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Interesting. Months aren't all the same, especially if you get paid weekly/biweekly, which seems universal here in the US. I assume it's a weekly52/12 or biweek

Interesting. Months aren't all the same, especially if you get paid weekly/biweekly, which seems universal here in the US. I assume it's a weekly52/12 or biweekly26/12? That's what I use for my own personal budgeting, but I've never seen others refer to monthly pay before. I do find it convenient to think about pay this way, since so many expenses are on a monthly schedule (rent, utilities, credit cards, car loans, insurance). EDIT: OK, another comment specified that it's common to receive monthly pay in parts of Europe, rather than weekly/biweekly.

thaumasiotes 9y ago
Getting paid twice a month is common in the US too.
- yxhuvud 9y ago
  Eh, that is what your parent comment says. As a Swede I find the concept strange. I get a monthly salary, and of course it is paid monthly (almost universally sometime between day 20 and 25 of the month).
  - thaumasiotes 9y ago
    > Eh, that is what your parent comment says. No, what my parent comment says is that getting paid twice a month is very rare in the US. ("Months aren't all the same, especially if you get paid weekly/biweekly, which seems universal here in the US.") My parent comment is mistaken.
    - khedoros1 9y ago
      They're saying that being paid either weekly or biweekly (i.e. roughly 2 or 4 times a month) is nearly universal in the U.S, and that being paid monthly sounds less sensible, since months are of different lengths. ...Unless you're talking about the difference between biweekly and semimonthly?
      - thaumasiotes 9y ago
        Considering the explicit distinction drawn between getting paid on a week basis, where "months aren't all the same", and getting paid on a month basis, where they are, of course that's what I'm talking about. If you get paid twice a month, your income is the same every month.
        khedoros1 9y ago
        While they're technically different, they're "close enough for government work", and I don't know anyone who would make the distinction in casual conversation. IMO, there's no "of course" about it; a comparable situation would be interpreting "literally", "begs the question", "ironic", and such using their dictionary definitions, when it seems clear that the writing has a more colloquial tone.
        thaumasiotes 9y ago
        In response to the comment "when you're paid biweekly, not all months are the same", then yes, it is blindingly obvious that the current context draws a distinction between being paid biweekly, such that not all months are the same, and being paid semimonthly, such that all months are in fact the same.
        khedoros1 9y ago
        You're reading the comment differently than I am. That's all I can say.
- bryondowd 9y ago
  Ah, thanks! I should have specified that I was speaking anecdotally. I've just never been paid semi-monthly or monthly in the US or heard of it from others. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised if it is more common that I would have thought. Perhaps it's more common in other regions or fields.

thaumasiotes 9y ago

Getting paid twice a month is common in the US too.

yxhuvud 9y ago
Eh, that is what your parent comment says. As a Swede I find the concept strange. I get a monthly salary, and of course it is paid monthly (almost universally sometime between day 20 and 25 of the month).
- thaumasiotes 9y ago
  > Eh, that is what your parent comment says. No, what my parent comment says is that getting paid twice a month is very rare in the US. ("Months aren't all the same, especially if you get paid weekly/biweekly, which seems universal here in the US.") My parent comment is mistaken.
  - khedoros1 9y ago
    They're saying that being paid either weekly or biweekly (i.e. roughly 2 or 4 times a month) is nearly universal in the U.S, and that being paid monthly sounds less sensible, since months are of different lengths. ...Unless you're talking about the difference between biweekly and semimonthly?
    - thaumasiotes 9y ago
      Considering the explicit distinction drawn between getting paid on a week basis, where "months aren't all the same", and getting paid on a month basis, where they are, of course that's what I'm talking about. If you get paid twice a month, your income is the same every month.
      - khedoros1 9y ago
        While they're technically different, they're "close enough for government work", and I don't know anyone who would make the distinction in casual conversation. IMO, there's no "of course" about it; a comparable situation would be interpreting "literally", "begs the question", "ironic", and such using their dictionary definitions, when it seems clear that the writing has a more colloquial tone.
        thaumasiotes 9y ago
        In response to the comment "when you're paid biweekly, not all months are the same", then yes, it is blindingly obvious that the current context draws a distinction between being paid biweekly, such that not all months are the same, and being paid semimonthly, such that all months are in fact the same.
        khedoros1 9y ago
        You're reading the comment differently than I am. That's all I can say.
bryondowd 9y ago
Ah, thanks! I should have specified that I was speaking anecdotally. I've just never been paid semi-monthly or monthly in the US or heard of it from others. I suppose I shouldn't be surprised if it is more common that I would have thought. Perhaps it's more common in other regions or fields.