People who complain about getting paid biweekly are just bad with their money, amirite?

It's mostly a problem for people living paycheck to paycheck. But yeah you shouldn't be using your pay schedule to budget how much you can spend.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

So, most people?

by Soggy_Philosophy 1 day ago

Bloody wish o got paid biweekly I get paid monthly

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Same. My beef with getting paid monthly is that it's a lot of labor to front. I basically lend an employer 10k worth of work and then hope they pay me — which they usually do; but it does make me wish the risk were divided a bit more evenly. It's a lot of trust, and it doesn't even net me interest!

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Damn I'd gladly be paid monthly for 10k a month lol.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Bloody wish I lent an employer 10k I lend an employer less than 2k

by Anonymous 1 day ago

What job do you do? Can't say I have heard of that before.

by Leschannamarie 1 day ago

Can't speak for the person you responded to, but I get paid monthly as well, and I work in the public sector. Most of the other people I know who work public jobs also get paid monthly.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

That's interesting. Thank you!

by Leschannamarie 1 day ago

I'm a joiner but I work for a university. In the UK most people are paid monthly apart from trades who are generally paid weekly. But because I work for a university I'm paid in the same way as the rest of the staff which is why I'm not paid weekly.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Ugh, that is the worst. I got shifted to that all of a sudden at a previous job and really didn't like it. It's not that I couldn't budget, it was just frustrating to not see any compensation for weeks of work.

by Soggy_Philosophy 1 day ago

My wife and I are in education. For the first 20 years we only got 10 paychecks per year (No paychecks in the summer because technically you were unemployed). Now, we actually get one paycheck per month.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

That's interesting because where I am teachers can opt to either have their paychecks just during the school year or reduced so that they're paid over the entire year. I've always gone for the constant pay for the security.

by Soggy_Philosophy 1 day ago

If you make $200-300 biweekly, you're struggling in terms of rent, utilities/bills, food, gas. Don't get me started if you have kids. You're literally living to work (seen so many coworkers in retail, customer service, fast food struggling)

by Anonymous 1 day ago

The problem is how much you make, not the biweekly. $100-150 a week wouldn't magically stretch further. You'd still be out of money at the end of the month, stealing from Peter to pay Paul.

by ImaginationLumpy 1 day ago

An here i am getting payed once per month:))

by Maximillia56 1 day ago

"There is no financial difference between receiving your paycheck weekly or biweekly," On an annual basis, no there is not a difference. But there is a slight quirk if you choose to take advantage of it. If you get paid biweekly, but budget on a monthly basis, you get two free paychecks per year. Biweekly = 26 pay periods per year. 12 months X 2 = 24. There will always be two months a year where you get three paychecks instead of two. That third paycheck that month does not have to go towards your monthly expenses. I get paid biweekly. For example, last month July '25, I got paid on the 3rd, 17th and the 31'st. The paycheck I got yesterday (on the 31'st) was one of my free paychecks. Its Friday today, and I've got a free paycheck that is not allocated to anything.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Honestly, if you're getting paid on any regular normal schedule and complain, you're bad with money.

by Ill_Coffee 1 day ago

I always tell people who get paid on the same schedule as me but on Thursday; "congrats on being paid every 14 days"

by qwalter 1 day ago

Sounds like OP had never had to make half a package of bologna and expired bread stretch for 10 days.

by Bodeevan 1 day ago

I've never had or heard of a job that paid weekly.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I've heard of jobs that do biweekly pay but I have never had one, every job I've worked has been weekly

by marcelinodamore 1 day ago

Different worlds I guess.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Could be salary vs hourly, I'm in a trade so I have always worked hourly

by marcelinodamore 1 day ago

Huh, I don't know then. Might just be an area thing. I've been a machinist/metal worker since 16 and have had second jobs in restaurants on and off throughout my 20s but they were all weekly

by marcelinodamore 1 day ago

maybe it depends on the field and/or country or even region of said country? not sure. i will say that at least 80% of the jobs i've had paid weekly, and they expanded across a wide variety of fields

by edgar03 1 day ago

When I worked retail I was paid weekly, and my wife that works for a big company in basically an office job also gets paid weekly. I will admit that it was pretty odd when they shifted her to that.

by Soggy_Philosophy 1 day ago

I get paid weekly now. But I've always considered it a red flag for high turnover, and I was correct. Although I've been with the company I'm at for 3 years, our annual turnover at lots of locations is near 100%

by ImaginationLumpy 1 day ago

Retail pays weekly. Those people are probably the type to be paycheck to paycheck. They typically cash their checks for real cash at the service desk. They also have vending machines in the break room. That's why the money disappears so fast. Vending machines temptations during two 15 minute breaks and lunch equals 2 to 3 hour net pay. If they pay bi weekly, vending machines don't sell as well the second week since people have no more cash.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Better than not getting paid at all.

by Legitimate_Aside 1 day ago

How is it a different ballgame? You're still getting paid the same amount regardless of how often you're paid.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

But you are working with the same amount of money regardless. If unexpected expenses are foreseen then set aside an emergency fund.If you have an unexpected expense it is going to cost the same amount whether it happens on the off week you are not paid or the week you are paid. Bad budgeting is just bad budgeting.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Again, what the hell does that have to do with how often you get your check? Yeah, kids get sick. All the more reason to learn how to budget. Get paid biweekly? Take however much that is, and divide by two. Bam, that's how much you get paid per week, budget accordingly.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

I like biweekly. I budget my normal expenses around 2 paychecks a month, and then there are 2 months a year that i get a "bonus" check. That is extra.

by Anonymous 1 day ago

Biweekly is better for us. Plus we get 2 months with three paychecks!

by Ill_Coffee 1 day ago