I was excited to get my bonus this year, because I had made plans for it. I looked in my company's ADP, the program we use to look at our timeclocks and paystubs and I saw that my bonus was going to be(disclaimer: I have no issue with people seeing what I make) about $1700. Which to me, is a lot of goddamn money and I could seriously use it.
And then I look at the net pay, which is going to be around $1k. I wasn't aware that your bonuses are taxed to fucking hell and back. Way worse than my usual paychecks. I get that it's basically an extra paycheck and I should really be happy about it, nevermind getting anything at all, and only someone in a first world country would really complain about getting what basically amounts to free money but...goddamn.