My parents told me that in China, they get paid once a month. And its a common story where employers refuse to pay their employees, and authorities kinda suck at doing anything about it…

Sometimes they ask you to 试工 (trial work?) for like a day (or whatever period of time they ask you to do), then they just say your performance is bad or whatever excuse, refuse to hire you, then you leave empty handed, and basically did work for free. So when my mom was was looking for work, I heard her ask “so just to make sure: I do get paid for today regardless of if you hire me or not right” (that was here in the US, at a store run by another ethnic Chinese), which is when she warned me about the shenanigans in China…

Anyways:

Here in the US, it’s always been weekly pay

I don’t think they ever had an issue with employers refusing to pay over here.

In China, my mom told me that sometimes they delay your pay for like a few days to sometimes even almost a month late… like its routine…

that China stuff was before 2010 btw

So about the overtime…

There’s no such thing as the 1.5x bonus for time over 40 hours in China…

Sometimes they have performance-based bonus pay.

Like for example: my mom worked in electronics sales (think a sort of “Best Buy” type of thing) and like get commissions for making more sales… that type of stuff…

Afaik, there has always bonus pay for overtime for the employers my parents worked for here in the US. (I mean unless you are talking about those sketchy “under the table stuff” which my parents never did cuz they don’t wanna mess the IRS.)

So hows the situation in your country? Is there like routine delayed pay or those shenanigans?

  • Arcanepotato@crazypeople.onlineEnglish
    2·
    2 days ago

    Ontario, Canada

    Here in the US, it’s always been weekly pay

    There is no required pay frequency. I haven’t personally been paid monthly, but it is allowed…

    I don’t think they ever had an issue with employers refusing to pay over here.

    Trial shifts are a thing here, especially for service or kitchen jobs. It’s illegal, but many people don’t know their rights.

    I’ve had problem try to not pay me after I quit. I had to take them to the labour board.

    How often do you read about people being asked to clock out before they leave? Or only getting paid as long as re store is open and having to clean after? I feel like that’s a very common

    In China, my mom told me that sometimes they delay your pay for like a few days to sometimes even almost a month late… like its routine…

    I’ve been paid late in Ontario. I’ve known people who had pay cuts because the company was t doing well.

    There’s no such thing as the 1.5x bonus for time over 40 hours in China…

    I’m an engineer. As such, I am not covered by the employment standards act and my employer is not obligated to pay me to for overtime.

    Sometimes they have performance-based bonus pay.

    Like for example: my mom worked in electronics sales (think a sort of “Best Buy” type of thing) and like get commissions for making more sales… that type of stuff…

    That’s not uncommon at all. Some jobs are 100% commission.

    Nothing to described is unheard of in Canada/the States. I’m kind of waiting for the “SIKE I WAS DESCRIBING THE US ALL ALONG” but figured I’d comment in case it was useful to anyone.

    • 「黃家駒 Wong Ka Kui」@piefed.caOPEnglish
      4·
      2 days ago

      Nothing to described is unheard of in Canada/the States. I’m kind of waiting for the “SIKE I WAS DESCRIBING THE US ALL ALONG” but figured I’d comment in case it was useful to anyone.

      This isn’t some trick question. I was born in Guangzhou, China. My knowledge of these employement stuff from my parents experiece in Taishan and Guangzhou (there as Taishan Hukou-holder migrant workers, so basically second class residents), as as for the US, its from Brooklyn-NY and Philly…

      Which might be kinda limited in scope…

      Its kinda interesting both US and China has these “grass greener on the other side” type of people…

      We as a species are so similar no matter where we come from

        • WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today
          21·
          2 days ago

          I’ve seen several variations of it. Since it’s slang, there’s no formal proper spelling.

          • bitchkat@lemmy.worldEnglish
            2·
            2 days ago

            You realize that the expression means “I psyched you out” meaning ‘I used psychology to get you to believe something untrue.’

            Sike belongs in the same category as people that use “walla” when they mean “voila”. Or saying that sone thing “peaks their interest” when theyvmean “piques”

            • WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today
              1·
              1 day ago

              I’m well aware, and I’m sure most users of the term are aware as well. Language is always evolving, however. There are numerous words that been made up, but eventually enter the official lexicons due to popularity. Others like “cool” that have had additional interpretations added depending upon context which have little association with their original meaning.

              The examples you quoted are words people are actually trying to use with the full original meaning, but misspelled (sometimes deliberately). While “sike/psych/syke/etc.” falls into a similar vein, it’s not quite the same because - as you noted - it doesn’t just mean the same as “psychology,” but to use it in a particular manner.