<prompt> Human: After being unemployed for a long while, in mid-May I ended up finally getting a job six states over, in Washington DC. Because of the joblessness, and other medical emergencies, I ran up nearly 30K in credit card debt, so I was stretched really thin. The new job I thought would let me finally be able to start knocking down that debt so I was really eager to get it.Even though I got the job in the middle of May and I told them that I was willing to start immediately, they asked if it would be OK if my start date be June 1st. I was OK with that. They told me that I would get paid twice a month, on the 15th and on the 30th. I was OK with that. They did give me some relocation allowance on a 1099 which enabled me to put a down-payment on an apartment and move my stuff and start to settle in. The rent is due on the 1st of the month and they give you 10 days grace before they charge a late fee andor start make threatening noises about taking you to court.So I started working on 61 and two weeks later 615 I expected to get paid. Nothing. I figured it was because it might take the ACH a few days to kick in, but by the next Monday 620, my bank account was still empty. I stopped the CFO in the hallway and asked him what was up, and he gave me a line about how the pay schedule is two weeks in arrears or something, but that by the next pay period I should be caught up.I literally spent the next two weeks eating tuna fish and beans and drinking water while waiting for the 30th to arrive and I would get paid. On 627 they sent me a timesheet to fill out an Excel spreadsheet -- it was for the period 61 to 615. And on 630, I got paid _only_ for the two week period 61 to 615. In other words, I worked for 30 days but only got paid for the first 15. If I had gotten paid for all 30 days I had actually worked, then my July rent due on 71 would have easily had been paid, and I could have started making a dent in my credit card debt.The next pay date 715 is coming up. I had thought that maybe the earlier instance was because ACH needed to get coordinated or something, and that this time around I would get paid for the work Id done from 616-630 and from 71-715, be able to pay my rent with the late fee, be able to start on my other debt, and get caught up. Yesterday another timesheet came around. It was only for from 616 to 630. This has never happened to me before, where I dont get paid for the work I did a month ago until two weeks into the future. It doesnt make any sense to me at all. It is making my rent payments almost impossible, since the grace period is over and now Im getting dunning letters from my new landlord.Im really worried and scared and feeling blindsided. I dont know what to do. If I had known that this would happen, I wouldnt have bothered pulling up stakes and moving for this job.I dont think I can stand another fourteen days of beans and tuna fish. rPF, I need your help and advice. Thanks.  <response>: Thats a very normal pay schedule. 