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Original poster

Payday-aibu

37 replies

morethanspice · 14/09/2025 05:52

I work in the care sector and payday falls on a weekend day this month. I’m new to this company but a colleague told me our pay would be in on Friday. It wasn’t and hasn’t appeared over the weekend. I’m assuming Monday now but that will mess up my direct debits as they come out of a different account. My manager is on holiday and doesn’t want to be contacted unless it’s an emergency which obviously it isn’t but it’s caused some anxiety for me. Is it unreasonable to want paid on or before the payday or is it reasonable to have to wait in these circumstances?

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Strawberries86 · 14/09/2025 06:01

Are you do new that you started after payroll closed maybe?

BallerinaRadio · 14/09/2025 06:04

I would probably have checked with a manager rather than taking the word of a colleague if it's a big issue for you but there's not a lot you can do now

Original poster
morethanspice · 14/09/2025 06:09

I’m not that new, this will be my third payday. Two colleagues have actually said the pay goes in early if payday is a weekend day. I had not given it any thought but think im
a little nervous as the manager is not around. If it’s not in tomorrow I will contact him then.

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yikesss · 14/09/2025 06:12

morethanspice · 14/09/2025 06:09

I’m not that new, this will be my third payday. Two colleagues have actually said the pay goes in early if payday is a weekend day. I had not given it any thought but think im
a little nervous as the manager is not around. If it’s not in tomorrow I will contact him then.

It could be due to their bank, I know some make payments early. Im with Barclays and if im due on Monday I get paid Saturday

Laundrywitch · 14/09/2025 06:17

Have your colleagues received their pay?

PositiveAttitude · 14/09/2025 06:21

This is probably due to the bank that you are with and out of the control of payroll. Some banks process the payments early (Friday) but others process it for the money to be in your account first thing Monday.

I do payroll for a number of companies and this is the one question I get asked a lot. Unfortunately there is nothing anyone can do about it. But I do say to people that if the bank is processing it into your bank on the Monday they will also be processing the weekend payments out on a Monday.

dizzydizzydizzy · 14/09/2025 06:27

As PPs have said, I think it is due to your bank. I used to be self-employed and had one main customer. I changed my bank to the same one my customer had because I found that with my old account the transfer from him to me would often take until the following morning. When I got my new account, the money arrived within minutes.

If the money is not in your account first thing Monday, I would assume that your employer has messed up the payroll. That certainly happened quite often with one of my employers.

Original poster
morethanspice · 14/09/2025 06:37

Colleagues not been paid either

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overnightangel · 14/09/2025 06:39

20% of people voting YABU, WTF is wrong with them?

overnightangel · 14/09/2025 06:41

I worked in care for 5-6 years and was constantly battling pay being incorrectly calculated but only once hadn’t been paid in time and I chased up a BACS transfer asap, if they say “we only do BACS transfers on a Tuesday” don’t accept that, demand they organise this straight away.

topcat2014 · 14/09/2025 06:42

While small firms do payroll via faster payments, reasonable size ones use BACS which is a three day payment. The pay day is set by the employer. If they wanted to pay on Friday they would have done. Some banks allow their customers to draw against an incoming payment the day before.

I'm an accountant and hate shoddy employers who can't get this stuff correct!

Original poster
morethanspice · 14/09/2025 06:51

It’s a small company. I think there are about ten to twelve staff. And my colleagues I have spoken to have been with the company quite a while and fully expected their pay on Friday.

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topcat2014 · 14/09/2025 07:20

Sounds like an employer problem. Kick up a fuss on Monday. Payday is part of your contract of employment and not variable

Moonnstars · 14/09/2025 07:31

overnightangel · 14/09/2025 06:39

20% of people voting YABU, WTF is wrong with them?

I have voted this way for the OP not to have asked her manager, especially if this was going to be a big concern. They clearly were worried enough to mention it to a colleague, so I would have asked someone more senior to check.
Where I work ours usually gets paid the day before if payday falls on a weekend, but that's with a local authority.

Original poster
morethanspice · 14/09/2025 07:37

I didn’t ask my manager because my colleague mentioned it to me, I didn’t ask her as I hadn’t thought about it, she said oh well get paid on Friday as it’s always in early if payday falls on a weekend. So that is the norm in this company. And the manager is abroad and there’s no one in charge here.

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StewkeyBlue · 14/09/2025 07:38

OP I wouldn’t contact your manager about this today, there is presumably nothing they can do on a Sunday.

As this is likely to be an issue in the future is it possible to change the day your DDs go out to give you a few days leeway after payday? The two most recent ones I set up asked me what day of the month I wanted them to go out.

Moonnstars · 14/09/2025 07:44

So it won't help on this occasion but I would after this payment has gone out, change the date of your direct debits so that they are a few days after payday so you know you will have time to move money around.. alternatively move the direct debits or give work the account details for the one these come out of so the money is in the same account that things come out of.

ComfortFoodCafe · 14/09/2025 07:47

No dont contact your manager on a Sunday, theres nothing they can do today. Just see if it goes in tomorrow its highly likely it will and change your DDs so they come out a few days later.

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morethanspice · 14/09/2025 07:51

I’m not intending to contact him today, he’s on holiday and it’s a Sunday. I agree re moving the payments a few days back. But feel, in this sector which is long hours and low pay the least that could happen is that we are paid by the due date.

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StewkeyBlue · 14/09/2025 09:55

morethanspice · 14/09/2025 07:51

I’m not intending to contact him today, he’s on holiday and it’s a Sunday. I agree re moving the payments a few days back. But feel, in this sector which is long hours and low pay the least that could happen is that we are paid by the due date.

Yes, it’s frustrating.

I worked in a sector with similar low pay / anti social hours. Payday was specified in the contract but we usually paid a couple of days earlier to allow for problems / leeway.

Then staff complained if we paid on the stated day rather than the earlier day.

I hope everything works out for you.

topcat2014 · 15/09/2025 19:12

Any news OP?

Original poster
morethanspice · 15/09/2025 20:34

Hi, we all got paid yesterday, a day later than our contract states but just glad I’ve got it. Thank you to everyone who replied, it helped a lot.

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dollyblue01 · 15/09/2025 20:54

It’s probably their bank is different to yours , Halifax , Monzo are early if it falls on a Monday pay day , but NatWest would be after 12am on the Monday morning.

LoyalMember · 15/09/2025 21:31

I'm paid on the 28th every month and, if that's on a weekend, it always without fail is paid on the Friday before. I imagine most firms, if not all, do this.

CheeseWisely · 15/09/2025 22:33

I think it depends on the bank. I bank with the same bank (same branch in fact) as my employer and if our second to last working day of the month payday falls on a Monday it always clears for me on Saturday. Colleagues with other banks get it on the Monday.