September 17, 2012
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pay discrepancies
I'm extremely PISSED off... with my current employer. (final day officially isn't until the 21st of September).
I received my pay slip and noticed that they didn't pay me my vehicle reimbursements. Payroll were like "yeah, we paid it" and im like.. "lady u paid last month's. not this month! its impossible for u to have paid it in last months pay considering it was submitted on the 31st of august and u pay me on the 15th"
Payroll lady was "we can do an adhoc payment provided it comes from your manager"
And so I rang the manager.. outraged...
and you know what he said???
he explained to me that he did sent it from the sydney office (whilst he was there) and for some reason that it got to Adelaide late and basically missed the cut off period.He explained that he even kept the yellow sticker that you get from the express post bag to prove to the General Manager's PA that it was sent..
Because it missed the cut off, well you get the rest.
I said to him "thats great that you can tell me this, but payroll need an email from you so that they can do an adhoc payment"
and he refused, rebutting "everybody is in that boat, everybody else's reimbursements was in that envelope. You can't wait?"
What I should have said was "NO, i can't wait because i really like to have that $300 that I am entitled to now"
but instead i said "fine, it should be okay" because i hate being put on the spot and I hate being made to feel like I'm poor. (i know i am)
What a fucken asshole, and now im kicking myself because my boss (who will be my ex boss) is the biggest knob known to man and has now made me angrier. Fucken asshole was given the documents on the 31st of August. Deadline for this shit is usually the 10th of every fucken month. The moron had 10 whole fucken days to get his shit together. Why he didn't just sent it the moment he received it is beyond me. Most likely because he wanted to save "postage" but hell, we work for one of the largest insurance businesses out there, you THINK they can afford stamps.
Oh, then there's the fact that all documents have to be sent to Adelaide just so the GM can go through the documents with a fine tooth comb just to make sure the staff don't dodgies.. because frankly payroll is NOT in Adelaide, only the GM and his untrusting sense of worth is that way... in fact, PAYROLL is in Melbourne which is in the same area that I am in, granted we're in two different buildings.. but it's a walk, hop skip away (literally speaking). So really, they should just go from one department in one building to the next department in the next building.
But no, all documents such as these (sick leave, annual leave, reimbursements) they all have to go to Adelaide, inspected then sent back to Melbourne.
It's not my problem that the GM can't even trust his own managers to make sure that the underlings are doing the right job, and frankly if you can't trust the managers you appoint then there's issues with:
-either yourself and you're a control freak
-your managers are douches and they're sneaky.
shame it's actually both ways which is so frustrating for people who do the right thing but have to go through the rigmarole of being scrutinized because someone else's incompetence.
Seriously the GM has way too much time on his hands if he can be bothered to go through at least 20 documents every month. I didn't realize that a company such as that would spend so much money to employ someone in that position to do such a menial task.
And going back to my manager, he is such a douche bag.. he saw me last friday, he could at least have said something, just a tad warning that hey, i'd be receiving some funds in the next month's pay run... which by the way, i should really write off because the chances of receiving this money- which by the way I AM ENTITLED to is zilch.
How dare that idiot say to me "can't you wait?" It's my actual PAY. which i am entitled to.. I did the right thing, I submitted it early. Not my problem if administration came to a standstill because of someone else's incompetence. Really my boss should have been bending over backwards to say "look, im sorry, i'll see if i can get them to pay you asap" because he needs to remember:
-i didn't do the wrong thing. i submitted it EARLY (that is the key)
-and he did the wrong thing....
but no, he has to be a total prick about it. You know what's funny? he's always been a total prick to me, even when he's sick. However I've realized, that's all he's got. He's a prick and a half because you gotta be that way when you are so damn incompetent- not just with work, but managing people.
I am so glad that I no longer have to work with such incompetent people.
