I still can't believe this but hear me out.
My son is at college and just started a work-study job to make a few bucks. He works for the University call center and reminds high school/college kids to pay their various fees. He gets paid $8.50 an hour. This job is SUPER flexible -- You only have to work 1-4 hours around your class schedule. Just clock in so your time and clock out. He does it in-between classes.
Anyways he was busy one week and was able to only work 1 hour on certain days. Don't quote me on the minutes here, but somehow the boy figured out that if you clock in at 1:29pm and clock out at 2:31pm you get paid for a FULL two hours! He tried it a few times and his pay stub does show two hours worked on those 61+ minutes shifts. He offered to show me his paystub that he gets paid $17 for 61+ minutes of work
I find this VERY hard to believe that payroll software basic math would allow this to happen!
We talked about integrity, ethics, right vs wrong. He asked me what he was doing that is wrong on his actions, how is he committing fraud by his actions and that is how their payroll system works. I was kinda speechless and didn't know what to say at the moment. He then told me something along the lines of "Gen Z Life Hacking Skills" and that I am too old to totally understand.
I still honestly can't believe this regarding basic payroll processing. Any experts in payroll have any comments?
My son is at college and just started a work-study job to make a few bucks. He works for the University call center and reminds high school/college kids to pay their various fees. He gets paid $8.50 an hour. This job is SUPER flexible -- You only have to work 1-4 hours around your class schedule. Just clock in so your time and clock out. He does it in-between classes.
Anyways he was busy one week and was able to only work 1 hour on certain days. Don't quote me on the minutes here, but somehow the boy figured out that if you clock in at 1:29pm and clock out at 2:31pm you get paid for a FULL two hours! He tried it a few times and his pay stub does show two hours worked on those 61+ minutes shifts. He offered to show me his paystub that he gets paid $17 for 61+ minutes of work
I find this VERY hard to believe that payroll software basic math would allow this to happen!
We talked about integrity, ethics, right vs wrong. He asked me what he was doing that is wrong on his actions, how is he committing fraud by his actions and that is how their payroll system works. I was kinda speechless and didn't know what to say at the moment. He then told me something along the lines of "Gen Z Life Hacking Skills" and that I am too old to totally understand.
I still honestly can't believe this regarding basic payroll processing. Any experts in payroll have any comments?