I recently started a new job at a small company with 3-5 employees at any given time. We're paid bi-weekly from a third party payroll company and when I received my first direct deposit, I noticed I received two separate deposits.
Generally, I'd like to consider myself a high integrity person, but this situation has become slightly messy. I went into work and mentioned it to my Bosses assistant/bookkeeper and let her know that I was going to bring it up to my Boss as I just started this job, I'd like to keep it. I immediately saw her facial expression change and she pulled out me out the office to speak to me. Note, she's only been with this company for a couple months herself.
Apparently, every paycheck she's received since she's been here has been double what it should be; and not just her, other employees are receiving twice the amount as well. As she'd like to protect herself, and the other employees from an audit, she demanded I not say anything to my employer for fear of her and everyone else losing their job.
She believes that eventually the payroll company will catch it and not say anything to my employer in fear of being sued for a mistake that will likely cost them THOUSANDS of dollars in the long run. Obviously, I don't want to sweep it under the rug and not say anything but now I'm in a situation where I could literally get the whole office fired.
What a mess... needless to say this is the biggest mistake I've ever seen a payroll company make.
Submitted November 27, 2018 at 09:58PM by MRHyjiNx https://ift.tt/2RdRoVU
