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RBC posted:you guys are missing the most obvious point: its a startup. it doesnt have to make money or have a realistic business plan. Canada in a nutshell. 
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I used to work at a place that had monthly payroll 
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Oct 26, 2016 01:00
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I get paid monthly now, it's mostly OK. I prefer N-weekly for predictability, ideally. 15-45 day latency on expenses sorta sucks though.
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Oct 26, 2016 01:34
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dev286 posted:Re: pension depression Just gotta hope the Singularitarians are right and that by 2050 we can all upload our brains to San Junipero for retirement+
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Oct 26, 2016 03:29
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I like because it's called "Instant" and there's no link to anything in the article it's virtually impossible to search for it. Even "Instant App" turns up tons of garbage.
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Oct 26, 2016 03:38
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Any business that pays it's employees on the 1st and 15th of the month can burn to the ground.
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Oct 26, 2016 03:45
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I make twice my monthly expenses in a week, and thus have no problem waiting 14 days to be paid because who regularly blows multiple thousands in that timespan holy gently caress. 
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I've been reading a lot of about the effect of Canada's film tax incentives on provincial budgets recently, and it's maddening to try to figure out what perspective to take on them. On the one hand, it's good to support the arts, and most of the people who write articles against the incentives seem to be libertarians who also tout the "sharing economy" and reduced labor protections. And I usually vehemently disagree with those people one everything. On the other hand the subsidy war displaces artists and seems to divert money from necessary social services, as well as depriving Canadian studios of talent when a big studio from another country swoops in to cash in on tax credits. Canada is hardly the only place offering these incentives, but they're probably the most generous here, whereas US state governments have been cutting back.
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Oct 26, 2016 04:24
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DariusLikewise posted:Any business that pays it's employees on the 1st and 15th of the month can burn to the ground. What's wrong with that? I've never had any issues come up because of it, and I kinda like it compared to every other week.
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Ccs posted:I've been reading a lot of about the effect of Canada's film tax incentives on provincial budgets recently, and it's maddening to try to figure out what perspective to take on them. On the one hand, it's good to support the arts, and most of the people who write articles against the incentives seem to be libertarians who also tout the "sharing economy" and reduced labor protections. And I usually vehemently disagree with those people one everything. On the other hand the subsidy war displaces artists and seems to divert money from necessary social services, as well as depriving Canadian studios of talent when a big studio from another country swoops in to cash in on tax credits. Canada is hardly the only place offering these incentives, but they're probably the most generous here, whereas US state governments have been cutting back. The incentives cover 55% of VFX workers salaries in the form of a cash payment to studios in Hollywood. The money doesn't even go to the VFX houses. It is crazy, unsustainable, expensive and probably violates international trade law. One day the subsidies will end and that industry will leave a lot of people without jobs. But hey, if you guys want to pay over half the cost of making Star Wars and the like with no backend participation go nuts.
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Oct 26, 2016 08:54
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Ccs posted:and it's maddening to try to figure out what perspective to take on them. Let me help you here: They are very clearly bad. See also: tech worker subsidies, dairy subsidies, etc
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Oct 26, 2016 10:10
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blah_blah posted:Let me help you here: They are very clearly bad. I agree here for the most part, though I'm OK with subsidies for apprentices and interns in most industries (probably not "tech" like software, maybe for bench science), maybe bounded by company size/revenue.
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Oct 26, 2016 12:20
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Subjunctive posted:Like any other company providing a benefit on behalf of an employer: the employer pays for the service. And some of that comes out of the DariusLikewise posted:Any business that pays it's employees on the 1st and 15th of the month can burn to the ground. In all seriousness, why? I never had a problem getting paid twice a month, and you sure as hell shouldn't be relying on getting 26 paychecks instead of 24 as a forced savings plan.
