Anybody else get paid like this?
It’s supposed to be an improvement compared with being paid monthly. We all started at the beginning of April expecting to be paid 1st May, but now first payment is Friday 22nd and by 29th we’ll have received 2 weeks money. [emoji1787] It’s not really a concession is it? If you’re salary would you expect to get paid the actual Friday of the week that you’ve worked? (Possibly with adjustments taken the following week for unpaid leave?)
Most places I’ve worked have paid weekly, one week in arrears. This allows them to pay basic salary plus any overtime/holidays ect and make whatever deductions might be necessary, such as unauthorised leave.
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I been paid that way.
Not a big issue.
I prefer it to being paid 4 weekly or a set time each month.
I prefer weekly pay more; which is what I am currently on.
Ideally, I want to be paid daily one day in arrears 
. Not likely to happen though.
Place where am at now pay on the 26/27 of every month. Salary fixed amount, but the overtime etc will be added to next month’s wage.
So if you did overtime first week of the month, you won’t be seeing that for a good 7/8 weeks.
We’re paid weekly although we are supposed to be salaried and its a week in arrears, any overtime is paid every 4 weeks!!
Stephenjp:
We’re paid weekly although we are supposed to be salaried and its a week in arrears, any overtime is paid every 4 weeks!!
I’m used to one week in arrears from working agency, completely variable. Timesheet gets submitted and they have a week to process it.
I could see the issue if your young , starting out , kids , mortgage , but if your in your 50/60 ,s then you should take a long hard look at yourself , you should have paid your mortgage off , plenty saved to cover you for years , never mind a week / 2 .
dozy:
I could see the issue if your young , starting out , kids , mortgage , but if your in your 50/60 ,s then you should take a long hard look at yourself , you should have paid your mortgage off , plenty saved to cover you for years , never mind a week / 2 .
sounding smug There, Not everyone has had the comfort of earning mega bucks at Stobarts, people get into financial difficulties for all sorts of reasons ,be it marriage breakups. illness gambling lots of reasons. so just because you are financially secure dont pre judge other people. on the assumption that they have been as fortunate as you working for stobarts coining it in earning mega bucks
keepthefaith:
dozy:
I could see the issue if your young , starting out , kids , mortgage , but if your in your 50/60 ,s then you should take a long hard look at yourself , you should have paid your mortgage off , plenty saved to cover you for years , never mind a week / 2 .sounding smug There, Not everyone has had the comfort of earning mega bucks at Stobarts, people get into financial difficulties for all sorts of reasons ,be it marriage breakups. illness gambling lots of reasons. so just because you are financially secure dont pre judge other people. on the assumption that they have been as fortunate as you working for stobarts coining it in earning mega bucks
Depends if you believe what he says. Seems a bit figjam to me.
dozy:
I could see the issue if your young , starting out , kids , mortgage , but if your in your 50/60 ,s then you should take a long hard look at yourself , you should have paid your mortgage off , plenty saved to cover you for years , never mind a week / 2 .
You misunderstand me. Yes pension is already topped up to see me out hopefully, but it’s just a fairness/risk position. Why should employer be in your debt for 2 weeks labour?
stu675:
Anybody else get paid like this?
It’s supposed to be an improvement compared with being paid monthly. We all started at the beginning of April expecting to be paid 1st May, but now first payment is Friday 22nd and by 29th we’ll have received 2 weeks money. [emoji1787] It’s not really a concession is it? If you’re salary would you expect to get paid the actual Friday of the week that you’ve worked? (Possibly with adjustments taken the following week for unpaid leave?)
It may seem like a con, but honestly it isn’t. If you go salaried per month then you will need to work for a month before you get paid. What it is is a transition between a weekly paid system to a monthly paid system. (IMO).
There are some firms (British Aerospace as an example) that did a 13 month salaried year, between 4 and 5 week payments.
It is a question of trust. Do you believe you will get paid having done 2 weeks work for your employer? Or are you going to get screwed? If you think you are going to get screwed then why did you take up the employment?
If you didn’t think it was a good offer why did you take it?
Back in 1998 I negotiated a deal in the Republic of South Yorkshire and moved the weekly paid (in cash) to a monthly paid system by BACS. The firm saved about £25k per year and the three employees who switched got about an extra £100 per year.
