Just got a job at lowes. When will I get paid?

[Anonymous]

So I start orientation on Thursday at lowes and I meant to ask when I get paid when they did my drug test but I thought it wouldn't be appropriate. Do I have to work two whole weeks before I get paid or will I just get paid when everyone else gets paid on the normal payday?

[Anonymous]

I worked at Lowe's, it depends on the pay period when you start when you get paid. They get paid every other week, and the "pay-period" is the two weeks prior to pay day.

For example if you start on a Saturday the first of the month and everyone else gets paid that coming Friday, the seventh you will not get paid. This is because the "pay-period" was from exactly the two weeks prior to when you started.

So now you work from the Saturday, the first, through Friday, the fourteenth, the current pay-period. The PAYDAY for this Pay-Period is not Friday the fourteenth, it's Friday the 21st. Basically, after the two week pay-period is over the Human Resources has exactly one week to verify everyone's paychecks and submit their money to their banks. This is why it takes three weeks to get paid and you do NOT get paid for three weeks worth. You only get paid for those first two weeks worth.

Now, EVEN THOUGH you don't get paid until the 21st for working the 1st through the 14th, a NEW pay-period will begin on the 15th. This pay-period is from Saturday the 15th - Friday, the 28th. The PAYDAY for this period is Friday the fourth of the next month (in a 31 day month). The 4th of the following month is exactly two weeks (14 days) from the 21st. This cycle goes on and on and is what nearly every company who uses a bi-weekly pay-period to maintain their records.

Why do you have to wait so long to get paid? By this configuration, everyone who ALREADY works there gets paid on the seventh, while you are working. However you do not get paid because their PAY-PERIOD was the exact two weeks which ended the day before you started.

In your case, since you are starting at the end of a "fiscal week" (Lowe's fiscal week is Sat-Fri), you have two options of being paid. Either you are starting in the OFF-WEEK (the week people are NOT being paid) which is the first week of the pay-period and therefore you WILL get paid the following Friday (for only the Thursday and Friday while at orientation). Or you start during the week they get paid, as in they get paid the day after you start orientation, and so then you will not get paid until two fridays after that.

Either way, you will be paid either nine or sixteen days for your first paycheck if you start on a Thursday at Lowe's.

[madhatters4]

generally it's at least two weeks or whenever the pay period is... but say you started today and they get paid this Friday you generally, as a new employee, won't get paid until the next pay period so essentially 3 weeks

[Asker]

wtf? that's retarded. How do they expect me to go 3 weeks and not get paid?

[madhatters4]

I remember that issue when I was young. It sucks big time...but you will get 3 weeks worth of pay. So if you can make it til then or get someone to float you a few bucks you'll get a nice check in a few weeks

[aMuse]

From what I see on the internet they pay bi-weekly. So expect pay checks on the 15th and the 30th most likely.

[LoveBambi]

It's every other week

[Asker]

ok so I'll just get my paycheck for whatever hours I worked whenever payday comes around regardless of how long I've been their?

[LoveBambi]

You'll get paid when everyone else does. If payday is this Friday and you've only been there a week, you might not have a paycheck. It also depends on when their week "starts". Some companies start on a Saturday so you'd have to ask to be sure.

[Anonymous]

usually after two weeks. just ask.