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Oct 26, 2016 12:47
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Ccs posted:I've been reading a lot of about the effect of Canada's film tax incentives on provincial budgets recently, and it's maddening to try to figure out what perspective to take on them. On the one hand, it's good to support the arts, and most of the people who write articles against the incentives seem to be libertarians who also tout the "sharing economy" and reduced labor protections. And I usually vehemently disagree with those people one everything. On the other hand the subsidy war displaces artists and seems to divert money from necessary social services, as well as depriving Canadian studios of talent when a big studio from another country swoops in to cash in on tax credits. Canada is hardly the only place offering these incentives, but they're probably the most generous here, whereas US state governments have been cutting back. Extraordinarily little of the subsidy nonsense that goes on could be credibly argued to equate to "supporting the arts". We're literally paying Hollywood payroll with tax revenues.
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Lexicon posted:Extraordinarily little of the subsidy nonsense that goes on could be credibly argued to equate to "supporting the arts". We're literally paying Hollywood payroll with tax revenues. "Supporting the arts" sounds a lot better than "massively subsidizing Ubisoft Toronto to design much of FarCry Primal's animal control system, which allows players to recruit sabretooth tigers, bears and other creatures as sidekicks".
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Oct 26, 2016 14:35
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I remember being a grad student and getting paid once every 4 months if they remembered and 5 if they didn't and then oops did you actually want all of the pay you're owed? How rude!
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Oct 26, 2016 14:35
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Postess with the Mostest posted:"Supporting the arts" sounds a lot better than "massively subsidizing Ubisoft Toronto to design much of FarCry Primal's animal control system, which allows players to recruit sabretooth tigers, bears and other creatures as sidekicks". It does!
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Oct 26, 2016 14:37
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Postess with the Mostest posted:"Supporting the arts" sounds a lot better than "massively subsidizing Ubisoft Toronto to design much of FarCry Primal's animal control system, which allows players to recruit sabretooth tigers, bears and other creatures as sidekicks". This is an outright misrepresentation of ubisoft toronto, they do motion capture for their games up here not pet control systems psh get with it friendo.
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Risky Bisquick posted:This is an outright misrepresentation of ubisoft toronto, they do motion capture for their games up here not pet control systems psh get with it friendo. Look pal, take it up with canadianbusiness dot com web magazine, not me. http://www.canadianbusiness.com/innovation/ubisofts-global-workforce-now-develops-games-around-the-clock/ quote:Ubisoft Toronto, which recently celebrated its fifth birthday, is a case in point. The studio, now up to 400 employees, was a key contributor to the recently released shooter Far Cry Primal, along with Ubisoft Shanghai and Ubisoft Kiev.
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Oct 26, 2016 14:43
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Pinewood has a games division that does the same kind of stuff as well.
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Postess with the Mostest posted:Look pal, take it up with canadianbusiness dot com web magazine, not me. Source: my friend has credits for a bunch of ubisoft motion capture stuff, welcome to precarious employment paid piecemeal friendos
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Lobok posted:Pinewood has a games division that does the same kind of stuff as well. I pick on Ubisoft because quote:In 2009, the Ontario government courted Ubisoft to set up shop in the province by pledging a grant of up to $263-million over 10 years until 2020.
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Oh I don't mind you picking on Ubisoft, I only mentioned Pinewood because it makes the issue murkier when you have a company who does movies and videogames. It's the perfect handout combo of Silicon Valley North + movie industry subsidies. Well, the other reason I mentioned it is because I was given a free Pinewood desk calendar and this month happens to highlight their games stuff.
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Surprise of the century, Adrienne Carr of the Green Party likes Airbnb because it G&M posted:City inspectors have found Airbnb rentals that were nothing more than backyard storage sheds – without bathrooms – behind a house near Boundary Road.
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tagesschau posted:And some of that comes out of the It can be very challenging for people living cheque to cheque especially when you don't get paid on the weekend if it falls on those days. Your rent is due on the first but you don't get paid til the 3rd cause of a long weekend? Too bad thats your fault for living in poverty
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Oct 26, 2016 21:05
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Your hourly rate should be constantly micro-deposited in real time as you work.
