Salary problems

[Alex97]

I started a new job a few weeks ago with a fairly large national company (Insurance/Legal if it matters) and I'm a bit annoyed with the way they pay their employees (well, specifically with the way they are paying me).

I started on the 11th of this month and the 'cut off' point for wages to be paid for that month is the 18th, so anything earned after the 18th isn't paid until the following month. This means I only got paid for a weeks work yesterday, despite having worked for 3 weeks.

I'm really not happy with constantly being owed money, is this normal practice? Every other place I've worked at I've just been paid until the end of the month. I'm salaried if that makes any difference. It wouldn't matter so much but the train fare is hideously expensive.....

[Alex97]

JensenA said:

Perfectly normal - I can't see what the problem is. If you had started on the 19th, you would have had to work for 4 weeks until you got paid. Don't you understand how salaries work??

If I'd started on the 18th, I'd have been waiting roughly 6 weeks before I get paid. Pay day is the last day of the month. Thanks for the rolleyes though

Eric Mc said:

Constantly?

Is this not just an initial anomaly which will sort itself out once you are into your second month of working there?

It should not be a big problem unless your wages fluctuate widely from month to month.

By sort itself out do you mean I'll get 6 weeks pay in my next pay packet? It seems to me they're paying from the 18th to the 18th every month but pay day isn't until the end of the month. It's just quite an early cut off date for wages. In my previous work I'd miss out on about 2 days wages whereas now it seems it's about 2 weeks.

[Alex97]

Engineer1 said:

Alex97 said:

By sort itself out do you mean I'll get 6 weeks pay in my next pay packet? It seems to me they're paying from the 18th to the 18th every month but pay day isn't until the end of the month. It's just quite an early cut off date for wages. In my previous work I'd miss out on about 2 days wages whereas now it seems it's about 2 weeks.

No it sounds like your wages are 2 weeks in advance 2 weeks in arrears.
It's true though with a large number of intelligent experienced workers on the job market you got an interview and the job.

Absolutely, it's a well paid job in an industry I've never worked in and I can't even work out how I get paid I guess I'll know next month.

[Alex97]

JensenA said:

T_Pot said:

you did well getting through the interview imho

: exactly what I was thinking.

How the feck did you get the job when you can't even work out how salaries are paid? And you work for a company in the Legal/Insurance field! Gawd help us, were all doomed.

Yeah like I said, I understand how they're paid. I'm used to being paid:

Wheelrepairit said:

Blimey, I pay my lads on the 29th of every month, for that month, so in effect being paid a couple of days in advance.

like that. Having a cut off point 2 weeks before pay day is foreign to me. Again, thanks though,