Have you ever asked for salary advance? For what purpose?

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Some establishments, organisations and workplaces offer people the facility of requesting for salary advance. That is taking a part of your salary even when it isn't due date. Have you ever asked for salary advance? For what reasons exactly?
 
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When I was an employee, I used to ask for salary advance. One of the times I asked for salary advance, it was to help fix school fees for my brother who was about to be stopped from writing his final exams because of fees. The salary advance was very helpful.
 

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I can't ask it since my boss can't do anything about it. As worker in school there is centralized system for salarays for all teachers in country. Bosses just fill some data and everything else is on computer side.
 

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I can't ask it since my boss can't do anything about it. As worker in school there is centralized system for salarays for all teachers in country. Bosses just fill some data and everything else is on computer side.
That's an integrated payroll system. It is not possible with that kind of system. I generally feel salary advance is more common with private jobs that have more control of funds.
 

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I personally think that workers will ask for salary advance if they really need it badly. It happens if they lack of funds in paying something personally. I do think that we cannot restrict these people because they are entitled to do so.
 

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I have never asked for salary advance, I am a fairly frugal person so the salary was sufficient for most of my expenses when I had a job. Now I do not get a salary.
 

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When I was working in a restaurant, we were allowed to take salary advance. It was so good as it would help out a lot in the middle of the month when you were broke from having finished your previous end month salary.
 

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I've never done that, besides in my country asking for salary in advance before it's due is not common, there are some employees who need money urgently, borrowing or cash receipts from the cashier or approval from the management. When employees are paid, their debt will be deducted immediately.
 

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I've never done that, besides in my country asking for salary in advance before it's due is not common, there are some employees who need money urgently, borrowing or cash receipts from the cashier or approval from the management. When employees are paid, their debt will be deducted immediately.
I would rather get a salary advance than have to borrow. With salary advance, I am spending my own earned cash than getting into debts.
 

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Though at the moment I am currently not working under anyone, but back then I have never asked for my salary in advance. Though I had a coworker who was fund of doing this.
 

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I would rather get a salary advance than have to borrow. With salary advance, I am spending my own earned cash than getting into debts.
Moreover, at my workplace it is not possible to ask for salary in advance, because the person who pays the salary is the personnel department, so they don't have cash except on payday.
 

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Though at the moment I am currently not working under anyone, but back then I have never asked for my salary in advance. Though I had a coworker who was fund of doing this.
You are actually making salary advance look bad. There is nothing at all that makes it bad. You just ask for your money in advance. And it is just a portion of it.
 

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No, I've never asked for a salary advance. I've always tried to manage my finances carefully and make sure I have enough savings to cover unexpected expenses.
 
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