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Re:71 Percent of jobless Americans did not recieve their Mar... by milkytron on Monday April 27, 2020 @11:25AM (#22996713)
Pardon my ignorance, but is getting paid in visa gift cards a common occurrence for the poor in the US?
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Re:71 Percent of jobless Americans did not recieve their Mar... by eli_gottlieb on Monday April 27, 2020 @11:39AM (#22996860)
Not usually Visa gift cards, but getting paid via debit card has become somewhat common for low-wage workers.

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/01/business/as-pay-cards-rep...

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Re:71 Percent of jobless Americans did not recieve their Mar... by mywittyname on Monday April 27, 2020 @11:59AM (#22997047)
Not literally a Visa gift card. The reason I say, "effectively, a visa gift card" is because they are functionally the same and people here understand how annoying they are to use.

And it's very common for people without bank accounts to get their paychecks on a Visa Payroll Card (or similar). It's a good way for companies to offload the cost of accounting onto the employee.

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