I’ve been super busy opening another location and haven’t been checking our payroll every week like I normally do. Did a review today and saw we overpaid an employee by $300 last month because he didn’t clock out. It would have doubled his pay so there’s no way he didn’t notice. Asked him and he said “honestly can’t remember when that was,” meaning he was aware of it but chose not to tell us. Would you fire him? We like him but it feels like stealing.
In a past life I was over paid 12k over the course of a months. I made pretty great money and just had a promotion so I had no idea and I’m fiscally irresponsible so I never checked my stubs. Bummer news to get though. I paid it all back. VP called and was super apologetic. HR manager was later fired for this (and other negligent actions). The point is, it’s not the employee’s fault. They’re worried about putting food on the table and shit. But you can admit your mistake and ask for it back over a period of time. Or admit your mistake, say don’t worry about it because it’s only 300 bucks, and you’ll likely have a loyal employee. Or a super disloyal one. I don’t know this person.