MIA Pay Dreamed 355 days ago | | 228 words

I am wondering why I’ve not been paid when I was supposed to receive the first check from my new job on Dec. 7th. So I call the staffing agency up. I find out I have not been paid since they filled out my paperwork incorrectly and put my start date a week later. The first two days I worked, in effect, didn’t get credited.

I will get that money on December 21st. A whole 4 days before Christmas. I have about $20 my name because I quit my last job, went on vacation for a week for Thanksgiving, then returned to begin working at GE. Expecting to receive my first two days of pay (a couple hundred dollars) on the 7th.

So I call the staffing agency back to ask if they could cut me a check since it’s very close to Christmas and I could really use that money, and it was entirely their mistake in misfiling my paperwork.

The response is no, they “cannot cut checks as their pay system is bi-weekly.” Meaning basically, no. We screwed up. Now you will pay for it. Have a nice day.

I’m in Virginia. They’re in Michigan. Good to know they care.

Here I sit, with less than $20 to my name and bills coming due at week’s end with no pay in sight for the next 9 days.

Merry Christmas indeed.

Comment

  1. Since I only signed my full-time contract last month – six months of training / trial period prior to that – I get that month’s pay in four (4!) different installments, including one from my union. They call that “admin”.

    To get the last 500, I still need a “Form C91” to complement the dozens others I’ve already filled in. We’re the 13th today and I’m still trying to get hold of the right people who should fix this… Instead of apologizing, they tried to set me up against my employer.

    Hope you get it sorted. Take care.

    Bloody bureaucrats.

    — Nils · Dec 13, 04:32 PM · #

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