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Shaadi.com founder Anupam Mittal has called on companies to rethink how and when employees are paid, arguing that salaries should ideally be credited twice a month instead of following what he described as a “British-era” next-month payout system.<\/p>
In a LinkedIn post on Monday, Mittal said many companies promote benefits such as enhanced leave, free meals, and remote work to position themselves as employee-centric, but often overlook one of the most important issues for workers – timely salary payments.<\/p>
“Most companies pay salaries on the 7th. Some on the 1st unless it’s the weekend, which then means the 2nd, 3rd or the 4th,” he wrote.<\/p>
Mittal said Shaadi.com changed its payroll practice several years ago by crediting salaries at the end of the current month rather than in the following month.<\/p>
“A few years ago, we decided Shaadi.com that salaries should go out at the end of the current month, not in the following month. Not as a perk. But as common sense,” he said.<\/p>
According to Mittal, delayed salary payments can have a significant impact on employees’ day-to-day finances.\u00a0<\/p>
“Bcs for some folks, a week’s delay may be an accounting detail. But for most, it can mean an EMI bounce, a rent scramble, an awkward call, or half a day wasted fixing something that should never have broken.”<\/p>
He argued that predictable and faster access to income improves financial stability for workers, adding: “Cash flow is dignity.”<\/p>