The worst company ever

The asbestos surveying company my son works for recently decided to close one of its regional offices, in the exercise some administrative staff were laid off and some were transferred to other offices. The surveyors and their line managers now work out of their homes and have been provided with equipment to assist them. The two line managers now have to regularly travel to two other regional offices around 30 to 40 miles away. So on top of losing their base and admin support, their travel has been greatly increased. Because of all this upheaval over the last few weeks the line managers didn’t manage to get their workers time sheets to their head office on time.

They were two days late.

So this company – that I have dubbed the “worst company ever” – have seen fit not to pay the overtime claimed by its workers for that pay period. 

All the workers were looking forward to the extra pay to help them over the Christmas period, but for one worker – my son – this non payment in this pay period means that his pay has dropped below the national minimum wage, yet again! 

In the memo sent to staff explaining why the overtime wasn’t being paid the company director laid the blame on the two line managers shoulders for not getting the time sheets in on time. 

Considering the upheaval they have all gone through during the closure of the office and the loss of their administrative support, I consider this to be the act of the worst company ever! The time sheets were two days late, but the company still had a week to deal with them. Given that it’s Christmas time and considering the effort the team had put in during the office closure, wouldn’t you think the company would have pulled out all the stops to ensure their staff got the pay they were owed? 

But no, this completely uncharitable company decided to withhold the pay, and then at the end of the memorandum telling them they weren’t getting the pay, had the temerity to wish them a very merry Christmas! 

I can hear the clanking of the chains as Ebenezer turns to count his money!

Bah, Humbug!