 4 or 5 jobs. The first time he didn’t even tell me about it. After the second time he got let go, I spent hundreds of dollars setting up a business for him, something he said he always wanted to do. We are both in the medical field. He never took advantage of starting his business and all the work (and money) I put into it went to waste. He has worked 2 or 3 jobs since then. Shortly after we moved in together last summer, he lost his job again. Luckily, he received severance pay and had a job lined up quickly after that so we didn’t take a financial hit.
Fast forward to March of this year when I lost my job. I didn’t get severance pay. I was making just over 6 figures but I was paying for all of our family’s health, dental, vision benefits (~$800/month), so my take home pay was a lot less than you’d expect with that salary. After all the deductions, my take home pay was only a few hundred dollars more than his. As soon as I lost my job, I told him that he may have to cover the mortgage for April if I’m not able to find steady work by then. We did not have much money saved because we used our savings for a down payment on our home. We do not live above our means. Most of our expenses are student loans. Since losing my job, I have been working my part-time job and doing odd jobs scraping up money to pay for groceries (~$600/month), car insurance, etc. I was able to pay a few bills in April with the money I had saved but didn’t have enough to help with the mortgage. I have been struggling but have been trying to play my part in contributing to the household. I recently decided since I am not working, that I wanted to take the opportunity to start my own business. My mother has helped me spearhead the business by loaning me money for equipment and other business expenses. Things are actually going better than I had expected but I am still in the red and am not making any profit right now. I am still doing odd jobs and will be starting a second part-time job in June in addition to working the new business.
My husband and I recently got into a disagreement about something I saw on social media and one of the first things he mentions is having to pay the mortgage by himself (he makes ~$70,000 per year and we live in a modest home). I’m not sure how me seeing something on social media turned into a discussion about our finances (likely deflecting). I reminded him that I’m not working a full time job and I never thought it would be a problem for him to provide for us while I’m trying to get on my feet while also getting my business of the ground. I never mentioned how when he lost his job I tried to help him start his business and support him through that and he chose to squander it away (I wanted to). I reminded him that although I’m not contributing 50/50 I am still contributing. His response was “that (him providing for the family) is not what we agreed to” and that we agreed to split finances 50/50 in the beginning.
I told him that day I wanted a divorce. I have had a difficult time trusting him from the beginning and I feel I should have never married him knowing I don’t trust him. Then to complain about paying the mortgage one time by himself in a year after I lost my job makes me feel like I’m a burden. I am trying my best to help and I’m not working a steady full time job yet and I don’t think I should be made to feel this way. I have been married before when I was very young and loathe the thought of being divorced again. Am I wrong for not wanting to be married any longer?

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Good day. Our family is looking for a new car to go alongside our current car which is a Gen 1 Figo. This car will be a mile muncher of sorts, doing long highway duty with more than 5 in tow. It doesn't need the top of the line in specs and gadgets. A wireless Carplay system and accommodation for 7 and a "commanding stance" (not my words, words of father dearest) is on the priority list. Oh and good mechanical capabilities and driving dynamics are a must. So is the after sales experience and service QC. And the budget handed is 25 Lakhs INR. The family has charted out 2 options. I have 2 options. And there is another. Let me get to that after saying the 4 before.
Family asked about Ertiga (quick ties with the local dealer, seems generic and easy to buy and maintain #marutimileagegobrrr and whatnot) and Carens ("Kia seems like safe bet right now no?"-father dearest, 2024)
I suggested Safari (#deshkaloha moment) and XUV700 (that's what happens when you see 5 of them on average during the trip from home to college on highways I guess)
A curveball option is.....to play the waiting game for Thar 5 Door (mother dearest loves the 3 door but that was a bit too small for accommodating people, for starters.) and the unnamed Ford 7-seater ("I read somewhere that Ford will come back to India with 7 seater?"-father dearest, May 2024)
So to put things into perspective and as a TL;DR: -
4 options, with their onroad prices for my location- Suzuki Ertiga (ZXI Plus, Petrol, 5MT) (14.22L INR), Kia Carens (Luxury Plus, Diesel, 6MT) (22.33L INR), Mahindra XUV700 (AX5, Diesel, 6MT) (24.25L INR), Tata Safari (Pure Plus, Diesel, 6MT) (24.18L INR)
only 3 questions:- what do I pick? If you happen to own any of the aforementioned vehicles, what is the aftersales and service like? Thank you.
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Hey everyone. So I bought my 23' Limited VB WRX a few months ago and since the day I picked up there's been this incredibly annoying clicking sound coming from the back of the car (seemingly around the trunk area) any time I go over a pothole or bump/imperfection in the road.
I've had the car back to the dealer on 3 separate occasions, and they still can't find out what it is. They've taken entire back apart, they've installed foam panels, checked everything they could and it is still not fixed.
What makes this sound even more infuriating is it can go away for a day or two and then come back with a vengeance and click nonstop for weeks.
I don't know what else to do, but it's really ruining the driving experience because I'm now basically anticipating this stupid noise every second of the drive instead of focusing on how great the car is.

