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many things are more expensive when you don't work at a company - for example the health care for a marginal employee at GE is a lot cheaper than you'll get for
by llimllib 3y ago
many things are more expensive when you don't work at a company - for example the health care for a marginal employee at GE is a lot cheaper than you'll get for yourself.
I always used 2x, but probably 2.5x is a sensible way to think about it in a patio11 "charge more than you think you should" mold.
- laurencerowe 3y ago> many things are more expensive when you don't work at a company - for example the health care for a marginal employee at GE is a lot cheaper than you'll get for yourself. This is less true following the Affordable Care Act than it used to be. The unsubsidised marketplace rate for my Kaiser health insurance seems fairly close to what I pay for COBRA from my former big tech employer.
- alistairSH 3y agoBut COBRA is more expensive than the same plan when paid by the employer with pre-tax dollars.
- cjsplat 3y agoInteresting. My Kaiser almost doubled from COBRA and coverage went from better-than-platinum to high deductible gold. Google / SF market.
- laurencerowe 3y agoI have Google COBRA in SF too and when I last looked a year or so ago it was about $100/year more on the marketplace for the KP platinum plan. Age makes a huge difference to the marketplace premiums though.
- LanceH 3y agoHealthcare cost doesn't scale with the $200 base salary, though.