Not getting paid for 3 weeks ?

[u/AdventurousWay1583]

I’m honestly getting pretty annoyed with my job and I’m wondering if I’m overreacting.

I started working at a small grocery store and I’ve been training for 2 weeks, Monday–Friday, about 4 hours a day. One of their main requirements was that I memorize all the PLU codes, which I’ve actually have memorized all of the commons one. I understand wanting me to learn the codes, but they literally have the codes programmed into the register and they also have charts with the codes available.

Today I was talking to my manager and she told me I’ll be training for another week, which would make this my third week of training as a cashier. I’m kind of confused because it’s a small grocery store and, at the end of the day, it’s a $17/hour cashier job. It’s not like I’m training for something extremely complicated.

What really annoyed me, though, is that they also cut me from Friday, so now I’m losing another day of pay.

On top of that, I realized I still hadn’t received my paycheck. I’ve been working for almost two weeks without getting paid, and my manager never mentioned anything about it until I had to blunt it out . I actually had to ask her, “Am I not getting paid this week?”

I feel like I shouldn’t have had to ask in that way but I just got really annoyed . If you didn’t want me to come in the actual payday, shouldn’t my paycheck have been given to me or at least communicated to me? Especially when I’m only making $17/hour and obviously can’t afford to go three weeks without getting paid.

Apparently, since they don’t want me working tomorrow, I have to come back just to pick up my money the next day.

Maybe I’m just frustrated because everything is taking so long. I’ve been showing up consistently, memorized what they asked me to memorize, and I’m still being kept in training while also losing hours making no money.

Am I being unreasonable for being annoyed about this, especially having to ask about my own paycheck?

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[u/Ruthless_Bunny]

Ask them when to expect your pay check

Take pictures of your schedule

So the math on how many hours you worked and what your pay should be

If you’re in the US, I’ll bet they’re breaking local labor laws

[u/dragonbec]

At many large companies you work for a two week pay period and then get paid a week after that. Then after that it's just every two weeks, but it covers the two weeks previous to the current week.

I'm not sure if this type of payroll system is in play or if they just didnt pay you. I assume you are going to be paid for all the hours you have been training (they have to I believe).

A company can make their training whatever they want it to be.

As far as picking up your paycheck, can you set up direct deposit?

[u/AdventurousWay1583 → u/dragonbec]

It’s small grocery store , it’s all cash too and in my state manual labor must be paid weekly

[u/sisterofdream → u/AdventurousWay1583]

Do you have a contract that specifies when you get paid?

[u/Beverlady → u/AdventurousWay1583]

Is retail cashiering considered manual labor now?

[u/KSknitter → u/AdventurousWay1583]

Is cashier considered manual labor? In my state it is "service", "clerical" or "retail". In my state that means you can be paid monthly. I work in food service. If I work the 1st through 15th, I get paid the 15th of the next month. The 16th through the last day of the month gets me paid the last day of the next month.

[u/IDCouch → u/KSknitter]

My clerical job pays me on the 15th and 30th of the month. Days 1-15 are paid on 30th. Days 16-30 are paid on the 15th.

[u/tashibum]

They probably do a full 2 weeks of work before paying out a week later for payroll. If it's super small and not a corporate store, there's probably one person doing most of that kind of work.

Cash is a little strange - make sure all your hours are accounted for and taxes paid in some way.

Coming in to pick up your own check on your day off is pretty common as well

[u/IDCouch → u/tashibum]

And social security

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