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same but also with all interest too.
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Baronjutter posted:Your hourly rate should be constantly micro-deposited in real time as you work. I got paid in cash every night when I was a pizza delivery driver back in Uni and it loving owned
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Coxswain Balls posted:What's wrong with that? I've never had any issues come up because of it, and I kinda like it compared to every other week. If the 1st or the 15th ends up on a weekend you could end up 4 days past those days before you get paid, whereas every Thursday or Friday guarantees you pay at equal intervals. The thing that makes angry about is that semi-monthly pay was dreamed up by a lean consultant as a way to save a few dollars on payroll every year.
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Oct 26, 2016 23:14
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I get paid on the 14th and 28th and if one of those days falls on a holiday I get paid before. That'd be some bullshit if I didn't get paid until after.
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Oct 26, 2016 23:29
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Baronjutter posted:Your hourly rate should be constantly micro-deposited in real time as you work. Our disruptive PayStream™ system comes bundled with the AutoManager™ eye/motion tracking system. When an employee stops working for longer than 10 seconds, the AutoManager™ pauses their PayStream™ until work resumes.
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Oct 26, 2016 23:58
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Lobok posted:I get paid on the 14th and 28th and if one of those days falls on a holiday I get paid before. That'd be some bullshit if I didn't get paid until after. 15th and last, but otherwise yeah. That'd be insane if they could hold your pay. Saturday, Sunday, Christmas, Boxing Day, sorry, your pay is five days late.
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Oct 27, 2016 00:02
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You can tell who's paycheque to paycheque here pretty easily.
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Risky Bisquick posted:You can tell who's paycheque to paycheque here pretty easily. Wanting to be paid on time outs people as financial disasters, you heard it here first.
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Oct 27, 2016 00:59
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Lobok posted:Wanting to be paid on time outs people as financial disasters, you heard it here first. When you're employer is late ask for a micro loan to bridge you through the hardship
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Risky Bisquick posted:When you're employer is late ask for a micro loan to bridge you through the hardship People don't want to have to keep an amount of money in their chequing account doing nothing purely as a buffer against the managerial incompetence of their employer.
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The Butcher posted:Our disruptive PayStream™ system comes bundled with the AutoManager™ eye/motion tracking system. When an employee stops working for longer than 10 seconds, the AutoManager™ pauses their PayStream™ until work resumes. When a friend of mine worked in VFX in India, he'd be locked out of his computer if he didn't move his mouse for 2 minutes. Then he wouldn't be paid for the time it took to write a letter to the supervisor and wait to get the computer unlocked, which was about an hour or two. Considering the price of the equipment vs. the average Indian worker, this was probably not a profit-saving move but just absurdly terrible and vindictive management. Anyway Canadian film workers should be glad there's no Canadian Koch brothers. Those guys just killed the Florida film tax incentives and are moving on to discourage the incentives in other states: http://deadline.com/2016/10/koch-brothers-florida-film-industry-tax-incentives-lobbying-1201838246/
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Lobok posted:People don't want to have to keep an amount of money in their chequing account doing nothing purely as a buffer against the managerial incompetence of their employer. Pro tip, if your employer is late for cheques get th gently caress out.
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Ccs posted:Anyway Canadian film workers should be glad there's no Canadian Koch brothers. Those guys just killed the Florida film tax incentives and are moving on to discourage the incentives in other states: http://deadline.com/2016/10/koch-brothers-florida-film-industry-tax-incentives-lobbying-1201838246/ I would nominate them for an Order of Canada award if they could snuff them out here as well. Disney doesn't need a 50% subsidy.
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Risky Bisquick posted:Pro tip, if your employer is late for cheques get th gently caress out. Because its so easy to just walk into another job that offers equal hours and pay and benefits. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfelqZpapZA
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