Comments on: Getting Paid on Time http://www.buzzurro.net/2007/04/getting-paid-on-time/ I might be wrong, but I doubt it Sat, 19 May 2012 00:36:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Getting Paid on Time by: Barbara http://www.buzzurro.net/2007/04/getting-paid-on-time/#comment-34563 Mon, 26 Nov 2007 16:51:29 +0000 http://www.buzzurro.net/2007/04/getting-paid-on-time/#comment-34563 Oh my god! I worked for a VERY large multinational in Italy 5 years ago and had that problem constantly the whole time I was there. It nearly got me evicted more than once... to make matters worse, it was a student internship, so the fact that I was getting paid at all was provoking not a small amount of jealousy. Never mind the fact that I was living on it, and not on my family's money... and yes, no one in the States understood! They just could not comprehend it. Meanwhile, the guy in accounting rolled his eyes every time he saw me coming, having to deal with the pain-in-the-ass American yet again. Everyone else was waiting at least 6 months to get paid... Oh my god! I worked for a VERY large multinational in Italy 5 years ago and had that problem constantly the whole time I was there. It nearly got me evicted more than once… to make matters worse, it was a student internship, so the fact that I was getting paid at all was provoking not a small amount of jealousy. Never mind the fact that I was living on it, and not on my family’s money… and yes, no one in the States understood! They just could not comprehend it. Meanwhile, the guy in accounting rolled his eyes every time he saw me coming, having to deal with the pain-in-the-ass American yet again. Everyone else was waiting at least 6 months to get paid…

]]> Comment on Getting Paid on Time by: Buzzurro http://www.buzzurro.net/2007/04/getting-paid-on-time/#comment-20450 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 05:58:24 +0000 http://www.buzzurro.net/2007/04/getting-paid-on-time/#comment-20450 billfry: what is your point ? Can you elaborate that ? billfry:
what is your point ? Can you elaborate that ?

]]> Comment on Getting Paid on Time by: billfry http://www.buzzurro.net/2007/04/getting-paid-on-time/#comment-20449 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 05:46:04 +0000 http://www.buzzurro.net/2007/04/getting-paid-on-time/#comment-20449 the reason people liked Mussolini was that he made the trains run on time. the reason people liked Mussolini was that he made the trains run on time.

]]> Comment on Getting Paid on Time by: tracie b http://www.buzzurro.net/2007/04/getting-paid-on-time/#comment-20431 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 19:10:53 +0000 http://www.buzzurro.net/2007/04/getting-paid-on-time/#comment-20431 the wages are bad enough without having to deal with not being paid. it's all very broken. the wages are bad enough without having to deal with not being paid. it’s all very broken.

]]> Comment on Getting Paid on Time by: Delina http://www.buzzurro.net/2007/04/getting-paid-on-time/#comment-20428 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 17:28:05 +0000 http://www.buzzurro.net/2007/04/getting-paid-on-time/#comment-20428 I've heard of people in Italy not getting paid, not in too many cases though. Thank god it's never happened to me, it would be just a few days late when I worked for a McLanguage school. To go months without being paid is terrible! I’ve heard of people in Italy not getting paid, not in too many cases though. Thank god it’s never happened to me, it would be just a few days late when I worked for a McLanguage school. To go months without being paid is terrible!

]]> Comment on Getting Paid on Time by: Deborah http://www.buzzurro.net/2007/04/getting-paid-on-time/#comment-20409 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 12:06:36 +0000 http://www.buzzurro.net/2007/04/getting-paid-on-time/#comment-20409 Buzzurro ... try to post your response once more. It must have been a glitch. I'd like what you said to show up in the comment fied, if you could please. this new template of mine has to go. I just haven't had time to make the changes Buzzurro … try to post your response once more. It must have been a glitch. I’d like what you said to show up in the comment fied, if you could please.

this new template of mine has to go. I just haven’t had time to make the changes

]]> Comment on Getting Paid on Time by: Buzzurro http://www.buzzurro.net/2007/04/getting-paid-on-time/#comment-20396 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 05:05:26 +0000 http://www.buzzurro.net/2007/04/getting-paid-on-time/#comment-20396 JennDZ: I confirm, it's all true (I've seen J.Doe paid months or weeks late in Italy). Not only employers in financial trouble do this, but also some of the major Italian companies pay late. What if you live paycheck to paycheck and have to pay the bills ? JennDZ:
I confirm, it’s all true (I’ve seen J.Doe paid months or weeks late in Italy). Not only employers in financial trouble do this, but also some of the major Italian companies pay late. What if you live paycheck to paycheck and have to pay the bills ?

]]> Comment on Getting Paid on Time by: JennDZ http://www.buzzurro.net/2007/04/getting-paid-on-time/#comment-20380 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 00:19:12 +0000 http://www.buzzurro.net/2007/04/getting-paid-on-time/#comment-20380 Wow, so much red tape in Italy. Roberto talks about it all the time, and I used to think he was over-exaggerating - I mean I do it about the BS in the US, but I am reading lots of blogs that talk about similar things....I guess he must be point on! WOW! Wow, so much red tape in Italy. Roberto talks about it all the time, and I used to think he was over-exaggerating - I mean I do it about the BS in the US, but I am reading lots of blogs that talk about similar things….I guess he must be point on! WOW!

]]> Comment on Getting Paid on Time by: KC http://www.buzzurro.net/2007/04/getting-paid-on-time/#comment-20340 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 08:44:09 +0000 http://www.buzzurro.net/2007/04/getting-paid-on-time/#comment-20340 Oops, I meant to say that my husband's boss fired almost everyone, etc. Proofreading is a good thing! Oops, I meant to say that my husband’s boss fired almost everyone, etc. Proofreading is a good thing!

]]> Comment on Getting Paid on Time by: KC http://www.buzzurro.net/2007/04/getting-paid-on-time/#comment-20338 Mon, 16 Apr 2007 08:40:48 +0000 http://www.buzzurro.net/2007/04/getting-paid-on-time/#comment-20338 My husband went through a period of several months without getting paid a few years ago, but he was warned before it happened. His company was failing and he fired almost everyone, and let people stay on only if they agreed not to be paid for a while. He's still paying off the debt he incurred from doing that. My husband really needed the job and he was much younger then, living with his family, so he agreed to it. That's bad enough, but it's completely ridiculous that there are employers who withhold pay for no good reason. Sometimes I'm amazed that this country continues to function at all. My husband went through a period of several months without getting paid a few years ago, but he was warned before it happened. His company was failing and he fired almost everyone, and let people stay on only if they agreed not to be paid for a while. He’s still paying off the debt he incurred from doing that. My husband really needed the job and he was much younger then, living with his family, so he agreed to it. That’s bad enough, but it’s completely ridiculous that there are employers who withhold pay for no good reason. Sometimes I’m amazed that this country continues to function at all.

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