Check your pay stubs!

[u/Practicalbeaver]

I feel like this should go without saying, but it always amazes me how many people I see on here who run into problems because they never check their pay stubs. I’m getting my annual bonus paid out soon and I realized the amount listed on my pay stub was wrong. The CFO had calculated the bonuses incorrectly for anyone who got a mid year raise last year.

I would’ve been shorted $500 if I hadn’t double checked the math.

[u/ghunt81]

My coworker got something screwed up with his W4 and they were not deducting his state taxes. He contacted HR in February last year and they told him they would fix it.

Well, apparently it didn't get fixed and now he owes $4600 to the state. My question is why he didn't look at his pay stubs and realize it hadn't been fixed?