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There’s No Such Thing as a Free Lunch

Started by Frank · 10 months ago

There’s no such thing as a free lunch. Unless you’re this guy, who could afford 469,000 dollar meals at MickeyD’s. Because of a payroll mistake.
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  • JT

    1 year ago

    I hate to say this relative to this event because I know some HR folk at AVAYA and have huge respect for them.

    If HR really wants to produce all that ROI, we should first remember the standard of prudence needed when it's OPM.
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  • Frank Roche

    1 year ago

    Other peoples' money is the key. We're to be stewards for that. And there have to be checks and balances to make sure it's spent wisely.

    I'm sure this is one of the cases where something slipped through the cracks. Bummer that it was half a million dollars, though. It's not chump change. And it's a cautionary tale for all payroll departments.
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