Things are getting crazy here with the energy costs and the fuel prices.
Here we do get a monthly payment of the Salary. I do get paid in 2 terms. At the end of the month, around the 24th or 25th day of the month, I do get a prepayment of my salary, which is around 90% of what I should get. The other 10% is paid on the 10th day of the next month. This has something to do with the days worker in the previous month. For instance I do get some extra when I am at the office of the client. They only have those figures when the month is completely over.
Luckily our salaries here are protected by an Index. When that specific index crossed a border due to inflation or increase costs of living, the companies are forced to give a pay raise to all employees, the increase is based on how much the index has crossed the specific border. Depening of the unions this salary increase is the month after the index did cross the border, or in my case I did get the accumulation in January the year over. The year after COVID I got a 11% salary increase due to this. But that was exceptional, normally it is around 2 to 3%.
That sounds quite complex! :) We just get paid every other week. It's a decent system that I have made work for us. There are a couple months each year where we get paid three times, but most months are just the two.
It is what you are used to.