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[โ€“] finickydesert@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 years ago (17 children)

Getting paid every 2weeks (what the old times told me)

[โ€“] Thorry84@feddit.nl 8 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Really? Is that a thing? Where I live getting paid per month is the norm. Some people get paid per 4 weeks instead of per month. But I don't know of any trade where payment per week or twee weeks is the norm. Stuff like rent, mortgage, water, gas and electric etc. is all done per month. So it makes sense to match the income cycle to the bill cycle.

Puts living paycheck to paycheck in perspective. I can image not getting ends to meet on a monthly basis. But if you can't afford the next week, you have basically nothing.

I know there is a lot of overhead with payroll where I live, so if companies would have to do it more often, that would be pretty expensive. There are a lot of rules and regulations, so it takes a lot of work to do it right.

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[โ€“] TheObserver@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Car insurance Health insurance Dental insurance

All insurance really

Also renewing license plates/licenses

Basically if you need to make a yearly or monthly payment to keep using something it's a scam in my eyes.

[โ€“] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I can tell you've never needed insurance or some kind of licensing system.

This changes.

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[โ€“] humanplayer2@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Working from home, but not being payed rent for the space.

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[โ€“] sub_ubi@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Enclosure

"The law locks up the man or woman
Who steals the goose from off the common,
But lets the greater felon loose
Who steals the common from the goose." 
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