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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If your offer letter, SF-50 and E&L statements all had the correct grade/step and annual salary then I could understand how the extra pay went unnoticed. If they did not match, you should have noticed and should arrange a payment plan. [/quote]

You must be in accounting. I am not that sensitive to numbers, and I always assume the system is correct. After reading the bad experiences on this thread, I think I will look at mine tomorrow.[/quote]

NP.  Really?  I've been in the work force for over 30 years.  I've worked for multiple employers.  I ended up as a federal agency contractor and have stayed at the same agency for 28 years, so have worked for 7 employers during that stay on 7 contracts (not completely overlapping).

Every time I changed employer or contract, I always make sure to take the salary offered and divide by 24 or 26 (24 if the pay period is twice per month, 26 if the pay period is every 2 weeks).  When I get the first paycheck, I compare that amount with the gross pay to make sure that what they offered and what I am receiving are in sync.  If not, then I contact HR right away.  It's only happened once and I was short-changed because of a data entry error.  I find that these things are best to be fixed at the start before I get too far into a job.  It takes less than a minute to check, but is pretty important and would have caught this problem before it became a costly one.

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