First Paycheques with Pension Levy...

bbability · 11-03-2009 11:45PM #1

I was talking to a mate of mine tonight who works in the Prison Service. Got a shock when he told me that he paid 150 euro in a levy towards his pension for 2 weeks pay. Says it will be higher on the next pay day as his allowances were not considered on today's cheque.
:eek:
That's some hit to take...

holly1 · 11-03-2009 11:47PM

Jesus!!!!!

arse..biscuits · 11-03-2009 11:48PM

The government sure takes a bite don't she?

Quaver · 11-03-2009 11:51PM

the levy depends on how much you earn, so he's obviously earning a fair bit!

Dord · 11-03-2009 11:55PM

Quaver wrote: »

the levy depends on how much you earn, so he's obviously earning a fair bit!

Thats what I was thinkin'

He must be earning a lot.

xOxSinéadxOx · 11-03-2009 11:58PM

well it costs my mother 3 euro something a fortnight :pac:

farva · 11-03-2009 11:59PM

€75 a week is a fair hit to take but your mate is obviously on quite a high salary for that, and to be fair welcome to the real world.

In my place we recently found out that we aren't getting paid bonuses this year for fees earned and targets met over the last year. That equates to annual pay cuts of 30% to 50%!!!!

Malached · 12-03-2009 12:01AM

Poor little baby. As someone who is self-employed and not sure of getting paid next month, I have a lot of sympathy.

jester77 · 12-03-2009 12:03AM

farva wrote: »

€75 a week is a fair hit to take but your mate is obviously on quite a high salary for that, and to be fair welcome to the real world.

In my place we recently found out that we aren't getting paid bonuses this year for fees earned and targets met over the last year. That equates to annual pay cuts of 30% to 50%!!!!

But that's not really a pay cut. I'm sure if you read your contract you will see a paragraph somewhere that probably states that bonus's are not guaranteed and based on company/personal performance.

Still sucks though when you are used to getting it

delly · 12-03-2009 12:06AM

To stop my pension going down the shitter, and to not have to worry on a daily basis if i'm going to get the boot, i'll happily take on that amount as a levy.

Tell your friend he's in a better position than most.

12-03-2009 12:08AM

bbability wrote: »

I was talking to a mate of mine tonight who works in the Prison Service. Got a shock when he told me that he paid 150 euro in a levy towards his pension for 2 weeks pay. Says it will be higher on the next pay day as his allowances were not considered on today's cheque.
:eek:
That's some hit to take...

god love him, he must be on the breadline.

and a grand a week.

12-03-2009 12:20AM

bbability wrote: »

1800 per fortnight gross....he just text me...

did he?;)

thebigcheese22 · 12-03-2009 12:23AM

delly wrote: »

To stop my pension going down the shitter, and to not have to worry on a daily basis if i'm going to get the boot, i'll happily take on that amount as a levy.

Tell your friend he's in a better position than most.

Whats that? Oh it must be good ol' begrudgery! :rolleyes:

I'm sure the OPs friend is a hard worker and earns that money, its unfair that the ordinary worker, wether public or private, has to bear the brunt of the vast majority of the governments cock ups.

bbability · 12-03-2009 12:23AM

Quaver wrote: »

the levy depends on how much you earn, so he's obviously earning a fair bit!

Yeah well its not his fault the private sector went on a 10 year bender and spent all the money the made and never kept any for a rainy day.

On the other hand hopefully he'll be babysitting a few corrupt bankers in the next few years. There the ones who got us into to this mess...

On and roll on April 2nd when the rest of us get it up the swiss... Don't think for a second that Civil Servants will be repaying the toxic debts.

12-03-2009 12:26AM

god i was so confused, i mis-read and thought you meant the 1% levy and couldn't get my head around the maths..

anywho, that's a big hit..

and another budget coming up

12-03-2009 12:29AM

bbability wrote: »

Yeah well its not his fault the private sector went on a 10 year bender and spent all the money the made and never kept any for a rainy day.

On the other hand hopefully he'll be babysitting a few corrupt bankers in the next few years. There the ones who got us into to this mess...

On and roll on April 2nd when the rest of us get it up the swiss... Don't think for a second that Civil Servants will be repaying the toxic debts.

Its also about time the public sector started contributing properly to their big pensions. They should be happy to actually have a job.;)

li@mo · 12-03-2009 12:31AM

Calculations

thebigcheese22 · 12-03-2009 12:31AM

rarnes1 wrote: »

They should be happy to actually have a job

Popular quote nowadays to soothe public servants while we rape them up the arse

12-03-2009 12:32AM

thebigcheese22 wrote: »

Popular quote nowadays to soothe public servants while we rape them up the arse

I'd take a raping for a weeks work

Carawaystick · 12-03-2009 12:40AM

got a letter today telling me, my pension company had lost half my pension fund including some unspecified amount of fees since 2004. I wonder if I priced a defined benefit scheme to move into, as I'm out of work and need to move the fund, what percentage of 204 euros a week would I need to buy a hundred and 2 euros plus inflation plus fifteen grand lump sum I'd need.....