I went to a dealer to check out this Touareg and all seemed perfect. Except for the brakes which at low speeds seem to make a sort of clunking sound as a the brake pedal is pressed, a sound is made as it is pressed and once it is released. In the video my hand is representing my foot on the pedal. The sound is coming from all 4 tires and is heard more in the cabin than it is outside. The sales guy said that this is common on all the cars parked outside as when they aren't driven for a while dust and other stuff accumulates on it and causes the sound, but I'm still a little worried. If anyone could let me know what is causing this it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
https://reddit.com/link/1ctqivb/video/m2kef9v6dv0d1/player

Has anyone else had a terrible time trying to get this dealer to do work under the car’s warranty?
My engine stalled on the highway with my wife and kid in the car. I had to pay to get towed to the dealership. Every step of the way has been HORRIBLE with Kia North Austin. At first they tried to tell me I don’t have a warranty. Then they said they need COMPLETE service records of every oil change ever done….i don’t keep receipts for 5 years….now they are telling me that I need to pay for them to even diagnose an issue that should be covered under warranty. I’ve called Kia corporate and they agreed that i should not have to pay, but the dealership isn’t answering the phone when Kia corporate calls. I really need help.
I swear as soon as I paid off this car it breaks 2 days later. It’s like I bought a lemon.
I have a wife with cancer and a kid in elementary school. I can’t afford to have this car not fixed under its warranty. I need this car back so my wife can make it to her scans and treatments. Please does anyone have any advice?

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Here's some backstory: This woman took my virginity in 2014. She was homeless, living in her car, and we worked at the same job. We became close, and planned to get an apartment together, but she had to handle something personal with her mother in another state and drove off. We said goodbye and lost contact for six years. During that time, she joined the Navy and finished her service.
In 2020, I had some savings and decided to reach out to her. To my surprise, she still had the same number. I asked how she was and if she still wanted to get a place together. She invited me to live with her in Florida, rent-free if I paid for food. I said I'd prefer paying a fixed amount, she said no just buy food. Fine, I flew down there. I thought we're finally gonna be the couple I dreamed of.
When I arrived, I found out she had two cats, which were against the apartment rules, but I didn't complain since I wasn't paying rent. She was also involved with a guy she met in the Navy, who she continued to see. Her birthday came, and she got dolled up to meet him, leaving me alone with the cats
One day she suggested we move to a nicer place together. The pictures looked great. Two bed, one bath. However, she wanted one room for herself, one for the cats as a playroom, and me to sleep on the couch. That was funny. Yeah I'm not gonna work my ass off and co-sign a new place with you so your cats can live better than me. I couldn't tell if she was joking because I saw how much she loved those cats.
We're sitting there and I just tell her I'm gonna start dating. She got quiet and it was awkward for a minute but she said fine okay, before adding that she wasn't exclusive with the Navy guy. Like I'm supposed to be cool with me and him both being intimate with you. Since I got here she hasn't shown a sign of us being being anything but friends. You have your guy, I'm gonna meet someone too. I immediately started using Tinder and met new people within days, which seemed to bother her. She began locking me out if I wasn't back by a certain time and nitpicking over small things she didn't before.
The final straw came when I arrived home early from work and found myself locked out because she wouldn't share the keypad code. She's usually home before me so she'd let me in. I dropped my things and sat with my back against the door for hours. Random people in other rooms going about their business would ask if I was okay, I'd just say my roommate won't let me in. A random couple even went to 7-11 to buy me Gatorade. She came home, asked me why I didn't do something else to kill time other than make her look bad. I said I didn't feel like going anywhere. She was just angry and sour towards me.
I decided to leave without telling her. I booked a flight, stayed one night in a hotel, and flew home the next day. I blocked her number, and though she tried to call twice, I haven't looked back. This all happened within 30 days.

