I've been working for my current employer (very small company) for about 9 months now. When I was first onboarded they said we should see our deposits hit on the 15th of each month, and that has happened maybe once in my time at the company. I have always gotten paid— just more often than not, late (sometimes up to 15-20 days late) and after a lot of me having to bug the CEO. Am very fortunate to have a bit of savings to cushion, but honestly if I have to use that money in an emergency I'd be screwed having to guess at when my next paycheck is going to come in.
For context, I'm salary, based in the US, job is mostly remote but requires us to come into the office maybe once a month. We are paid on a monthly basis for the work of last month. So in Dec, I was paid on the 28th for November's work. In Jan, was paid on the 25th for December's work. Currently it's the 21st of Feb and have yet to be paid for Jan's work.
I guess just wondering if this something I need to make a big big deal out of? I'm relatively new to the professional work force so idk if this just comes with the whole monthly pay thing. I love what I do, love the people I work with, love our clients, but this is just seriously pushing me to reconsider. But… Each time i'm like maybe this is just a part of the whole monthly pay. Nobody else at the company seems to say anything about it.