Don’t get me wrong. The worst negotiation I got into was when I had to sort out holidays, when you had to work for the employer before you could get holidays. So you you know, holidays were a year in arrears back in the day. If in 1989 you had worked a month in the holiday year you could take a day in 1990. That was brutal.
keepthefaith:
dozy:
I could see the issue if your young , starting out , kids , mortgage , but if your in your 50/60 ,s then you should take a long hard look at yourself , you should have paid your mortgage off , plenty saved to cover you for years , never mind a week / 2 .sounding smug There, Not everyone has had the comfort of earning mega bucks at Stobarts, people get into financial difficulties for all sorts of reasons ,be it marriage breakups. illness gambling lots of reasons. so just because you are financially secure dont pre judge other people. on the assumption that they have been as fortunate as you working for stobarts coining it in earning mega bucks
Exactly, I didn’t get Married have Kids or a mortgage until I was in my 30’s, I’m now reasonably comfortable because I took my RM pension at 55, my mortgage won’t be paid off until I’m 67!!
keepthefaith:
dozy:
I could see the issue if your young , starting out , kids , mortgage , but if your in your 50/60 ,s then you should take a long hard look at yourself , you should have paid your mortgage off , plenty saved to cover you for years , never mind a week / 2 .sounding smug There,
Yep sounds like the smugness of a successful marriage and long term multiple income household.
As opposed to single living with parents never left the parental home.Thank god that was paid for not rented when they’d gone and their pensions went with them.
Paid two weekly is a fairly standard thing in the States. 26 pays a year at regular intervals always sounded okay to me, fits in nicely with holidays too. Also saves your company having to shell out a larger sum once a month too.
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Munchkin:
Paid two weekly is a fairly standard thing in the States. 26 pays a year at regular intervals always sounded okay to me, fits in nicely with holidays too. Also saves your company having to shell out a larger sum once a month too.Sent from my R19 using Tapatalk
Unfortunately that’s not what I was describing.
On the Friday of the 3rd week you get paid for what you worked in the first week.
On the Friday of the 4th week you get paid for what you worked in the second week. Etc.
Just comes across as exploitation of the worker to me.
DGSA2:
stu675:
Anybody else get paid like this?
It’s supposed to be an improvement compared with being paid monthly. We all started at the beginning of April expecting to be paid 1st May, but now first payment is Friday 22nd and by 29th we’ll have received 2 weeks money. [emoji1787] It’s not really a concession is it? If you’re salary would you expect to get paid the actual Friday of the week that you’ve worked? (Possibly with adjustments taken the following week for unpaid leave?)It may seem like a con, but honestly it isn’t. If you go salaried per month then you will need to work for a month before you get paid. What it is is a transition between a weekly paid system to a monthly paid system. (IMO).
…It is a question of trust. Do you believe you will get paid having done 2 weeks work for your employer? Or are you going to get screwed? If you think you are going to get screwed then why did you take up the employment?
If you didn’t think it was a good offer why did you take it?
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I signed up to monthly pay as I didn’t have a choice. (There was a promise of moving to weekly pay in the future when the company can afford it). This now is going to be implemented before the first ever payment is made, it’s promoted as a concession, but I think it’s a cut.
It’s 3 weeks not 2 that you have to work before any payment.
It doesn’t affect me financially (so long as my employer continues to pay eventually) I just wondered if it was common practice. It took me by surprise.
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There are some firms (British Aerospace as an example) that did a 13 month salaried year, between 4 and 5 week payments
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my Dad was paid 4 weekly 13 times a year all my life, so I’m aware of that [emoji3] (and can describe it correctly [emoji6] )
stu675:
Munchkin:
Paid two weekly is a fairly standard thing in the States. 26 pays a year at regular intervals always sounded okay to me, fits in nicely with holidays too. Also saves your company having to shell out a larger sum once a month too.Sent from my R19 using Tapatalk
Unfortunately that’s not what I was describing.
On the Friday of the 3rd week you get paid for what you worked in the first week.
On the Friday of the 4th week you get paid for what you worked in the second week. Etc.
Just comes across as exploitation of the worker to me.
if they need the extra week to work out any bonuses or overtime earnt in the week your being paid for then that is one thing. if they are using the excuse that because of covid or brexit or the wind blowing from the east as an excuse to have less staff or have staff sat on thier arse at home is another.
there is of course an argument that they need the three weeks out of the drivers to earn enough money to pay them at the end of the third week.