Has anyone else had a terrible time trying to get this dealer to do work under the car’s warranty?
My engine stalled on the highway with my wife and kid in the car. I had to pay to get towed to the dealership. Every step of the way has been HORRIBLE with Kia North Austin. At first they tried to tell me I don’t have a warranty. Then they said they need COMPLETE service records of every oil change ever done….i don’t keep receipts for 5 years….now they are telling me that I need to pay for them to even diagnose an issue that should be covered under warranty. I’ve called Kia corporate and they agreed that i should not have to pay, but the dealership isn’t answering the phone when Kia corporate calls. I really need help.
I swear as soon as I paid off this car it breaks 2 days later. It’s like I bought a lemon.
I have a wife with cancer and a kid in elementary school. I can’t afford to have this car not fixed under its warranty. I need this car back so my wife can make it to her scans and treatments. Please does anyone have any advice?

Hello I'm a senior software developer in Paris area and I would like to share my lifestyle regarding my income. I'm quite desperate about my opportunities on this continent. Given: 10 + years of total experience programming (Java and NideJS today), 8 + years in leadership position from a software architect to team lead. I practice all aspects of developing software product: from design to hands-on programming, from mentoring my team to setting IT strategy with stakeholders of our startup. I can pass job interviews to similar positions in large companies and I can negotiate a salary above their budget (e.g. Société Générale proposed me 95k while their budget was maximum 85k, I declined). - a wife, 1 kid - a simple car of 2006 with 120k km - 60 square metres apartment with a mortgage 1250 euros / month - we never go to restaurants except on birthdays or on vacations - we never order food delivery, I cook - we go on vacations two times a year for two weeks. But those places are not fancy. - savings only 3000 euros - I do buy healthy ingredients in supermarkets but I always look for sales and I usually go to couple of supermarkets to buy different things depending on best price/quality ratio (fruits and vegetables in Lidl, meat in Auchan) - whenever we need to buy something like furniture or electronics I usually go to eBay analogue to buy used things. - concerning kid's toys and clothes my wife buys 90% of those at Vinted (sometimes it is used sometimes it is brand new). I am feeling like I've bet a wrong card by wasting 10 years of my life in Europe: I would leave way better in USA or even in Russia.

I’d like to hear some opinions on this pension and I’m also 24 years old and haven’t started yet my starting salary is $78k btw.

Hi there, I got this car about two months ago certified pre-owned from a Volvo dealer here in the LA area. The car is awesome and exceeded my expectations…however the mpg isn’t great. I’m barely getting 18mpg. I would say 70% of my driving is around town, but don’t consider myself to have a lead foot and even changed the settings so I drive on efficient mode. I reset my trip meter after every fill up, and I’d say the best I’ve gotten after 5 or 6 fill ups is 20mpg. Current trip is at 18.2 mpg. Anyways, I know it’ll go up significantly on the highway, but was just wondering if anyone else is getting similar numbers?

Summary: Speeding slows you down, getting stuck behind a slow car doesn't slow you down much at all. I was curious about how speed affects efficiency, and realized that because high speeds reduce range, and increase need to charge, that higher speeds might actually lead to a slower overall trip for the Bolt. The results were really surprising. Calculations with a spreadsheet show the optimal speed is 70mph, but slower speeds like 60mph are only very slightly slower overall. In fact, there's less than a 1% difference between any speeds between 60 and 75mph. Here are the assumptions:
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• 40KW/hour charging rate.
• 80% of battery used (so, 10% - 90%)
• 15 minutes overhead for charging (getting off highway, finding charger, waiting for open slot, etc)
• kW usage for each speed was determined by:
  • driving on a flattish highway, in one direction
  • using cruise control
  • waiting until kW usage stabilized
  • taking several photos of dashboard, and recording numbers later.
  • averaging the kW shown in the photos for a specific speed.
• A more accurate estimate could be achieved by driving on a windless day, averaging over a longer period of time, and being on an absolutely flat road.

