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You Won’t Believe Who’s On Your Payroll — The HR Oversight That Slipped Through ⭐

Season 6 Episode 18 Published 7 months, 3 weeks ago
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Every company assumes they know who’s on their payroll.

That assumption might be doing a lot of heavy lifting.

In this episode, we break down a situation where someone ended up on payroll who absolutely, positively… should not have been there. Whether it was a breakdown in hiring, onboarding, or basic oversight, this is one of those stories that makes you wonder how often things like this happen without anyone noticing.

We get into:

  •  How hiring and onboarding processes can fail in surprisingly simple ways 
  •  The risks of poor HR oversight and internal controls
  •  Why payroll errors aren’t always just “accounting problems” 
  •  And how something like this can go unnoticed longer than anyone would like to admit 

It’s part cautionary tale, part “how did no one catch this,” and a reminder that even routine processes can go sideways if no one’s really paying attention.

If you’ve ever trusted the system a little too much… this one might make you double-check a few things.

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