Vienna
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There`ll be a lot of people worrying about their finances this month. Monthly paid employees tend to be paid earlier in December and then its a long wait until their January pay day. During that time they`ll have spent on Christmas food and gifts plus stuff from January sales, not to mention new clothes or money spent on meals/nights out etc. I daresay more than a few folks are panicking about their overdrafts or credit card bills.
Before I retired we always had at least a couple of staff come to see a Manager privately at the start of January and asking for a sub from their upcoming January salary. There were many a sob story from some or just downright brazenness from others. One girl was a single parent with 2 kids and she always asked for a sub and said she`d spent more than she should have on her childrens Christmas gifts. Another was a young single bloke who openly admitted he`d spent up on nights out with his mates. One middle aged staff member always said he spent most of his December salary on his elderly Mother and bought all her Christmas food plus gifts and paid a chunk off her utility bills. Sometimes it was hard to separate fact from fiction.
The Manager always considered each request carefully and if he/she agreed then the secretary would write out a cheque for the person but it always meant come January their salary was less than is should be and so they still struggled to manage until February and so on.
Before I retired we always had at least a couple of staff come to see a Manager privately at the start of January and asking for a sub from their upcoming January salary. There were many a sob story from some or just downright brazenness from others. One girl was a single parent with 2 kids and she always asked for a sub and said she`d spent more than she should have on her childrens Christmas gifts. Another was a young single bloke who openly admitted he`d spent up on nights out with his mates. One middle aged staff member always said he spent most of his December salary on his elderly Mother and bought all her Christmas food plus gifts and paid a chunk off her utility bills. Sometimes it was hard to separate fact from fiction.
The Manager always considered each request carefully and if he/she agreed then the secretary would write out a cheque for the person but it always meant come January their salary was less than is should be and so they still struggled to manage until February and so on.