monthly pay :(

[kwak zzr]

My pay has just changed as from today from weekly to monthly pay :( so the end of march i'll get 4 days pay? the the end of april i'll get marches money :( how am i going to live for 5 weeks on no money? then only get paid one week? then work ANOTHER 4 weeks before i get a full month :(

[JamesMio]

Can't your work give you a sub for the first month?

[SoulKiss]

Can't your work give you a sub for the first month?

Just as long as he doesn't crash it into a French one :p

How much warning did they give you?

[Ed]

he's on the post so we all need to buy more stamps

[Luckypants]

My pay has just changed as from today from weekly to monthly pay :( so the end of march i'll get 4 days pay? the the end of april i'll get marches money :(

Not how it works mate. Monthly pay, you get paid for the month you have just worked. So end of March you should get one months money (maybe an extra week depending when the pay date is set)

how am i going to live for 5 weeks on no money? then only get paid one week? then work ANOTHER 4 weeks before i get a full month :(

Well you knew it was coming, surely you saved a bit to cover the interim?

[kwak zzr]

How much warning did they give you?

warning? err? today :( thats how come i get 4 days pay the end of march :(

[kwak zzr]

LP i dont think i explained my self right, i was on weekly pay but my last weeks pay was last week (i was paid last friday) but i'm only working 4 more days of feb so i'll only get those 4 days at the end of march, i think?, and as i said above i only got told today.

[Luckypants]

Yes and at the end of March you will be paid for the time worked in February (4 days) and the time worked in March (up to the pay day). This is how it works with ALL the companies I have ever worked for and I have been monthly paid for 25 years.


EDIT: I have never had to work a 'month in hand' like folks seem to have to 'work a week in hand' on weekly pay.

[Baph]

Adjusting from weekly to monthly pay can be painful, yes. But I find it's better on monthly pay.

I get paid early in the month, and all my bills/direct debits go out within a few days of my pay coming in. Anything left is money I know I can spend on whatever I choose.

[kwak zzr]

and the time worked in March (up to the pay day)

explain mate? HR told me today the 15th was the cut off day of the month? whats that mean? sorry for being a dill.

[Luckypants]

explain mate? HR told me today the 15th was the cut off day of the month? whats that mean? sorry for being a dill.

Hmm depends. It could be two things (that I can think of)



The 15th is the pay date. So when you get paid, you will be paid up to the 15th.
The 15th is the cutoff day for processing timesheets / overtime in order to be in the payroll for that month. i.e. any overtime worked up to 15th of March will be in the March payroll along with your basic pay for the whole of March.


I tend to think the second option above is most likely, but without seeing your terms and conditions cannot say for sure. Sounds like HR are doing a very poor job on this. What does the union rep say?

[kwak zzr]

i aint seen him yet because thats complicated too, ive just moved grade to a work area manager but i'm still in the operational grade union (CWU) so i'm neither here or there.

[Ed]

Can't you tell them to f*ck off?

[Gazza77]

i aint seen him yet because thats complicated too, ive just moved grade to a work area manager but i'm still in the operational grade union (CWU) so i'm neither here or there.

Did you not get told/ask aboutthe revised pay system when you applied for the new job? I'm kind of assuming this is a promotion you've got...

[melody]

LP i dont think i explained my self right, i was on weekly pay but my last weeks pay was last week (i was paid last friday) but i'm only working 4 more days of feb so i'll only get those 4 days at the end of march, i think?, and as i said above i only got told today.

I can't see how you'd only get paid for four days at the end of March? My understanding of the monthly pay system ( or at least the way it works for me) is that at the end of March you'll get paid a full month's basic salary, (for March) and then at the end of April you get another full month's basic salary plus any unsocial hours or overtime done in March.

The cut off date (15th) that you've been given is to process payment for overtime/unsocial hours.

At least this is how it works for me and all other monthly paid people I know.

[dizzyblonde]

we have a cut off of the 15th. Its the last day for getting any stuff they need to process in. Then we get paid on the 21st. They are supposed to have a second run( for the stuff they may have guffed up in the first place which they usually do)and pay again on the 28th but they rarely do it for you and you have to wait til the month after....the only reason for waiting is because they give you some BS excuse for not being bothered to help you!

[Gazza77]

we have a cut off of the 15th. Its the last day for getting any stuff they need to process in. Then we get paid on the 21st. They are supposed to have a second run( for the stuff they may have guffed up in the first place which they usually do)and pay again on the 28th but they rarely do it for you and you have to wait til the month after....the only reason for waiting is because they give you some BS excuse for not being bothered to help you!

That's only for overtimer/bonus/etc though I presume Dizzy - you will still get paid your basic in month; ie 21st Feb is pay for work in Feb.

[dizzyblonde]

hmm you think?? you don't know the eejjits at work:rolleyes:

they can't even get your basic salary right:(
what do you expect when they get all the payroll stuff sent to Poland:rolleyes:

I got paid 21st Feb...we get paid a month behind or in hand whatever its called

[timwilky]

We work a fortnight in arrears, a fortnight in advance, so the only thing people wait for is their overtime as it lacks a month behind.

Senior execs at my co get paid quarterly. that way there are only a few paid directly out of head office and only the one person who authorise their salary transfer to thier bermuda banks knows what they are earning

[kwak zzr]

Did you not get told/ask aboutthe revised pay system when you applied for the new job? I'm kind of assuming this is a promotion you've got...

ive been doing the job for 12 months but its always been an allowance ontop of my basic pay weekly, its only now that my position is more permenant so this is how the monthly came about.

[Biker Biggles]

Just wait till they privatise it and they pay you what they feel like when they feel like it.

[kwak zzr]

hummm yea me thinks ur right, and my redundancy package is only 63weeks pay at the moment :(

[SoulKiss]

hummm yea me thinks ur right, and my redundancy package is only 63weeks pay at the moment :(

Whats that in months......... :p

Runs and hides :)

You could always get a weekend job cleaning bikes to get you through the month :)

[G]

hummm yea me thinks ur right, and my redundancy package is only 63weeks pay at the moment :(


63 weeks pay at the moment :confused: ? you get 1 week for every year you have been there I think (Statutory) have you been there 63 years? :p you didnt look half that last time I met you lol

63 x 330 (the statutory amount) = £20k+

As for being paid monthly instead of weekly :o I didnt realise Royal Mail was still in the dark ages.....I assumed everyone was paid monthly nowdays, that is a complete bugger of a situation they are putting you in though.

[kwak zzr]

they still offer more than statutory at the moment, ive done 20 years service in may.

[Quiff Wichard]

20 years - you would get an enhancement . plus your statutory..

a friend of minewith 3o years at bentley has just walked away with 57K redundancy...




Kwak.. go in to Hr and ask them to explain it properly to you- it IS confusing especially the "cusp" month at changeover.

mate you have a family and kids you need toknow your cash flow is going to balance with your income exceeding your outgoings and they have a duty to explain it to you properly..

I will hazard a guess you have misunderstood it.. they wouldnt leave you with no pay mate..

[ethariel]

For now, the post office is still paying well above the odds for a redundance, what it will be like in a few years once the gvmt set private industry loose on it will be an awful lot less!