Work messed me over....AGAIN

Minibiker · 29 Dec 2017 at 04:00

Hi all

Your probably fed up of hearing my life issues...

I get paid weekly at work and this week i am £200 short... Basically i had a couple of days off last week sick, I advised my boss and he stated that he put it down as paid sick (as ive been with the company 7 years) However when upon opening my wage slip i find im miles short, He says he will speak to the office women to see why they've done it as not paid...

This is a big balls up as now i only have enough money for rent, No money for food shopping etc

Where do i stand and is there a way for me to get that money now?

#Chri5# · 29 Dec 2017 at 08:50

Go into work and speak to your boss plus the person that does the payroll? See if they've made a mistake and if they have, ask for an immediate bank transfer so you have the money.

Minibiker · 29 Dec 2017 at 09:14

#Chri5# said:
Go into work and speak to your boss plus the person that does the payroll? See if they've made a mistake and if they have, ask for an immediate bank transfer so you have the money.

Just got off the phone to the boss he is getting the women to ring me to sort it as he knows its messed up to

dowie · 29 Dec 2017 at 12:47

if a £200 error is going to leave you short of cash for food etc.. then you really ought to get yourself some savings, a credit card is also rather useful in these circumstances

yup they ought to fix the error but if their fix just means making an adjustment to the next week's pay then you're presumably struggling for a few days which is a silly position to put yourself in

Quartz · 29 Dec 2017 at 12:52

Speak to your bank and get an emergency overdraft facility. And start working on some savings.

Randomface74 · 29 Dec 2017 at 12:53

You need to not be living month to month. Get yourself out of this situation.

TallPaul1878 · 29 Dec 2017 at 12:55

I'd start looking at another job too. You state this isn't the first time you've had issues with your employer.

Remember, they're not doing YOU a favour by giving you a job. You are doing THEM a favour by doing a job at a low enough rate that they can extract a profit from your labour.

Bounce · 29 Dec 2017 at 20:39

TallPaul1878 said:
I'd start looking at another job too. You state this isn't the first time you've had issues with your employer.

Remember, they're not doing YOU a favour by giving you a job. You are doing THEM a favour by doing a job at a low enough rate that they can extract a profit from your labour.

How do you know this? He might be on 40k a year for all we know

#Chri5# · 29 Dec 2017 at 22:10

CAPS_LOCK said:
How do you know this? He might be on 40k a year for all we know

Somebody earning £40k is highly unlikely to be paid weekly.

Ayahuasca · 29 Dec 2017 at 23:02

Pretty sure OP has let on before on here how much he earns or at least a ballpark figure, regardless I can’t see much improving if you stay at that place, only decent aspect seems to be your boss.

MissChief · 29 Dec 2017 at 23:38

billysielu said:
You need to not be living month to month. Get yourself out of this situation.

Thousands, if not hundreds of thousands of people do, including myself. To many it's not possible to put money away each month. I'm not eligible for any benefits as I earn too much yet just get by some months if something like a car repair arrives. Thousands like me are in similar positions.

dowie · 29 Dec 2017 at 23:49

MissChief said:
To many it's not possible to put money away each month.

I suspect for plenty of them that isn't really true, I know a few people who claim this and yet are smokers for example... plenty of people could save some money just by cutting back on things for a little bit at least until they have a buffer.

MissChief · 30 Dec 2017 at 00:50

dowie said:
I suspect for plenty of them that isn't really true, I know a few people who claim this and yet are smokers for example... plenty of people could save some money just by cutting back on things for a little bit at least until they have a buffer.

True, and there are also those that are 'skint' every month yet take 2 holidays a year, have a brand new lease VW on the drive and live in a four bedroom house they just moved into last year. I can assure you though, I am none of those things!

bJN · 30 Dec 2017 at 09:56

#Chri5# said:
Somebody earning £40k is highly unlikely to be paid weekly.

Just to throw it out there, I'm paid weekly and sit above £40k, as are all my colleagues (probably around 1000 of them)...

#Chri5# · 30 Dec 2017 at 17:22

bJN said:
Just to throw it out there, I'm paid weekly and sit above £40k, as are all my colleagues (probably around 1000 of them)...

I stand corrected. What the sector / role out of interest?

HangTime · 30 Dec 2017 at 18:49

dowie said:
I suspect for plenty of them that isn't really true, I know a few people who claim this and yet are smokers for example... plenty of people could save some money just by cutting back on things for a little bit at least until they have a buffer.

A sad little game I play with myself sometimes is when I see a poster on here saying they can't save anything and have to live from one paycheck to the next or something along those lines, I do a quick scan of threads they've posted and lo-and-behold they normally have or were looking to purchase a bunch of expensive tech / car / holiday / whatever. Not looking to call anyone out by name but I compare these people with myself and they've got a much better / more expensive graphics card, £800 TV budget etc. It is up to people how they chose to spend their money but there's a big difference between being genuinely hard up and blowing wads of cash on what some would consider luxuries (higher end of market than necessary).

To be fair to the OP it isn't unusual for people to be caught a bit short if underpaid around Xmas for obvious reasons.

bJN · 30 Dec 2017 at 21:54

#Chri5# said:
I stand corrected. What the sector / role out of interest?

Oil & Gas maintenance role.

booyaka · 2 Jan 2018 at 10:36

#Chri5# said:
Somebody earning £40k is highly unlikely to be paid weekly.

I've got a client who is a solicitor and earns £90k a year, still gets paid weekly!

ninjabib · 2 Jan 2018 at 10:55

on 40k and paid weekly too

MassiveJim · 3 Jan 2018 at 00:55

HangTime said:
A sad little game I play with myself sometimes is when I see a poster on here saying they can't save anything and have to live from one paycheck to the next or something along those lines, I do a quick scan of threads they've posted and lo-and-behold they normally have or were looking to purchase a bunch of expensive tech / car / holiday / whatever. Not looking to call anyone out by name but I compare these people with myself and they've got a much better / more expensive graphics card, £800 TV budget etc. It is up to people how they chose to spend their money but there's a big difference between being genuinely hard up and blowing wads of cash on what some would consider luxuries (higher end of market than necessary).

To be fair to the OP it isn't unusual for people to be caught a bit short if underpaid around Xmas for obvious reasons.

stalker alert!!
I do the same comparison IRL but I don't generally stalk people to find out, i only tend to do this with people I know when I hear them moaning about money.