I divided the range for a specific speed by time to drive + time to charge, which yielded a net speed.
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Real Speed	Net Speed
55	40.1
60	41.9
65	42.2
70	42.2
75	41.9
80	40.1
85	39.5

I put my data and calculations in a spreadsheet. You can make a copy and adjust assumptions and values yourself.
Conclusion: Safe driving is fast driving. Fast driving is slow driving.

Don't get me wrong. I'm truly curious, and this question I've been carrying for over a year.
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Objectively I have lived a terrible odds stacked against me from the start. I was born to a father that took my mother faraway to a farm and isolated us he was quite the abuser with my self going Tru all 5 different tipes my siblings 4 and the youngest only 2 I was the only one that was s## abused. From as Yong as I can remember I plead my mother to leve. Turned in to a super Cristian thus a wife's purpose is to be subject to her husband. Evan though she also went true all 5 she was even r## infront of me.
I mentioned we grew up on a farm in isolated he would work construction jobs all over Africa so most of the time we would be left alone. Work 4 months home 6 weeks the first day that he is back he cums with takeaways and cool drinks and it's a celebration it would normally only be calm for 2-3 days when he would get angry normally before we were to go buy groceries. Witch ment we will have to put that car together and fix it that's normally tha first day that I would blead if it's not from a tool it's because I woed gow far into the field to hide then it would be his lether belt my but would be blue And red brushe sometimes my skin woed split open and blend every time I moved.
The first time I saw a classroom or a teacher was at the age of 13 we got a tv for the first time at the age of 12 so obviously I had no sosial skills it was just a few days a group of bullies introduced me so that was not fun until a few months later when the hieschool librarian looked over our class.
My mom dit taught me to read and math and science (only biblical accurate) so I started reading at 4 at 5 I was at the level of gr3 had to develop my own horrible handwriting. I was good at math though my mom only knew +×÷- and fractions to the second point
The library was my heavin in 3 years personally I graduated done with every book in the library besides most of the story books The problem was I couldn't really speak English I only got exposed to it from the TV so I was on my way to fail Gr6 I didn't during the last term my dad left for work again but this time it was longer we ran out of food and my mom finally ran away with her 5 kids pregnant and starving all the food we had fit into a shoe box and ther was space for my brothers favorite little teddy 🧸 about the size of a tennis ball
We moved to the city we're I found out my mom has siblings thy help us with some basic it was crazy there I could not even cross the streets thy were 3 lanes mutch to wide for a teen cross with out getting run over starting high school I decided I would be the opposite of my history so on the first day I broke the head boy a rather big rugby player nose. That showd them I was never bullied and yet still not cool so I joined the skateboarders I was terrible but they had issues and I'm nothing but broken metal head started smoking never touched weed that's drugs glue as well it makes youcrazy. Though sometimes we would snort white power at the mall. Only after a few months in class I found out there are more tips of drugs. To late now I'm a cat addicted our group grew and we became the popular group we were 40 in the core group if we threw a party 200 people show up I mean some college students started hanging with them college girls hang with me at 17 so obviously the heiskool girls thru them at me nonstop sleeping with 2-3 a night never not wrapped always save. Until I slept with one I actually cared for but not as much as she for me so to get here to disappear I seduced her sister on her bed so she could walk in on that. 3 day later she was found dead in the bath with a letter to her parents on their bed and a long letter for me in her sister underwear full of her blood for me.
My next relationship was my fiance Finally quit drugs 3 years later Completely thought ow yeah remember that I was so smart well turns out I failed gr 9 almost twice shortly before the second time time my mother lost her job I was still partying her savings didn't last we got evicted ran out of food so I quit school and started buying thing from drug dealers and sell them it wasn't long before I afforded a bigger house some time later I moved out paying 2 rents going crazy the drugs were not fun any more my friends are dieing on after the other some go to prison I fought my best friend. I saw what was happening because of the drugs I walk 70 km that weekend faar into the field to escape only with my knife. Not the plan but I lived there for 3 weeks alone my phone is still there somware I came back sober no friends
I didn't fin school so it's only min wage for 3 years trying multiple business all fail until I lost my job again. One day I dit a car port for a lady little did I know that in justover 7 years 2 months before covid i will loos. A my greatest business in going to 8 figure this time 100% legal in one writing of a pen and waist all my saving on loyars to get it back lost my fiance and only child
Went into depression
tryed and failed 3 more business Good diagnose with add and adhd Over came depression Diagnosis with ptsd Found out my 5 year old son is not evan myn Depression again Gave up trying at all tried drugs again for 2 months give up on that two
Move back to the farm where it all started farm is falling It's sort off failng less
Depressioni quit low
And finally today im bulding my own shop with bricks i made my self everything wants to fail this sometimes its so close.
And yeah true all of that's I can honestly say I never had suicide Evan as a though to be a option
Seriously why would I not just end me but I just don't have that option ever

