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New job in school - when will I be paid? STRESSED

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Callumdrewmom · 30/08/2015 19:19

hello ????????
Hi there, I start my job as school secretary on 7th September (BEFORE) payroll cutoff....but will I be paid at the end of September? Or will I have to wait til October to get paid?? I'm seriously stressing about it, and any help will be great. Thank you so much. I'm new here......

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Hendoisthecaptain · 30/08/2015 21:24

Hi, I work in a school and our LA pays non-teaching staff on the 18th of the month and you should be paid in Sept. Staff in our LA do not work a month in hand.

PigletJohn · 30/08/2015 22:09

I hope you have already received your Contract of Employment, with your job offer. Look in there.

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Callumdrewmom · 31/08/2015 10:05

Thank you hendoisthecaptin, that's great, thanks for the advice! :-)

Piglet john no I have not, otherwise I would have, but great constructure answer, something I haven't thought of!!

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XCChamps · 31/08/2015 10:15

Piglet made a perfectly sensible suggestion - you're going to fit in beautifully as a school secretary

Hopefully someone set you up on payroll before they broke up, so you should be paid in September. If not, they'll be able to arrange an ad hoc payment, which you'll repay when you get (almost) 2 month's salary in October.

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Callumdrewmom · 31/08/2015 10:48

XCChamps thank you for your response, I'll keep my fingers crossed.
So it's ok for her to speak to me like I'm stupid and belittle me, but when I stand up for myself I get abused, wow this page is great sbd I'm so glad I joined. Such a friendly welcoming place.

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IlPorcupinoNilSodomyEst · 31/08/2015 10:52

I started on the 11th of a month and got paid on the 25th (which I hadn't expected actually).

hesterton · 31/08/2015 10:54

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CheddarGorgeous · 31/08/2015 10:54

I think your stress may be causing you to read offence into a remark that was actually really helpful.

Best of luck with your job. and keep out of AIBU if PJs remark counts as abuse

AuditAngel · 31/08/2015 11:04

I also think you were a little unfair to PigletJohn who I have always found to be helpful and pragmatic. He also provides very soecific detailed advice which has enabled lots of posters to undertake tasks they expected to need tradesmen for.

If you do not have your contract yet (and my employees wouldn't have), does your letter of offer include anything helpful? If you are starting on the 7th, will other staff be in the office before that?

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Callumdrewmom · 31/08/2015 11:19

Checking a contract if it is avaliable is fairly obvious for those of us who can breathe and blink simultaneously, and it's neither useful nor pragmatic advice. I simply was trying to assertain if councils ran a 'month in hand policy' and yes it is abuse if someone who doesn't know you assumes to say I will fit in beautifully as a school secretary, when they know nothing about me, or presume I am reading too much into something because I said I was stressed!
I'm truly grateful to those of you who have offered genuine support and guidance, and for the others who seem to just want to spend their bank holiday being clicky and trolling - I wish you the day you deserve!

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onadifferentplanet · 31/08/2015 11:32

Presumably you had the job offer before the week end so common sense might have ben to ring the LA and ask rather then spending the Bank Holiday Weekend stressing about it. I imagine your offer letter says something about contacting them if you have any queries?

CheddarGorgeous · 31/08/2015 13:18

Anyone else looking forward to the start of term to find out whether their DCs school has a new secretary?

XCChamps · 31/08/2015 14:00

Gosh, you're going to struggle in a school office if you take offense so easily....

LooksLikeImStuckHere · 31/08/2015 14:06

All LAs are different. Mine pay on the very last working day of each month (as long as they can get away with it!). I would have thought that if your hours are contracted, that you will be paid at the end of September as most work a month in hand. I started mid-July and received my first pay at the end of July.

Your county HR department will be in over the school holidays as they work for the whole county. You could call the main help desk and ask to be transferred, although they won't be there today!

If it's an academy the rules may be different.

Winniewinter · 31/08/2015 15:15

Thank you 'looks like I'm stuck here' that's great advice, really appreciate it. Thank you

springalong · 31/08/2015 15:23

OP - take a chill pill quick please. Piglet John's post was short and constructive. Yet you were so rude to him and other posters. Being a school secretary is a very stressful job. You will not be able to fly off the handle at parents who ask you silly questions all day long, teaching staff who can never find anything or pupils causing mayhem.

And have you name changed already??

Winniewinter · 31/08/2015 15:51

This is giving me the best laugh of my whole weekend. Thank you so much. Have a great day

Auntpetunia2015 · 31/08/2015 17:20

Are you responsible for payroll or is someone else? If it's you then get it done tomorrow and you should be paid end of the month. If someone else is responsible then they'll probably have already put you onto SIMS payroll before they broke up, I did all our new starters as soon as we confirmed their job offers, dB's etc came through clear.

Ps, if you go into school with the attitude you've shown here you will be very unpopular very quickly.

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