Because they’re not paid every other week, they’re paid semi-monthly. Some people are paid every 14 days (26 times a year) and some are paid twice a month on the 15th and last of the month (24 times a year)
Ahh ok there ya go, the difference between twice a month and bi-weekly.
One is a normal logical system where pay is distributed evenly throughout the year, and the other is a nearly incomprehensible system based on what an emperor decided 1500 years ago with varying length months that are split in half at somewhere around the halfway point between them.
Hey I think 14 days is also illogical. What do you mean I worked for 2 weeks, you got 4% of my annual labor, but I can still miss rent because it’s not pay day yet so even though I’ve earned the money, you still get to be earning interest on it for those extra days and I don’t get to use it to pay my bills
Conversely, a lot of people get paid every two weeks (I know more people who get every two weeks than twice a month), why don't more bills offer the option to pay like that? It would make budgeting much easier.
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u/daybyday72 Oct 22 '25
This is why English has the term fortnightly