Getting paid at the end of the month

mitchconnor16

Does anyone find this extremely frustrating? I started a new job in london and it looks like they dont pay until the end of the month.

I had this problem before and I ended up having to leave because I couldn't get an advance payment.

Its absolute bull tbh. 4 weeks is a long time in london especially when youre on minimum wage.

RoyalMarine

Not being rude, but why accept a new job, move to London and not have enough money to support yourself until you get paid?

alta stare

I get paid at the end of the month with some weeks between pay being 5 weeks not 4. PITA but hey it's a wage. Makes me more careful (sometimes) with my money. Great for paying off bills in one go tho

Westernyelp

alta stare wrote: »

I get paid at the end of the month with some weeks between pay being 5 weeks not. PITA but hey it's a wage. Makes me more careful (sometimes) with my money. Great for paying off bills in one go tho

I'm the same. 5 week months can be a killer, but there ya go. I'm sure it was stipulated before work started

alta stare

Westernyelp wrote: »

I'm the same. 5 week months can be a killer, but there ya go. I'm sure it was stipulated before work started

Funnily enough it wasn't mentioned when I started the job only about 2 months in, they said the next pay was going to be 5 weeks not 4 but hey I didnt mind even tho It left me under pressure with money. I've got used to it now it's all about budgeting for it and letting the kids know daddy isn't giving out money on week 5

Westernyelp

Although. I imagine it would be a fairly rare set up for min wage jobs as mentioned in OP?

davo10

How many jobs give advance payments? Not many that I can think of op. Pay dates is usually something discussed at interview, you should have asked so that you would know how long you would have to sustain yourself before being paid.

mitchconnor16

davo10 wrote: »

How many jobs give advance payments? Not many that I can think of op. Pay dates is usually something discussed at interview, you should have asked so that you would know how long you would have to sustain yourself before being paid.

Wheres the logic in it?

davo10

mitchconnor16 wrote: »

Wheres the logic in it?

Wages are paid en lieu of work, not in advance. If you were paid a month in advance and then took off, the employer is out of pocket.

Payroll is set up weekly/fortnightly/monthly depending on employers preference to facilitate easier calculation and payment of wages. It's up to you to ask when you get paid.

There's the logic of their position, what is the logic in yours, not asking when you get paid and not making provision to support yourself until your pay date?

cml387

Working in London on on minimum wage:eek:?

mitchconnor16

I meant getting paid getting paid for weeks worked midway through the month

Third_Echelon

mitchconnor16 wrote: »

Does anyone find this extremely frustrating? I started a new job in london and it looks like they dont pay until the end of the month.

I had this problem before and I ended up having to leave because I couldn't get an advance payment.

Its absolute bull tbh. 4 weeks is a long time in london especially when youre on minimum wage.

Pretty standard to be honest. You need to have some funds to get you through the first month... Not many places will pay you a month up front!

callaway92

1) When you settle down properly in a few months you'll appreciate it

2) It's nice getting paid in bulk and having all bills taken out at once so if you have even half a brain you should be fine

theteal

The only job I've ever had that wasn't paid monthly was when I worked in a local pub, at 15 years of age....18 years ago. Even P/T work while a student was monthly. I assumed this was the norm.

Neon_Lights

Starting my current job I ended up not getting paid until the middle of february because some HR head had my "documentation" stuffed in her drawer over the xmas hols.

I have little faith in that particular business function, not that I had much before.

WTF, advance pay? I've never been paid in advance by anyone, why would you possibly expect this?

I'm currently in a situation where I've left one job that pays at the end of the month and started another that pays in the middle. Between now and the middle of Nov I'm going to get paid for one week of the old job and one week of the new job, 2 weeks pay to cover a 6 week time span. But thems the breaks.

Senna

mitchconnor16 wrote: »

Does anyone find this extremely frustrating? I started a new job in london and it looks like they dont pay until the end of the month.

I had this problem before and I ended up having to leave because I couldn't get an advance payment.

Its absolute bull tbh. 4 weeks is a long time in london especially when youre on minimum wage.

So it even happen before and you still didn't think to ask or plan ahead?

theteal

theteal wrote: »

The only job I've ever had that wasn't paid monthly was when I worked in a local pub, at 15 years of age....18 years ago. Even P/T work while a student was monthly. I assumed this was the norm.

I've been working in different places for almost 20 years and never had a monthly pay run.

Fortnightly pay is the best.... There are 26 pay periods, meaning that twice a year you are paid three times in the month. Imagine looking forward to those awkward periods instead of having to prepare for them.

dwayneshintzy

Depends entirely on the job of course, but an advance payment is hardly unheard of. Especially when the job involves relocation.

I got one for my current job, two month salary advance. It'll be taken out of my salary over the next six pay cheques.

Dial Hard

Other than my one and only job in retail back when I was 17, I've always been paid monthly. Can't believe someone would actually leave a job over it.

Senna

dwayneshintzy wrote: »

Depends entirely on the job of course, but an advance payment is hardly unheard of. Especially when the job involves relocation.

I got one for my current job, two month salary advance. It'll be taken out of my salary over the next six pay cheques.

The OPs job is minimum wage, I doubt any minimum wage job pays a relocation advance.