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Would you be upset about this or no?
My DH works for a very small company. He was doing contract work with them while being employed by another company, and they were nice enough to take him on as employee after his previous company went under.
It is him, the receptionist and the owner. DH gets paid once a month, and pay day is to fall on the 1st. The issue at hand is that he never gets paid on time. A while ago he didn't get paid until the 5th or so, which made us overdrawn after our house payment came out. So, I called and had the house payment moved to a later date.
This is an ongoing issue, and I am starting to get really pissed about it. It wasn't as big of a deal when I was working, because I got paid 2x a month, so we always had extra money in our account. However, I am no longer working on a consistent basis due to staffing issues at my job.
We do have a savings account, but I hate taking money out just to cover things, when DH should be getting paid on time. Anyway, DH just called and said chances are slim of getting paid today, and that we should just plan on him not getting paid until the 5th each month.
I got upset, and then he got mad at me and said that "he can't do anything about it". I said he should mention something about it.
Should I be mad or am I overreacting? Should I just plan on moving money from savings every month, and then moving it back when he gets paid and not address it?
Re: Would you be upset about this or no?
It would bother me a little but I can see why your H thinks he can't do much about it. I worked at a job in college where late paychecks turned into no paychecks (company went under) so that would make me nervous.
Can you just assume from now on that he gets paid on the 5th and move anything that hits from the 1-5, to pay afer the 5th?
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Yes you have the right to be upset! That's ridiculous! If payday is the first, then payday is the first! DH started a new job and has to be there for 2 months before they will do automatic. They didn't bother to tell him that his first 2 months (gets paid weekly), checks would be delayed 3-4 days because of the way their system works, so we were screwed one week.
Can you rework your bills so nothing comes out until the 5th rather than having to move money over constantly?
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This.
Dh gets paid on the 1st and 16th. It is so confusing sometimes because those dates can fall on the weekend then he doesn't get paid until the 3rd or 18th.
I think he just pulled a day out of nowhere. He hasn't actually talked to anyone. I think that he just figures chances are that he will always be paid by the 5th of the month.
I can move some things. We have couple of things that are due on the 1st/2nd. I think it just really sucks that he can't get paid on time.
I would be hell.a.pissed about this! Your DH needs to say something. He needs to know when he is going to be paid.
Also, he is in a high demand field....have him update his resume and get it to me!! Our paychecks are NEVER late.
Um, don't want to freak you out even more, but a company that can't meet payroll has major issues. If it were me, I'd be looking for other employment asap. Is the company meeting it's payroll tax obligations?
Sorry.
No, they can meet it. It just happens that the boss (who needs to sign off on the checks) is gone a lot on payday, because of meetings, wife's dr appointments (she is very ill), out of town (they have several projects going on our of town right now), etc.
Today he is in a meeting and not sure if he will make it back to sign checks.
ETA: I will probably DD this later. Just to be safe.
I am SO trying. Trust me.
Yes.
This is not a good sign.... time to polish off the resume.