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> Its not just about wages … insuring everyone has cheap or free healthcare. That is exactly the same as raising wages. Outside the USA (or at least HN), its
by throwaway210222 5y ago
> Its not just about wages … insuring everyone has cheap or free healthcare.
That is exactly the same as raising wages.
Outside the USA (or at least HN), its common for companies to negotiate remuneration on the total cost to company [1].
This includes wages, taxes (e.g. training taxes), pension, health-care, phone, etc, etc.
Its weird that commentators here somehow think that companies don't incur these freebies you want as real costs.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_to_company https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cost_to_company
- Red_Leaves_Flyy 5y agoThe problem I have with that is getting the actual number. Employers aren’t sharing that and I don’t know how much I actually cost my employer per year. I can guess by summing my salary, PTO, healthcare, taxes, etc. but that’s probably grossly inaccurate. Is also Very hard to comparison shop companies benefits packages when many are very reticent to hand out the official rate and coverage documents including their contributions.