Today, I was notified that the company did not give me a raise two months ago like I thought. The increase was a typo. Two months ago I wrote a thank you for the raise email to my boss. Now I get to write a check to the company to pay back my "raise." FML
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A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, my boss asked me to talk to the HR manager to see if I was happy about my pay, which made me think I was going to get a raise. Turns out they paid me nearly twice as much as they should have for the last 2 years and I owe them over €5000. FML
Today, everyone at the office was finally presented with the bonuses our boss had promised to pay us by the end of last year. Turns out he was never authorized to promise any such thing, so he ended up just giving us signed "thank you" letters instead. FML
Today, I got raise at work. It's $3 per month. FML
Today, at the job I've had for eight years, I finally got the raise I was supposed to get a year ago. One hour later I found out the store was closing and we were all out of a job in two weeks. FML
Today, I received an email from my boss, with congratulations, announcing my promotion. I worked hard last year, so I was excited to hear this and replied with gratitude. He texted me and apologized for misunderstanding as this email was sent by mistake, and it was my coworker who actually got promoted. FML
Today, I got a 25-cent raise at work. That would be wonderful, had they not cut 6 hours off my schedule as well. I'm now making $200 less a month than I was pre-raise. FML
Today, I met with my boss hoping to hear about a possible raise that had been promised many months ago. He then told me that the only way I would get a raise was if I found a better paying job and took it, and that the company was in no position to offer anyone a raise. FML
Today, my boss thanked me for all my hard work and promised me a raise and a promotion. Shortly thereafter, she sent out a memo announcing she'd sold the company. The new owner immediately came in to "restructure." I got demoted. FML
Today, I found out I’m not getting a raise, despite my ‘outstanding’ performance, since the company made a loss this year. Last year I didn’t get a raise because of COVID uncertainty. The year before that I didn’t get a raise because I only just got ‘promoted’, where I also didn’t get a raise. FML
Today, after I got a great job at my asking salary, my boss then quit without telling me my salary was maxed out. I learned this when, two years in a row, I got a 1% raise because I'm redlined. With inflation, my take-home pay has dropped by 15% in two years. FML
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Grand_Cookie 21
I don't think they can do that...
B0nb0N09 12
Don't give it back! Finders keepers
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B0nb0N09 12
Don't give it back! Finders keepers
iluvFMLs15 19
losers weepers
Grand_Cookie 21
I don't think they can do that...
spaboolly 26
Unfortunately I know for a fact that the US government can and does liquidate federal pay to cover their own mistakes. I imagine private companies have an even easier time of it. Not that that makes it right.
Grand_Cookie 21
Probably. That sucks.
bamagrl410 31
I'm a little surprised that they can make you pay it back, but I guess it makes sense since technically the money "shouldn't" belong to you (according to them)... Note to self: always double check that any raises earned are correct.
koningmax 7
wouldn't you be informed first when you get a raise? instead of just a higher paycheck, so it should raise some attention right
aimee0027 17
This actually happened to my sister. She didn't have to pay the company back since it was their mistake. But being the idiot she is, they convinced her to sign a paper that allows them to collect the money back from her pay.
AshaaFerreira 22
So technically she did pay them back.
RoboCunnilingus 23
45 didn't say her sister didn't pay it back. She said she didn't have to.
Iclickalot 2
Takes a real professional to do so.
flockz 20
this is better than getting fired so they could find someone who will work for a third of your salary.
StiffPvtParts 43
Don't worry OP, your bank records should show that you don't owe them anything :3
wifey08 13
How is that even legal? Fight back and keep it!
Needafarm 22
It's all legal enough. When I left the military and filed my income taxes, the government decided to take 90% of it saying that they over paid me for the time I served and wanted the money back. Needless to say they told me this after they took my check and I still never got the 10% they claimed was mine. With a private corporation I would just assume that if you don't pay them back they would garnish your wages and possibly find a way to dismiss you.
everton99 16
Unless you're in good ol' Texas.
wifey08 13
Man that sucks! It's messed up how we have to pay for other peoples mistakes.
thatoneguy79 10
If the company underpaid you, would you say that they wouldn't have to pay you back that too? They have to correct the mistake when it's in your favor, but in there's?
BogJuan 5
I live in Texas and I know for a fact that the company can force you to pay it back from future wages. Now if you quit there is nothing they can do.
lectricpharaoh 9
@72: It's not a matter of who benefits from the mistake. Rather, it's a matter of who made the mistake. Since it was the company's mistake, it should be the company that deals with the consequences.
mackdeezy 22
And yet the people responsible for this screw up will get away scot free
PenguinBitch 44
That just gives a bad image to the company. Probably a mistake from the IS department. That sucks OP. As far as I know, a company with constant mistakes that affect their employees will eventually crumble.
crazytwinsmom 25
It was more likely a mistake by the HR department. Don't be so quick to blame IS.
PenguinBitch 44
Woah calm down. Don't be so quick to blame HR. ;)
thatonegirlnic 10
Maybe you should "typo" the check you give back also
codexide 11
They probably wont even notice! :D
Ambiguous404 6
Isn't it supposed to be spelled cheque? Or do you Americans do that differently too?
mariazzz 5
Americans spell it that way.
d4m4s74 12
Language-wise, Americans are very lazy. Color, honor, check, etc. most words with unpronounced and unnecessary characters are changed.
wlddog 14
No... America is a melting pot of people from all over the world. Almost all of our words came from other countries. The rules behind them change because we have no official language and new words are easily adopted. Classifying us as "lazy" is just you not wanting to learn.
Faff 20
actually, Americans changed the spelling of these words because they wanted to be different from the British and because it is easier to write that way.
Ambiguous404 6
And I love your username by the way OP fits with your FML!