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Rodney · 09-21-2003, 06:11 AM

Getting paid every two weeks is pretty much the corporate American way these days, once you get above low-level jobs. And many civil service jobs pay monthly.

A two-week pay period is not difficult to budget, really. I've never minded it at all. Some people have trouble with the one-month pay periods; you need to be a good budgeter or you'll be short at the end of the month.

There is no particular benefit for salaried work over hourly work. In fact, if your employer is trying to run "lean and mean," salaried workers are generally working more than the standard 40 hours per week without extra pay -- or anything else, these days, except the ability to keep their job through the next round of layoffs.

09-21-2003, 06:11 AM	#4 (permalink)
Rodney Observant Ruminant Location: Rich Wannabe Hippie Town	Getting paid every two weeks is pretty much the corporate American way these days, once you get above low-level jobs. And many civil service jobs pay monthly. A two-week pay period is not difficult to budget, really. I've never minded it at all. Some people have trouble with the one-month pay periods; you need to be a good budgeter or you'll be short at the end of the month. There is no particular benefit for salaried work over hourly work. In fact, if your employer is trying to run "lean and mean," salaried workers are generally working more than the standard 40 hours per week without extra pay -- or anything else, these days, except the ability to keep their job through the next round of layoffs.