Just wondering how those impacted by the severance overpayment are managing the situation. Have you paid them back?
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I got overpaid one cookie.
I received a notice from HR AT&T stating that I was notified that I received an overpayment amount and will need to pay it back to AT&T. I escalated the issue and it took 3 weeks and being sent to collections to find out that HR made an error stating that the success bonus was not supposed to be given to me. I was able to get the issues canceled and now I'm waiting to make sure that the external collection agency does not hit my credit due to AT&T's mistake.
reversal overdrafted me. bunch of bills didn't get paid on time, including my house payment
If you live in NJ and do not receive your severance by the next pay period, they are in violation of the law.
Timing of Severance Payment
“Severance pay must be paid in a lump sum on the first regularly scheduled pay day following the employee’s final day of employment. It cannot be distributed over time as continuation of wages. “
Ok. Just received notification that AT&T is requesting to be repaid (I was also laid off). On the paystub it says “overpayment offset W4 tax” with the amount exact amount they are wanting back. But they are calling it “late PCR/ECR-Rate change”. The only thing I can think of started this potential issue was I did change my federal withholding around Jan.
But needless to say, didn’t know they even wanted a repayment until I got a letter from a debt collector!
They explained to me today that they overplayed me by 80 vacation hours when I left I’m in California. I asked if it would get reported on my credit report but all the collection agency said was that they would send my info to another collection agency if I don’t pay. Anybody know the rules to see if they actually can report to credit bureau
I was overpaid. I didn't even notice and didn't think much of it so transferred the amount to my savings. I then got notice from my bank that I has insufficient funds. The overdrafts were caused due to AT&T reversing the severance deposit. The following morning, the bank account was back to normal because my bank declined their reversal since the amount wasn't in the checking account. I called to speak to them and I was told I'd receive an email with instructions on how to pay back the amount. I agreed and have yet to receive this email even after speaking them a few times. I do not feel comfortable returning their money back prior to receiving the correct amount because I do not trust I will receive a resolution in a timely manner.
Sounds like Business Daddy is having trouble making payroll
Someone should contact an attorney as the whole thing is illegal. Attorney can file suit and petition for class action requesting a list of all impacted former employees. Extremely lucrative for the lead plaintiff.
I would, but I’m not impacted like some of you.
Take at least 45 days to pay it back. That’s the BAU standard interval.
I was affected as well. AT&T simply clawed back the entire severance payment from my checking account and left me voice mail to call back with questions. They're now telling me that it will take 15 days from the original "determination of overpayment" to resolve the issue. Fun math fact: they're already over the 45-day window that they're contractually obligated to pay out my severance. I'm sure they've got their weasel butts covered, but this smells like breach of contract to me. Where's Saul Goodman when you need him?
AT&T the “technology company” cannot calculate the correct severance for employees who were laid off, layoffs that they do every year, multiple times a year. Perhaps they should have found someone with an abacus to calculate the correct amount.
Are more people not impacted by this? Were the ones that were laid off and people are here complaining about how the uverse service went down. They should be complaining on viva engage for that. Leave the laid off employees site for those that will be or were laid off
I agree that it’s comical that T can’t seem to do anything right…but as someone else said…,you had a good idea what your payout was going to be. Everyone overpaid to that extent should have immediately known there was an issue.
caused me to go negative. there should be a class action lawsuit on this.
If you got charged an overdraft fee the company should pay for it since it was their mistake. Otherwise you absolutely should file a lawsuit.
T can afford the double payment with all the double billing they’ve done for years.
Wouldn't it be obvious that the payment was too large at the time it was deposited?
i moved the money back from savings. what a pain in the a$z. it was deducted out of my account immediately. caused me to go negative. there should be a class action lawsuit on this.