Salary Disaster
By YoghurtGal
@flapiz (23152)
United Kingdom
February 25, 2023 9:08am CST
It was payday yesterday but I am not happy at all. I don't have high salary to begin with but my payslip indicated that they deducted £900 pounds from me as unpaid sick leave. I have only been sick for a day so I was sure it was an error. Also they didn't pay me any overtime. Last month they only paid me overtime partial and I was expecting them this month.
So I wrote a lengthy email to HR. Saying I need it rectified as my bills won't wait for my pay. They did say they will pay me back as there was a processing error on my sick date causing such deductions. I am not sure if that's right. And also upon investigation they owed me 40 hours of overtime pay. I hope they managed to pay me by next week so I can pay my bills on time.
Some of my colleagues has the same issues too. And apparently this happens pretty often. Tsk, tsk.
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12 responses
@sulynsi (2671)
• Canada
25 Feb 23
@flapiz Depending on the software they use, they might be able to catch big boo boo's like that by doing a type of audit that can be set up to isolate obvious mis keys.
Its easy enough to do, add a zero, put a decimal in the wrong place.
I'm pretty sure whomever made the mistake is very upset with themselves.
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@popciclecold (39510)
• United States
25 Feb 23
That is really sad, I hope they make good on it.
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@marguicha (223784)
• Chile
25 Feb 23
Those are not the kinds of errors that can be accepted.
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@marguicha (223784)
• Chile
25 Feb 23
@flapiz If they did not pay well to several people they should have noticed.
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@flapiz (23152)
• United Kingdom
25 Feb 23
@marguicha Yeah and it shouldn't keep on happening as well. Last month I was not paid right but I did not notice much until we have recalculated now.
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@DaddyEvil (137634)
• United States
26 Feb 23
I hope they get the pay figured out but, if this happens often, maybe you should file a complaint with whoever oversees such things there. Here is would be the labor board. And the company would be fined if they made such mistakes very often.
Good luck!
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@flapiz (23152)
• United Kingdom
27 Feb 23
@DaddyEvil I am now more vigilant with my pay after this experience.
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@DaddyEvil (137634)
• United States
27 Feb 23
@flapiz *shrug* Yeah, I understand. If this isn't the first time they've done that, I wonder how many people never got compensated for all the work they did? Will you be one of them that never receives your full compensation?
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@porwest (92618)
• United States
27 Feb 23
That seems quite problematic and that sort of thing would never fly here in the United States. Too many laws and rules to prevent it, and steep fines and penalties for companies that don't do it right.
I hope you get it all worked out. But this might be a sign to look for a new job again.
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@rsa101 (38166)
• Philippines
1 Mar 23
Oops looks like it is not only a machine problem but the processor maybe at fault here. I think when processing payroll the processor should be meticulous with the details and double check it carefully. It becomes complicated when there are adjustments to be made on the next pay runs.
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@flapiz (23152)
• United Kingdom
1 Mar 23
I know they seem to lack meticulousness and I suffer for it. They promised it early this week. I really hope they fulfil their promise.
