So I guess I'm wondering - is this sort of issue common? Is getting a paycheck five days after the end of the pay period fall within the range of normal business practices? (I'm guessing it does.) When these sort of payroll changes happen, is it common for the business to compensate their employees in some way for the change?
Our paycheck schedule has changed slightly a couple of times, probably for similar reasons, but now it's set so we always get paid on the 5th & 20th. And sadly, no, I can't imagine getting compensated for that. Do you absolutely *have* to pay rent on the 1st? I'd try to work the landlord instead if you're on good terms.
I hate it when the cars driving in front of me haven't been fully cleared off. Not fun driving 65 on 95 when a sheet of icy snow comes flying at you!
Yeah. I see the error of my ways. I felt lucky I wasn't the victim of road rage or profanity or anything.
I don't think I'll do that again....
You better not! I curse madly at the people who clear barely enough to see and then strew their debris down the road with abandon.
Strega got the Devil's Kevlar, I got Slushee.
I felt lucky I wasn't the victim of road rage or profanity or anything.
You may have been the victim of profanity.
What's really scary is when the ice & snow starts flying off the tops of the big tractor trailers.
Do you absolutely *have* to pay rent on the 1st? I'd try to work the landlord instead if you're on good terms
This is a good idea. If you have a good relationship with your landlord, I can't seem him/her minding getting paid on the 5th--it's only four days later, after all.
You better not! I curse madly at the people who clear barely enough to see and then strew their debris down the road with abandon.
Well, at least I always clear all the windows, as well as the headlights and all signal lights. I'm amazed at the number of cars I see with the windows mostly obscured or signal lights completely obscured.
I just don't drive that much, so it had been three or four years since I had to deal with the thick ice on my car...
IT'S OUT!! IT'S OUT!
We just had a building meeting in which we had to name our favorite flavor ice cream. I feel the need to change my answer now (was Dulce de Leche).
I think I get paid like sara does. Timesheets at the end of the pay period, paid the following Friday.
But then I tried to dig through the 4 feet of snow-slush-ick between my rear tires and the path the plow cleared.
When I was still in college, we had a massive snowstorm a day before winter break. After the plows were done, I had a pile of hardened ice chunks about the size of my four-door Dodge behind my car, about eight feet high.
I remember standing on top of that snowbank with a shovel, staring down at the roof of my car, thinking, "You have got to be fucking kidding me."
Do you absolutely *have* to pay rent on the 1st? I'd try to work the landlord instead if you're on good terms
Yeah, I suppose it's worth asking them.
Timesheets at the end of the pay period, paid the following Friday.
Yep, me too. I think we were doing this even before we started direct deposit, so there was no traumatic switch of pay dates. My rent is due the first but not counted late until after the fifth; if yours is the same, you could inform your landlord, and then mail your check on the fourth (if it'll get there in time). Unless you have fear that the paycheck won't clear, you should be fine.
