• Unruffled [he/him]@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    4 months ago

    It also varies by profession and/or position in some countries. Managers and “professionals” on higher salaries will often be paid monthly, whereas “ordinary” employees would usually get paid weekly or bi-weekly. Personally, I think it’s a tacit acknowledgement that it’s much harder to budget for a whole month on lower rates of pay.

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      4 months ago

      Wouldn’t it be easier to budget for a whole month on low pay, especially since bills are monthly.

      Paycheck comes in -> Pay all bills for that month -> whatever is left you can spend that month.

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        4 months ago

        I guess the thought was it’d be much harder for low paid workers to live for 4 weeks on savings, before their first paycheck came in. But yeah, I get your point.