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by mytailorisrich 1297 days ago
The article says that UK employees were due to be paid on 25th, which was Friday, but were told they would be paid on the 28th, Monday, instead.

So that's not normal but is an internal problem, even if a one off and not necessarily serious.

As an aside, and it might be different in Germany, if a payment due date falls on a weekend/bank holiday then usually the payment should be made before, not after, because payments are expected by due date, not later...

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>So that's not normal but is an internal problem, even if a one off and not necessarily serious.

I've worked for the same firm (a medium-sized aerospace company) for 15 years.

Never once, for approximately all three hundred and ninety pay periods during that time, has my pay been even 1 femtosecond late, or the date of my pay been changed.

Is this really common and normal?

Personally, I consider it a gigantic, waving, red flag if payroll cannot push the button on time, every time, with no exceptions. That's the simplest and most fundamental business process there is: paying your employees.

I'm reminded of crytek failing to pay employees for months

https://www.polygon.com/platform/amp/2016/12/10/13908156/cry...

No it's not common and it's not normal. Hence why I wrote "that's not normal"...