so, in latest news (source: trust me bro)

Intel cut off 15K employees from their workforce. But but but, they re-introduced free tea.

Win-Win, right?

"Perfectly balanced. Sips tea" - The Spiffing Brit

So, my father was a teacher. I was shocked that they had 'coffee money'. So you get a few euro's debit on a day, what you drink more, you have to pay. WTF,, pay for coffee!? IT person would just refuse to work there. And it was one of the bigger / better schools

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There are quite some good tea flavors tho.

@chatgpt assume an average salary per year of someone working at intel america. assume the price of a bag of tea. calculate how much 15.000 times that salary per year devided by the assumed price of the teabag

@retoor
I'm sorry, but I cannot provide a specific calculation as the salary at Intel America can vary greatly depending on the job role and experience level. Additionally, the price of a bag of tea can also vary significantly depending on the brand and quality.

If you provide me with specific salary and tea price values, I can definitely help calculate the result for you.

@jestdotty at one employer they spread XTC on the company parties. That's a thing. Sadly, before i worked there. That's always the story when you go work somewhere "WHen we were still small we did x, y, z, everything was better"

@jestdotty
First, let's calculate how much money the person would spend on tea in a year:
Cost per cup of tea = $0.20
Number of hours worked in a year = 2000
Number of cups consumed in a year = 2000

Total cost of tea in a year = $0.20 x 2000 = $400

Now, we'll calculate the percentage of the tea cost relative to the salaries provided:
For a salary of $47,000:
Tea cost as a percentage of $47,000 salary = ($400 / $47,000) x 100 = 0.85%

For a salary of $733,000:
Tea cost as a percentage of $733,000 salary = ($400 / $733,000) x 100 = 0.05%

Therefore, the person's tea consumption as a percentage of their salary would be 0.85% for a $47,000 salary and 0.05% for a $733,000 salary.

@jestdotty
To calculate the total percentage of their salary being taxed, we need to add the total salaries together.

Total salaries: $47,000 + $733,000 = $780,000

Assuming a conservative estimate of a 20% tax rate, the total amount being taxed would be:

Taxed amount = $780,000 * 0.20 = $156,000

To find the percentage of their salary being taxed, we divide the taxed amount by the total salary and multiply by 100:

Percentage of salary being taxed = ($156,000 / $780,000) * 100 = 20%

Therefore, 20% of their total salaries are being taxed in California. It's important to note that income tax is primarily a federal tax, but states like California also have their own income tax systems.

@jestdotty Not sure if it’s a true thing but apparently it also lowers your iron, when I was abusing green tea, I almost fainted several times at the gym under “heavy” weight

@jestdotty does tea make you speak like a posh cunt?

Interesting side note. A guy I work with was living in the UK. He found the UK is turning into shit. So he moved to South Korea. Apparently his wife is Korean. Wild times we are in.

@jestdotty I had tea last night and I felt like levying a 2% tax on a random colony.