As the title says, this was the fifth time. I just got my confirmation email. I quit almost seven days ago now.
I'm addicted to WoW. I've been playing since 2004 and, as of today, had my BNET account deleted for the fifth time. I don't play any other games. Despite WoW not being fun to me anymore, I continued to play it for 8+ hours a day on weekdays and around 12+ hours on weekends.
I've (31F) done okay in the sense that I am married (he also games, just not WoW); we have great-paying jobs, a lovely house, and newer cars. Face value, we look like we have it figured out and got our sh*t together. But my job makes me miserable, and I thought about coming home every day and planting my butt in my computer chair and playing WoW so I could get some relief and...escape (Edit: from my job, that is).
I have also spent a ton of money on the game.
1st deletion> bought expansions up through BFA
2nd deletion> bought expansions up through SL
3rd deletion> bought expansions up through SL
4th deletion> bought expansions up through DF
5th deletion> bought expansions up through War Within
I bought tons of character boosts each time, wow tokens, mounts, race changes because I was indecisive, etc., plus a subscription for ~ about 17 years (counting in the breaks before I caved each time).
Every time I quit this game, I have achieved something great, mainly career jumps and finishing my bachelor's degree. But after accomplishing something, I think I can reward myself and that I will be able to moderate my play. Which usually starts out fine...until life gets stressful, then I get sucked in.
The most disgusting part is how much time I sunk into this game. I haven't played in 6 days, 22 hours, and have gotten back 2 days 15 hours (what I would have played over the week); I am using a phone app to keep track of my average time savings. I've gone on some walks, spent quality time with my husband (he even played fewer games to spend time with me) and dogs, and just...breathed. I've gone to bed by 9 pm each night rather than 12 pm-1 am (I must get up at 5:30 am to get to work). It's been easier to fall asleep without playing games until I lay down.
I got the twitch to cancel the deletion the two times they sent me reminder emails with the clickable link...but I stayed strong (although that did not stop me from returning in the past).
My job still makes me miserable, and I plan to change that. I polished up my resume, started applying to jobs, and am currently working on some skills to make me more marketable.
I know I have an addictive personality, and I tend to be an all-or-nothing type of person. So, my best hope is to stay strong and never pick up the game again. Hopefully, I can stay away indefinitely this time.

I'm looking for advice on converting salaries internationally. I'm interviewing for a remote job that's advertised in USA and several other countries in parallel. The version of the advert on the USA site of the organisation has a salary range advertised in $, but not the version of the ad in the country I'd be based in (UK). Because the job is remote, the $USD salary range doesn't specify location, but the organisation has offices in several states.
Would I just use a currency converter to just convert $USD to £GBP? Or would the calculation be a bit more complex to factor in that the wage bill would be affected by variations in employer contributions to social security/national insurance in different parts of the world?
If so, I'd be grateful for any advice on how that calculation might be different for USA vs UK. In the UK, I believe the wage bill assumes c220-230 working days/year (365 minus 8 public holidays, 104 weekend days, 20 statutory holiday days, and national average sick days are 5-8/year). UK employer national insurance contributions are c14%, and UK employer minimum pension contribution is 3%. Thanks!