Can anyone in the know tell me, Are pensioners paying the levy? why do people over 65 get twice the tax free allowances?

banshee_bones · 12-03-2009 12:43AM

yeah the prison guard i know comes out with about a grand a week....

guess the more you earn the more ya pay...

FlutterinBantam · 12-03-2009 12:46AM

Plenty of auld overtime in that job.

Yes it is stressfull, but the sickness level is enormous, hence the benders on overtime.

Raze_them_all · 12-03-2009 01:08AM

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Plenty of auld overtime in that job.

Yes it is stressfull, but the sickness level is enormous, hence the benders on overtime.

7 hours a week is plenty of over time?

arybvtcw0eolkf · 12-03-2009 01:12AM

bbability wrote: »

I was talking to a mate of mine tonight who works in the Prison Service. Got a shock when he told me that he paid 150 euro in a levy towards his pension for 2 weeks pay. Says it will be higher on the next pay day as his allowances were not considered on today's cheque.
:eek:
That's some hit to take...

I've been hit for just over €50- per week.

Fighting Irish · 12-03-2009 01:17AM

Malached wrote: »

Poor little baby. As someone who is self-employed and not sure of getting paid next month, I have a lot of sympathy.

jealousy is a bitch

dresden8 · 12-03-2009 01:17AM

farva wrote: »

€75 a week is a fair hit to take but your mate is obviously on quite a high salary for that, and to be fair welcome to the real world.

Well as someone who deals with rapists, murderers, terrorists and general scumbags, who has to guard his personal details in case his family is targetted, who is liable to be taken hostage, stabbed, needlestuck by the most pox infested fnckers in society or have buckets of piss and **** thrown all over him, I think it's fair to say he knows what the real world is like and you haven't a fnckin' clue.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 12-03-2009 01:22AM

farva wrote: »

€75 a week is a fair hit to take but your mate is obviously on quite a high salary for that, and to be fair welcome to the real world.

In my place we recently found out that we aren't getting paid bonuses this year for fees earned and targets met over the last year. That equates to annual pay cuts of 30% to 50%!!!!

Oh, I live in the real world alright.

Except unlike the real world you live in, mine involves oversea's missions to dangerous ol' sh*t holes the likes of which you can only see at the movies.

It involves escorting YOUR cash safely around the country, it for some of my comrades it involves defusing pipe bombs in Finglas, Tallagh, Limerick etc and if N.I. goes off again it'll mean securing the border so that YOU can have free and safe movement about our wonderful little country - which only by the grace of god and the villigence of the Defence Forces and ASG didn't rip itself apart Yugoslavia style over the last 30 years.

It also involved working for less than the average industrial wage while the private sector arse raped the fu*k out of this country. But I stuck it out, because its what soldiers do - its the life I chose.

My real life also involved the loss of friends and comrades killed in the service for world peace - what have YOU done buddy?.

I'm sure a nurse on duty in an A&E department tonight could enlighten you further about her real life, or a guard on duty in some rotten sh*t hole - or a prison officer who'll spend more time in Mountjoy during his working life than many a murderer or rapist - as them about their real lives!.

And finally, from YOUR real life profile..

About farva
Location
South Dublin
Occupation
Student

'Student' - now what in the name of sweet baby Jesus would you know about real life?.

Is momma gonna pay your new student fee's? - ask HER about real life and getting those fee's together.

.

BaconZombie · 12-03-2009 01:26AM

If he did not want to put up with that then why did he take the job in the first place?

dresden8 wrote: »

Well as someone who deals with rapists, murderers, terrorists and general scumbags, who has to guard his personal details in case his family is targetted, who is liable to be taken hostage, stabbed, needlestuck by the most pox infested fnckers in society or have buckets of piss and **** thrown all over him, I think it's fair to say he knows what the real world is like alright.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 12-03-2009 01:29AM

BOFH_139 wrote: »

If he did not want to put up with that then why did he take the job in the first place?

Maybe you or your daddy were afraid to?.

Someone has to step up to the plate and deal with the worlds filth.

dresden8 · 12-03-2009 01:34AM

BOFH_139 wrote: »

If he did not want to put up with that then why did he take the job in the first place?

There is such a thing called public service, where people do nasty things because it's the right thing to do.

I realise the celtic cubs like to fnck each other over in the pursuit of a higher bonus (which they're not going to get this year, the poor dears).

For some, they take on sh1tty work for the security that it offers. They did not expect to be villified by society for taking on that sh1tty work. That p1ssants wouldn't dare do in the first place, and then feel free to give out about those who do.

Boskowski · 12-03-2009 01:38AM

banshee_bones wrote: »

yeah the prison guard i know comes out with about a grand a week....

guess the more you earn the more ya pay...

Which is bloody ridicolous if you think about it. A. grand. a. week. for. a. prison. warden.

I suppose it's only fair enough then that our doctors get a quarter of million. Boom. Boom.

First Paycheques with Pension Levy...

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