What would you do?

megastreaker · Post by **megastreaker** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:42 am

Not really a gambling topic but I work for a telecoms company in sales. Anyway each month we get bonusus. This month I was told I was getting £900 and then the centre manager put her foot down and said they're earning too much so then I was told it was only going to be £600. I wasn't too gutted as it was only £300 less. Anyway imagine my surprise when I get paid and they cocked up and paid me both the original £900 and the £600. I have been overpaid by £900.

its all gone through payroll and is on my payslip. The managers can see our bonus statements but they don't see our payslips and they haven't noticed.

There is 4 of us on our team that are affected and no one wants to say a word.

Just hope they don't find out. I might spend it before the bubble bursts.

They can have £1 a month back.

Stevie S · Post by **Stevie S** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 11:58 am

Thats the way to do it. Have an excuse ready of why you didnt notice it. Didnt look at payslip etc

Mr Bubbles · Post by **Mr Bubbles** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:03 pm

Nice, but I expect it will get noticed in the payroll year end reconcilations (march) if not before.

A firm I use to work for simply reduced all following bonuses until the amount was reclaimed when this happened previously.

I would stick the extra in a high int savings account until they notice, if they have not said anything by the end of may then it is unlikely they will.

quizard · Post by **quizard** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:12 pm

If you are aware a mistake has been made you do have a legal responsibility to report it. These things are almost always detected so you will only have to pay it back anyway.

megastreaker · Post by **megastreaker** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 12:37 pm

Straight away i wanted to talk to my boss about it as he is often a little underhand anyway to get things in our favour. He didn't become a manager for being honest and legit. However straight away the rest of my team wanted to keep stum. my hands are tied as i'd drop 3 other in it.

however its their mistake.

Dunhamzzz · Post by **Dunhamzzz** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 1:09 pm

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Stevie S · Post by **Stevie S** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 1:13 pm

It happend to me when i very first started work they paid me £320 too much every month for 3 months. When questioned i just said i wasnt sure what sort of money i was on as it was my first job and wasnt getting taxed at the time. I paid £50 a month back. It was great at the time just left school went in to the job and was getting paid nearly a grand a month.

megastreaker · Post by **megastreaker** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 1:30 pm

Dunhamzzz wrote:SSSSSSSSSSSssssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

Innit

My colleague got told she was only getting £150 bonus. imagine her shock when they paid her £2350

bowie · Post by **bowie** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 1:37 pm

It will get found when you get a financial audit.

JakeyC · Post by **JakeyC** » Mon Jan 28, 2008 8:56 pm

I'd have a good excuse ready for why you didn't notice/say anything, and keep quiet.

Something along the lines of "yeah but no but yeah but no but that's what I was told I'd get by what's-her-face then it was Sharon wat sed that the £300 was comin off it but I dint know if that was the £300 on my payslip or added to the £600 because Roy had said everyone was getting the same so I asked Julie and she just said that it was wat we was getting but Dave didnt think so, anyway I didn't know if the tax had been flip reversed so yeah."

Although I'd not be surprised if it gets noticed sometime, I'd be equally unsurprised if it slipped through.

I do a lot of payroll reporting for a large company and it's rare for all the pounds and pence to add up exactly. What with rounding errors, manual adjustments and corrections it might turn out to be a drop in the ocean that gets 'adjusted' when the year-end figures are calculated.