RE: OT: CCIE Salary - For people taking H1-B's - Listen

From: Daniel_Steyn@Dell.com
Date: Mon Mar 19 2007 - 20:44:43 ART

You are right, Digital - the taxes in the US are extremely high. Most
people in the US work from January through May for the government.

Having said that - there are a few other items that you need to consider
also. The first is the fact that you do get something back for your tax
dollars - such as good roadways. The second item to consider is the
cost of living and the bang for your buck. If the cost of living is
dramatically less than other places with lower tax - it just may be
worth it to make the move.

-Daniel

-----Original Message-----
From: nobody@groupstudy.com [mailto:nobody@groupstudy.com] On Behalf Of
Digital Yemeni
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2007 6:18 PM
To: ccielab@groupstudy.com
Subject: Re: OT: CCIE Salary - For people taking H1-B's - Listen
carefully.

With regards to this interesting topic, can anyone tell how much
((((Tax)))) he/she would pay out of that 150K a year?! Taxes in the US
are simply mad and discouraging anyone wanting to work there! It's NOT
OK if somebody takes what you have been sweating for everyday (((morning
to night))) sucks!! ;-) 

--
Best Regards!
Digital, CCIE# to be assigned by Cisco when it collects enough $$ out of
me!
:p

On 3/20/07, joshua lauer <jslauer@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> some people just want a slice of the american pie and are willing to 
> take anything to get it. Maybe they are just looking for a foot in the
door.
> All
> this is difficult to understand for those of us who live here already.
>
> Companies know this, they also know what you get paid in the home
country.
> They are also sponsoring the employee with the H1-B that right there 
> is a benefit to them.
>
> So I wouldnt call anyone stupid for accepting a deal, 30k is a bit 
> low..but 50k-60k may be acceptable considering the company is hooking 
> them up with the H1-B and giving them a chance to come to america!
>
>
>
> Josh> From: martin@kiefer.dk> To: ccielab@groupstudy.com> Subject: RE:
OT:
> CCIE Salary - For people taking H1-B's - Listen carefully.> Date: Mon,
19
> Mar
> 2007 23:28:57 +0100> > > So it's a catch and the employers know that
for a
> ccie a sweatshop> > will> > sign a contract for $80-140 /hr easy and
only
> pay
> the engineer about> > 20/hr.> > whle the engineer figures out where to
> live
> and how to survive in that> > amount the employer is vacationing in
> hawaaiii.>
> > > > This is something that I really do not understand. If you have a
> CCIE
> you> are considered to be quite intelligent. So why would anyone with
such
> an>
> intelligence not look around before accepting a low paid job?> > It
takes
> no
> more than 5 to 10 minutes on Google to do a search about the> area you
are
> about to work at and do a compare with your salary versus the> housing
and
> living costs.> > BTW who would work for a company that does not offer
more
> than 3 weeks of> vacation each year :-)> > Best regards> Martin
Kiefer> >
>

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