Getting paid early at Christmas.



PNEFC111 said:
You know something ? The only thing I really need is a decent feed on Christmas Day and my family around me. Some good TV wouldn’t go amiss.

Nothing else .
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Same here. Going to my girlfriends in Sunderland on Christmas Eve and will come back to Newcastle maybe on the Saturday. Will visit my folks on Boxing Day but couldn’t give a fuck about doing owt else the whole time.

Might have a look out for a few in the town on Boxing Day night.
 
Lionel Hutzz said:
Wtf everywhere I've ever worked the backlog would be insane

Does that count towards your leave?
I thought I was lucky now I get boxing day and new years day off
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I’m a public servant and don’t work in a profit based or target driven job though. Like you I’ve mainly had to work like.
 
Mackem00 said:
Absolutely love Christmas me mind.
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Me too, my favourite time of the year 🎅🎄🎁😍
OOOSH YEAH said:
Found out today that the people I’m working for are paying us on our normal last working day of the month in December. Few people were really pissed off where as I thought well done.

Never understood the point in getting paid early. It’s like it has come as a shock to people that Christmas is coming those who are annoyed. I personally don’t spend anymore money at Christmas than I do most the year and if people do they should be able to manage their finances to cope with the extra expense. They’ll only end up f***ing brassic in the new year anyway sponging off folk who don’t waste a load of money on minature spring rolls and prawn rings.

I certainly wouldn’t pay benefits early which the Nash actually do.
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I get my wages every Friday and my benefits every Monday - works well for me, I manage far better tbh :cool:.
 
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look out piano said:
Me too, my favourite time of the year 🎅🎄🎁😍

I get my wages every Friday and my benefits every Monday - works well for me, I manage far better tbh :cool:.
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Aye well I’m a single bloke so I’m the least cared about demographic in the country so nee benefits shall ever be dished out to me. I’d even buzz off a snidey tenner a week off the Nash for no reason like some bastards get 😂
 
PNEFC111 said:
From your annual leave ?

Rather work myself and take days in Summer. Xmas and Boxing Day off for me then back to graft - my choice as I m free lance.
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Aye. Always worked in factories so always been that way. Love my fortnight off at Christmas.
 
All the public sector jobs I've had the office would close on 24th (earlier if that fell on a weekend) and open again on the 2nd. Didn't use any leave for it.

Private sector it's a different story.
 
OOOSH YEAH said:
Found out today that the people I’m working for are paying us on our normal last working day of the month in December. Few people were really pissed off where as I thought well done.

Never understood the point in getting paid early. It’s like it has come as a shock to people that Christmas is coming those who are annoyed. I personally don’t spend anymore money at Christmas than I do most the year and if people do they should be able to manage their finances to cope with the extra expense. They’ll only end up f***ing brassic in the new year anyway sponging off folk who don’t waste a load of money on minature spring rolls and prawn rings.

I certainly wouldn’t pay benefits early which the Nash actually do.
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Merry Christmas to you too.
Wilfy said:
Graft! You’re a civil servant, wouldn’t be able to survive in the real world.
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Worked on both private and public. None is more or less 'real' than the other. .
 
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seahamstar said:
I work in the public sector and i'm only off Christmas day, boxing day and New Years Day.
On call on Boxing day so I might end up working
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Aye but you must be like a plumber or something? There are jobs that can wait really where the likes of a plumber needs to be available when people need them.
 
OOOSH YEAH said:
Well this is it but a lot of people seem to want to spend everything they have in time for payday. Some folk see money as needing to be spent rather than just buying stuff you actually need.
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Exactly. Ive never got the 5 or 6 weeks between pay days thing. If you get paid a week early then surely you'd have money left over from previous month. All the months have roughly same number of days (give or take a day). Your big bills (mortgage/rent, council tax, utilities, any loan repayments etc) are all fixed monthly amounts so why do folk struggle with this?
 
JAZZMANB said:
Aways puzzled me the people who set up direct debits at month end so next month's wages pays this month's bills .Same ones who run out 3 weeks into month
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See personally I dont differentiate with the dates. So it doesnt matter if I get paid on 15th or 28th, my council tax for that month also doesnt matter if its paid on the 1st or 28th, that months payment still relates to that months income. Its just a matter of being organised in managing cashflow. But listening to the way others go in, I do think im a bit of a rare breed these days.
 

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