WhiteEagle’s Aerie and Blog

Some shifts are not worth working!

With the price of gas at $1.30/liter here and living out in the country, some shifts are not worth working. My parents refuse to take me in for short 4 hour shifts, so I have to take taxi rides for them. Even if I get a ride early in the morning, I still lose 4 or more hours of sleep.

A taxi ride from my place to town costs me $25 right now. I am currently earning $10.40/hour at my job. With those two things firmly in mind, let me show you the calculations if I have to take two taxi rides for a 4 hour shift:

4 hours of work at $10.40/hour = $41.60
Deductions off my paycheck     =-  0.72
                                 -------
Total earned from 4 hours        $40.88
Two taxi rides at $25/each     =- 50.00
                                --------
Net earned/lost                 - $9.12

Now for the same calculations for an 8 hour shift and no taxi rides:

8 hours of work at $10.40/hour = $83.20
Deductions off my paycheck     =-  1.44
                               ---------
Net earned from 8 hours          $81.76

As you can clearly see, a four hour shift is not worth working as it just loses me money. I would like to thank CanaTax for their online payroll tax calculator.