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When do you get paid your Christmas wage?

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Heshandsomeapartfromtheeyebags · 19/12/2024 22:45

Two friends this week have told me they get paid their wage when they finish work for Christmas (one tomorrow and one on Monday)
I get paid at the end of the month as always
I didn’t realise this was a thing?

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NeverDropYourMooncup · 20/12/2024 10:35

TheNinkyNonkyIsATardis · 20/12/2024 10:25

My company pays on the 20th every month, so no change in December.

I'm pretty po-faced about the whole "six weeks til payday" thing though. You get 12 equal payments a year in many jobs. It's not hard to arrange your finances if this is the case. Christmas isn't a surprise.

(exceptions apply such as UC etc)

Depends if somebody is actually earning enough in the first place, really. If they're already not paid enough to make it through to the end of any month, no amount of telling them 'just keep a bit behind, you don't need to spend it, you know'.

TheNinkyNonkyIsATardis · 20/12/2024 10:25

My company pays on the 20th every month, so no change in December.

I'm pretty po-faced about the whole "six weeks til payday" thing though. You get 12 equal payments a year in many jobs. It's not hard to arrange your finances if this is the case. Christmas isn't a surprise.

(exceptions apply such as UC etc)

Itsjustnotthevibe · 20/12/2024 10:22

We both got paid today. My workplace shuts down on Christmas eve and reopens on the 2nd Jan so there would be no one to check the payroll has run on the usual day and my husband works for a smallish business and the Finance lady is off now until after the new year. It's a bit annoying as it makes for a long period between being paid but I am used to it now.

captainPugwashh · 20/12/2024 10:15

I got paid today (nhs) DH gets paid next week thank goodness

Blankspace35 · 20/12/2024 10:06

Where i used to work they paid us 2 weeks early in December, 1 week early in January and the last working day of the month every other month

SJM1988 · 20/12/2024 09:40

I get paid the last day of the month as usual. We use to get it christmas eve but they stopped that a few years ago.

boulevardofbrokendreamss · 20/12/2024 09:39

On the 6th as normal in previous forms where payday was the 31st or first we got paid a few days before Christmas so payroll could be processed. I hated it!

LBOCS2 · 20/12/2024 09:36

Got paid yesterday - ten days early, which I think is a bit much tbh. It's standard that it comes before Christmas, everywhere I've worked has had that.

Norder · 20/12/2024 09:32

I've already been paid, but my work is closed until the second week in January now, so if we'd been paid as normal, no issues with pay could have been addressed as there are no staff in the building for almost 3 weeks.

AngelontopoftheTree · 20/12/2024 09:30

Heshandsomeapartfromtheeyebags · 19/12/2024 22:47

@GCAcademic It gives you extra over christmas if needed…but can be dangerous as January will be hard!
So this is a normal thing?

I got paid yesterday & DH today.
To me, Yes it is a normal thing.

LuckysDadsHat · 20/12/2024 09:25

Always the last working day of the month. And I'm glad. I don't want 6 weeks to wait for pay in Januaru.

QueSyrahSyrah · 20/12/2024 09:25

DH got paid today instead of last working day of the month.

We had an office vote a few years ago and the majority opted to stay as usual and get paid second to last working day of the month so that's what we do. In previous jobs where I've been paid before Christmas I've moved it all into savings and then back again on the right day, otherwise it's a looooong time until payday comes again.

NeverDropYourMooncup · 20/12/2024 09:23

One day early - Christmas eve - for this job.

I've been paid on the last Friday before Christmas in most jobs.

Got completely screwed over in one place when the boss went on holiday, saying he wasn't going to pay me early because I hadn't worked those days yet, came back 3 weeks later (so I wasn't paid on the 31st either) and then deducted the two week compulsory closure in full due to him being on holiday - because I hadn't worked there a year yet.

SmallGoddess · 20/12/2024 09:16

My occupational pension which is normally paid on the last working day of the month has been paid today. December pay was always before Christmas when I was working. (huge employer - not the NHS)

Lulu1919 · 20/12/2024 09:12

Same as usual ....about two days before end of month

Mandylovescandy · 20/12/2024 09:11

Was paid yesterday, transferred to savings account to move back on last day of month. Would prefer it was just like normal

AnImaginaryCat · 20/12/2024 09:10

Ponderingwindow · 19/12/2024 22:48

I just get paid every 2 weeks. Unless Christmas happens to fall on payday, we just get paid as normal.

Edited

Same as this.

Only change are that there are accelerated pay runs done. Which only affect people if they should have some pay adjustment such as overtime, return from unpaid leave or go out on unscheduled unpaid leave.

macshoto · 20/12/2024 09:08

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theemmadilemma · 20/12/2024 09:05

genesis92 · 20/12/2024 09:03

I don't know why some employers do this? I mean surely the 20th is too late in the month to be helpful for buying extra presents and stuff? Or am I wrong

I don't see the point

Yes this! Unless you do a mad dash it's too late to be helpful, so why?

NoWordForFluffy · 20/12/2024 09:05

genesis92 · 20/12/2024 09:03

I don't know why some employers do this? I mean surely the 20th is too late in the month to be helpful for buying extra presents and stuff? Or am I wrong

I don't see the point

Probably because the people administering it aren't working between Christmas and new year to do it on the usual date (or be available in case of any fuck ups!).

theemmadilemma · 20/12/2024 09:05

Today. I'd prefer not to.

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 20/12/2024 09:04

Today!

But I get paid on the 20th of every month. Works well at Christmas though.

genesis92 · 20/12/2024 09:03

I don't know why some employers do this? I mean surely the 20th is too late in the month to be helpful for buying extra presents and stuff? Or am I wrong

I don't see the point

brunettemic · 20/12/2024 08:59

NoWordForFluffy · 20/12/2024 08:57

Exactly this. I don't get the angst about long months when there's a very simple solution.

My guess is that it's budgeting for Christmas which is the actual problem, not when the pay is received!

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100%! The problem is the people not the date as you say. They can’t all be brilliant like us 😂

NoWordForFluffy · 20/12/2024 08:57

brunettemic · 20/12/2024 08:53

Same day as always, last working day. In other places where it’s been early I just move it and then move it back on what would have been pay day so there’s no issues with it being a long month, ie it’s an easily solvable problem.

Exactly this. I don't get the angst about long months when there's a very simple solution.

My guess is that it's budgeting for Christmas which is the actual problem, not when the pay is received!