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Paid you too much and we need it back?

Posted on 4/10/21 at 6:55 pm
Posted by chuckie
Member since Jun 2005
1027 posts
Posted on 4/10/21 at 6:55 pm
Has this ever happened to you? Have you ever heard of it being a thing department wide or in multiple departments? Like weeks to months later coming back and saying we paid you too much?
Messing with peoples pay is not confidence inspiring.
And they are trying to act like it’s no big deal.
Really I guess they don’t have a choice but to act like it’s normal
Posted by Maximus
Member since Feb 2004
81444 posts
Posted on 4/10/21 at 6:55 pm to
You didn't know how much you were supposed to make?
Posted by BayouBengal23
BR
Member since Mar 2019
632 posts
Posted on 4/10/21 at 6:55 pm to
That money’s long gone
Posted by wallowinit
Louisiana
Member since Dec 2006
17130 posts
Posted on 4/10/21 at 6:58 pm to
Why can’t they just make the adjustment moving forward?
Posted by Chad504boy
4 posts
Member since Feb 2005
176157 posts
Posted on 4/10/21 at 7:00 pm to
Tell them you worked too hard as well.
Posted by CourtJesster
Member since Apr 2021
71 posts
Posted on 4/10/21 at 7:03 pm to
It happens. Be grateful for your interest free loan.
Posted by redstick13
Lower Saxony
Member since Feb 2007
40428 posts
Posted on 4/10/21 at 7:08 pm to
Unemployment sent me a letter saying they overpaid me and I need to recompense them. How exactly does that work itself out?
Posted by mmmmmbeeer
ATL
Member since Nov 2014
9825 posts
Posted on 4/10/21 at 7:10 pm to
We talking a hundo or two or an amount that is very noticeable? If the latter, surely you knew they were going to come for it and should've known to set it aside or, better yet, contact your employer right away so you don't have to carry the burden of waiting for them to catch it. If it's only a hundo or two, I'd tell them I didn't notice and spent it.
Posted by tygerfan1
Member since Aug 2008
2630 posts
Posted on 4/10/21 at 7:12 pm to
I knew exactly how much my unemployment was supposed to be.
Posted by Wolfhound45
Member since Nov 2009
126173 posts
Posted on 4/10/21 at 7:12 pm to
quote:

Really I guess they don’t have a choice but to act like it’s normal
Posted by tigernnola
NOLA
Member since Sep 2016
3589 posts
Posted on 4/10/21 at 7:51 pm to
A military friend received a letter from DFAS indicating he was overpaid in X year and repayment would be deducted over the next year.
Posted by CGSC Lobotomy
Member since Sep 2011
81611 posts
Posted on 4/10/21 at 7:53 pm to
Common with DFAS.
Posted by supadave3
Houston, TX
Member since Dec 2005
31808 posts
Posted on 4/10/21 at 7:55 pm to
I’ve seen it happen and they took it out in installments of the employees X number of checks. I don’t know the exact amounts, but I estimate that they were paid about $800 - $1000 too much and took back about $100 a month. One of the employees quit and they threatened to send it to a collections agency, but I don’t know how it ended up.

This was with a huge global company so I assume it was cleared by legal.
Posted by PiscesTiger
Concrete, WA
Member since Feb 2004
53696 posts
Posted on 4/10/21 at 7:56 pm to






Have you ever heard of it being a thing department wide or in multiple departments?


Define departments.
This post was edited on 4/10/21 at 7:58 pm
Posted by skiboman1
Cody, Wyoming
Member since Oct 2007
460 posts
Posted on 4/10/21 at 8:00 pm to
I was the beneficiary on my Dad’s retirement plan. After he passed, they sent me a check that was apparently too much. They called me and sent me letters saying I needed to pay $X back to them. It’s been 11 years and I guess they gave up?
Posted by Mud_Till_May
Member since Aug 2014
9685 posts
Posted on 4/10/21 at 8:02 pm to
I lost the money in a boating accident.
Posted by KickPuncher
Member since Jun 2020
754 posts
Posted on 4/10/21 at 9:10 pm to
quote:

I lost the money in a boating accident.

Its funny you say that because I'm good about not losing things, but every time I get a new gun and take it on the boat with me (gators) I end up losing it in the river. I'm sure its been washed out into the ocean by now.
Posted by Darla Hood
Near that place by that other place
Member since Aug 2012
14108 posts
Posted on 4/10/21 at 9:25 pm to
A couple of years ago I got an email saying that my expense report showed that I’d over tipped by 7 cents and if I didn’t repay the business office within a specific number of business days they would consider docking my pay.
Posted by tigergirl10
Member since Jul 2019
10681 posts
Posted on 4/10/21 at 9:33 pm to
Happens to hookers all the time.
Posted by doublecutter
Member since Oct 2003
7020 posts
Posted on 4/10/21 at 9:38 pm to
I once got paid 13,000 instead of 1,300. Someone in payroll imput an extra zero by mistake. Example: 13560 instead of 1356.

I noticed it when I went to the bank to deposit the check, it was back in the day before direct deposit.

I notified our branch business manager and they had a corrected check overnighted to me from company HQ in Houston.

A few days later I got an email from the CFO thanking me for my honesty and apologizing for an inconvenience.
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