We interrupt the current six sentences at a time story to post a six run-on sentences rant about a problem with Brother-in-Law, The Mouth, and if you want to skip it that's fine, and yes, this counts as the first sentence.
He is Sweetie's brother and he is in a big pickle; the local university where he works will not give anyone details (they are hiding something, i just know it, there are always political shenanigans there and i am so glad Sweetie is retired and out of the mess), but several people were not paid on the final day of July as they are supposed to be, due, as they were told, to a "glitch" of some sort.
They were told it would take a month to sort it out, and meanwhile, they were given 60% of their pay on the first day of August, and that is supposed to hold them over until the "glitch" can be fixed; are they supposed to pay 60% of their rent and other bills this month?
This concerns me in part because there is a protocol where they pay you 60% at the end of your first pay period when you are first hired while they get you fully into the system, and if they've erased these people's service and the computer thinks they are new hires, there will be retirement fund headaches that will take forever to sort, especially for someone like him because he has 28 years in and is close to full retirement.
Also this whole thing would not be a problem if Brother-in-Law, The Mouth, were the kind of person who keeps an emergency fund and had resources to fall back upon when something crazy like this pops up; he is, instead, the kind who lives barely making it month to month, spends on stuff he does not need, and sees Sweetie and me and his church as his emergency fund.
When Sweetie was there, someone in HR accidentally erased two years of service for 400 people, and Sweetie had to work 32 years to get his 30 years retirement; if this is more than just a small "glitch" and someone has made a huge mess, well, i'm not so sure i want to think about the repercussions.
Linking up with Zoe's Uncharted Blog, where she hosts Six Sentence Stories, and the cue is Pickle.
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That glitch sounds frightening. Such a fun and beautifully- crafted six sentences.
ReplyDeleteThis is downright disturbing. Hope it's not true!
ReplyDeleteI hope the glitch will not cause hardship or disadvantage to the employees. Don't they have any hard copy or backup to refer to the number of years of service? So frightening.
ReplyDeleteSometimes these glitches are not "accidental" I smell a rat.
ReplyDeleteThat does sound very shady. How awful that your hubby had to work 2 extra years because of a glitch. And The Mouth is old enough to know to have a savings so you are not responsible for that.
ReplyDeleteSounds like someone needs to hire an attorney. Then have the place pay for their errors. That will clean up this mess pretty quickly. Nothing worse than an institution cheating their employees.
ReplyDeleteHave a fabulous day. ☺
wow lovely fence love from Europe
ReplyDeleteI hope this was an accident that can bee fixed and it isn't a secret plan to cheat people.
ReplyDeleteThat is one rotten pickle, my friend. Bill's dad was cheated out of his retirement, after 32 years. Bill was cheated out of his after 30 years. There is really something wrong with the way this is allowed to happen. Prayers that things get straightened out there. HUGS.
ReplyDeleteSo awful. YOu sound like you are on top of it, so hang in there!
ReplyDeleteSure hope that pay deal gets worked out soon for all. That sure is a lovely fence. Have a great evening.
ReplyDeleteI love the fence with the brick and black iron fencing.
ReplyDeleteHave a good evening Mimi. See ya.
Cruisin Paul
That certainly is a pickle and I can't quite see how they could muck up the payments system unless it was done intentionally in which case the police fraud quad should be informed...but I shouldn't prattle on on as you probably have other comments to read other than mine!
ReplyDeleteyow... not good, especially not good when they don't bother delaying stories and go right to what is usually the 'fall back' story of computer glitches.
ReplyDeletebest of luck to all who will need it.
(Not a bad Six, yo)