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So, b/c I work for a US company, it's an Aussie company they own that pays me.
me : so, I've given notice, does the company know ? They didn't answer my email
boss : yes, they know, you'll get your last pay on your last day
me : OK
Did I get paid ? No. Did they know ? No. Had I kept quiet, I bet they would have kept paying me until the zombie apocalypse.
Christian Graus
Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.
Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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Christian Graus wrote: Did I get paid ? No. Did they know ? No. Had I kept quiet, I bet they would have kept paying me until the zombie apocalypse.
The way things are going that may not be to long in coming!
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It sure feels like it, I can tell you...
Christian Graus
Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.
Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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Christian Graus wrote: zombie apocalypse.
The new era of programmers
www.dirkstechblog.blogspot.com
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so if they didnt pay you why are you finishing work off?
bryce
MCAD
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Why wouldn't I ? I don't doubt they'll pay me, they are just disorganised, not evil.
Christian Graus
Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.
Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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ahh i see
sorry i guess i read your post as a "they've stopped paying me on purpose" type email.
I'm sure you're going to have a yarn with the manager person.
bryce
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Sorry, no. They just told me they were organised and they were not.
Christian Graus
Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.
Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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never thought this happens with a company. are there any instances where a company continued paying a person despite them leaving the organization? (i hear such stories in govt agencies).
Regards,
Anantha Sharma
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Hmm... My mom received paychecks from the company my dad used to work for, up until about 6 months after he had died...
Makes you wonder: was he that good at work, or did he just go unnoticed?
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AnanthaSharma wrote: (i hear such stories in govt agencies).
Whahaha 
As if inefficiency would be the sole area of government; only in the distorted world of economics government is inefficient and companies always the top of efficiency.
As soon as people are badly supervised and/or anonymous in your organization, they'll start to slack. They do not check whether they are paid by the government or a corporation before starting the slacking.
Less propaganda, more actual thinking, learning and education, please.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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Happened to me at my last job too. I confirmed a couple times ("so, I'll be getting my last paycheck at the end of my last day, right?"... "yep.").
Last day rolls around. My boss walks me to the payroll area. He asks for my paycheck. They give us a blank stare, look through some paperwork, and inform us nobody submitted the appropriate paperwork. My (then) boss: "What can you do to be sure he gets paid today?" Them: "Nada."
Had my pay sent to my old private mailbox, which I later had hold my mail until I had a new place to stay (in a different state). Finally got it a couple weeks later.
Also annoying that I normally got paid with direct deposit, but they insist that the last paycheck must be a physical piece of paper. 
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Well, now they say they need my letter of resignation ( I did not provide one and have told them via email three times I did resign ), a letter from my boss stating I had resigned, and a letter from my boss confirming I had returned all company property. Thing is, I was meant to keep it to do some contracting. So, I guess they will stop paying me my wage ( because they know I resigned ) but won't pay my termination payout ( as they don't have confirmation I resigned )
Christian Graus
Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.
Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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Sounds like a great company to work for!
Surely none of this is your problem? If they need a letter from your boss, then they should be chasing him not waiting for you to chase them?
Hope you put some really gnarly stuff in the code base in your last hours 
MVVM # - I did it My Way
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Man, you're a god. - walterhevedeich 26/05/2011
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(That's an 'M')
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I am the one who won't get my final pay for weeks, when I was relying on it to pay some things off.
It's disorganised, as usual.
Christian Graus
Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.
Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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You must be glad you left. What if they had messed up a couple of zeros in your pay?
So, in my part of World, we usually get paid few days after we leave. Companies claim that this duration is needed to calculate if employee owes them something. If yes, they just deduct it from last payment. Is it something different where you work?
"Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[ ^]
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They could have paid in a few days, I would not have minded. The issue is, they had no idea I was going and I don't know when they will pay.
It seems to me, given that I worked for a company in the US and the pay came through a sister company in Australia, that I could have kept quiet and had two salaries for years. It probably would have come to light when some HR geek asked why I'd not taken leave in 2 years.
Christian Graus
Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.
Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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That is really interesting. A little extra money for doing nothing never hurts. I would have stayed quiet.
"Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[ ^]
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I've had clerical errors result in double pay and so on before. Always be honest. Then you can live without fear.
Christian Graus
Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.
Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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Or you could just fake your identity in legal documents and get away with it.
P.S. You do realize I am not serious about any of it. I too would have done the same thing as you suggest.
"Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[ ^]
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*grin* fair enough.
I think your sig has a typo.
Christian Graus
Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.
Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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So, it's my last day. Pretty much everyone I work with, is done for the day. No-one contacted me. I wasn't paid ( I was supposed to be paid out today ). And I'm sitting here, fighting with CSS, because something I asked for two weeks ago, got done yesterday, but I was given a jpg to match instead of HTML.
Roll on Monday
Christian Graus
Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.
Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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Christian Graus wrote: And I'm sitting here, fighting with CSS, because something I asked for two weeks ago, got done yesterday, but I was given a jpg to match instead of HTML
Let them deal with it on Monday, after today it's their headache. Or is that why they haven't paid you yet?
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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*grin* well, I've offered to contract for a bit to ease them through, although I found out that they only plan on having me for two weeks, so it's not that far from being the case.
Christian Graus
Driven to the arms of OSX by Vista.
Read my blog to find out how I've worked around bugs in Microsoft tools and frameworks.
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