I hate my company

I found out this morning that I only got paid half of my paycheck on Friday (I have direct deposit). We have to put all our time in on the Internet on a special website for us. It always has to be in before 10 am on the Monday of the pay week.

I had 40 hours vacation and 40 hours regular pay. Which one did they forget? My regular pay.

This has happened to me once before and the procedure sucks. First they'll blame it on me and say I didn't put my time in on time so they don't have to bother payroll and now I have to wait two weeks to get the rest of my money.

Guess my bills have to wait.

:rant over:

This is why I'll never work for a big company again.

Good luck with the bill collectors.

I worked for a small company that was like that. You had to email your hours to the boss' Father who was a paster

Two weeks later you got a check from his church.. and being a non-profit, all sorts of weird things were done to it.

I quit after a month

I've never had that problem with our payroll system, but I still print out a hard copy so I have proof the hours were entered on time, just in case.

I once had a problem getting retro pay from my previous employer. When they finally payed up, they overpayed me by about 200%. When I brought it up with management, they told me it was because of a system error, and that I should hold onto the money because they'd dock the next check the amount they overpayed. The problem was they overpayed me about 2 paychecks. By this time, I was fed up with their crap and put in my 2 week's notice and found work substitute teaching. I'm back with the same company now, and I've had 2 paycheck issues in 3 months. I really need to find employment with a company that has their act together.

the joys of being salary...sure, I'll never see an overtime check again, but at least I will know at the end of each week I will get X number of dollars

...Please note...there is no joy in being salary

Really? I've been salary for most of the last 25 years, and always been paid for overtime.

Datsun1500 wrote: They overpayed you? or overpaid you? Like breaks and bumbpers... drives me nuts... They pay you, they paid you, etc. the board even underlines it in red so you know it is not correct....

Firefox/Chrome/Safari underlines it...The board does not

In reply to Zomby woof:

must be nice

There's some level of argument. Paid is certainly more common, but there are holdouts that insist "payed" is also valid.

Don't believe me? Look it up.

mad_machine wrote: I worked for a small company that was like that. You had to email your hours to the boss' Father who was a paster Two weeks later you got a check from his church.. and being a non-profit, all sorts of weird things were done to it. I quit after a month

So I gather Tax Evasion isn't a sin? :D

Toyman01 wrote: This is why I'll never work for a big company again. Good luck with the bill collectors.

Yeah, I hate big companies too! With their cheap healthcare, 401k matching programs and paid time-off!

I'd never work for a small company after seeing the sacrifices some of my buddies have had to make.

In reply to z31maniac:

it depends on where your priorities are...if youre not interested in 401k, or if you absolutely MUST have big group coverage, youre going to make a decision based upon whats important to you. I went from a mom and pop shop which had its advantages and lack thereof, to a global corporate conglomerate, which was the same. I enjoyed my work more at the shop, but globo-baron had financial benefits superior to the shop, so I just had to adjust my expectations. Now Im with a medium sized company - privately owned, but with a teetering-on-global outreach. Ther healthcare isnt the best, and no retirement options, but the atmosphere is good, theres a TON of growth potential, and the company isnt sucking my soul. Its a balance that works for me.

I was really being a shiny happy person, by replying to an overreaching generalization with one of my own.

I've only worked for big companies since I've graduated college (State Farm, Brunswick, L3, TWG/Dover), and financial benefits are part of the reason. I didn't go to college and get a degree so I could feel good about going to work.

I did it so I could get paid well and do other things with my time.

But I understand that balance is different for everyone.

In reply to z31maniac:

Hardly overreaching when stating a decision I have made about who I will work for.

I've done the mom and pop outfits, I've done the medium size businesses with 400-500 people, I've done the multinational companies with tens of thousands of people scattered all over the globe, and I'm currently self-employed. Of the four the only place I won't work again is the multinational. I don't find the financial benefits worth being just another replaceable cog in a monster machine. Bureaucracy for bureaucracy's sake just pisses me off to no end.

And imagine that, I made my employment decisions so I could be well paid and do other things with my time. That and actually enjoy going to work in the mornings.

It's cool though. I understand the allure of stability a big corporation provides. That's why I went there to start with. I'm just no longer attracted to it.

I'm with you. Just getting enough experience in my current profession, so that hopefully one day, I can go out on my own as well.

z31maniac wrote:

Toyman01 wrote: This is why I'll never work for a big company again. Good luck with the bill collectors.

Yeah, I hate big companies too! With their cheap healthcare, 401k matching programs and paid time-off! I'd never work for a small company after seeing the sacrifices some of my buddies have had to make.

QFT!~

In reply to z31maniac:

Good luck, because it takes some of that too.

z31maniac wrote:

Toyman01 wrote: This is why I'll never work for a big company again. Good luck with the bill collectors.

Yeah, I hate big companies too! With their cheap healthcare, 401k matching programs and paid time-off! I'd never work for a small company after seeing the sacrifices some of my buddies have had to make.

This is why maybe the mechanisms with which people secure health care and provide for their retirement should be divorced from the employment equation, so as to allow for level competition between small and large companies for the talents of workers!

Thread jack.

In reply to Josh:

Health care and employee benefits came into existence when the feds instituted wage controls during WWII. Companies used them to attract employees when they couldn't offer higher pay. One of the many ways that companies get around government regulation. Just think, without those wage controls, you might be making more money and paying less for health insurance.

end thread jack

Josh wrote: This is why maybe the mechanisms with which people secure health care and provide for their retirement should be divorced from the employment equation, so as to allow for level competition between small and large companies for the talents of workers!

You mean regulate fairness?

Health insurance changes and now I owe $5,000+ to a doctor.

Nothing illegal or wrong was done at my company but if I had 3-4 weeks notice we could have moved up the procedure and it would have been covered........and I wonder why my attitude totally sucked today?

z31maniac wrote:

Josh wrote: This is why maybe the mechanisms with which people secure health care and provide for their retirement should be divorced from the employment equation, so as to allow for level competition between small and large companies for the talents of workers!

You mean regulate fairness?

Well, sort of like how we recognize that a contract signed with a gun to your head isn't exactly freely entered into, we might consider that a person's free choice of employment is hindered by a system that gives their employer de facto control of their health care. It's certainly a disincentive to self-employment or the competitiveness of small businesses.

I've done most everything.

Big Corporation: Lots of TPS report cover sheets. Decent benefits. Cover sheets. Good bonus or 401k. Cover sheets. Lots of people with "Ain't my job" mentality. Cover sheets. Management with college degrees and no common sense directing people like me, frequently incorrectly. And did I mention the TPS cover sheets?

Family owned business: lots of drama. Sometimes fun work environment. Typically mediocre pay because you're taking 'their' money. Quickly subject to economy fluctuations. Simply owning a business does not mean someone is capable of running one.

Medium sized business and/or new car franchise chain: Ugh. The list of negatives is too long.

Still trying to find that happy balance somewhere. Counting the years until the house is paid off and I no longer have to care.

ddavidv wrote: ......mediocre pay because you're taking 'their' money.

yup