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Most Recent Air America Payroll Days Late

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Posted by Steve White 2005-08-09 00:24|| || Front Page|| [1 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 I've worked for a few months as a payroll person for a company like this. In my case, it worked like this: The owner (my boss) was a boy toy for a rich woman. She sent him off to run this swankly little chic hotel, probably to get him out of her hair. He'd buy expensive $80,000 rugs and lease a jaguar "company car" for his new salesman (read his hunky new boy toy with zero skills) but when payroll would come around he was more often than not a little short. The excuses were ..um creative. But what can you do? Quit? It's not always that easy. So you wait a few days extra for your check to arrive and then when it does, you deposit it quick and hope it doesn't bounce. But eventually it clears. Better than no check at all, right? Besides, it always worked out in the end, cause eventually the Mrs. would pony up a forty grand or so influx to save the day.

He was embezzeling from the Mrs. too. Who knows if she knew or cared.

But the bottom line was that the staff was willing to roll the dice for one or two pay periods cause it was all that they had going on for the moment. The owner went through staff like kleenex at a funeral. But, like Franken, there was a few key players that always got paid first, got bonuses and stuck around for years. Everyone else could easily be replaced for some other sap in need of a paycheck.

Posted by 2b 2005-08-09 05:25|| 2005-08-09 05:25|| Front Page Top

#2 Franken says he's been working without pay for a while. Since his is a political show, does that mean he's been making contributions to the Democrats?

Posted by Robert Crawford">Robert Crawford 2005-08-09 14:20|| http://www.kloognome.com/]">[http://www.kloognome.com/] 2005-08-09 14:20|| Front Page Top

#3 #snicker# The end is looking pretty near.

Posted by Secret Master 2005-08-09 15:07|| 2005-08-09 15:07|| Front Page Top

#4 2b,

It's unfortunate that you had to go through that. I just pray and keep up my skill level so I have the ability to work in any city.

Posted by Poison Reverse 2005-08-09 16:20|| 2005-08-09 16:20|| Front Page Top

#5 Air America is 2 Legit 2 Quit.

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