Poll: Does your employer give you your payslip or post it?

[robot slipper]

Hello Escapists!

Today at work we were told that from now on, our payslips will be posted to our home addresses rather then being handed to us at work. I was a bit cross about this, because payslips obviously contain confidential information like our salary, national insurance number, name and address. There is a danger that if they are posted, there is a threat of identity theft as they could:

- get lost in the post and get into the wrong hands
- get stolen and get into the wrong hands
- accidentally get put through my unscrupulous neighbour's door (I often get their post by accident)

I questioned the logic (and extra expense) behind this, and the response was basically "because our other UK sites do it that way, and thats what most companies do". I didn't find that to be a logical response, more of a because-we-said-so response. Most of my colleagues claimed that they have never had payslips posted to them in previous jobs, so I was wondering what info about this I could find from a wider audience.

Thats where you come in! I would be delighted if you could take the time to vote, and just for clarity answer whether you are from the UK or not. If you are unemployed, perhaps you could think of what was done at the last job you had (and good luck to you in finding a new one!)

Thanks!

 

[SckizoBoy]

Hello Escapists!

Today at work we were told that from now on, our payslips will be posted to our home addresses rather then being handed to us at work. I was a bit cross about this, because payslips obviously contain confidential information like our salary, national insurance number, name and address. There is a danger that if they are posted, there is a threat of identity theft as they could:

- get lost in the post and get into the wrong hands
- get stolen and get into the wrong hands
- accidentally get put through my unscrupulous neighbour's door (I often get their post by accident)

I questioned the logic (and extra expense) behind this, and the response was basically "because our other UK sites do it that way, and thats what most companies do". I didn't find that to be a logical response, more of a because-we-said-so response. Most of my colleagues claimed that they have never had payslips posted to them in previous jobs, so I was wondering what info about this I could find from a wider audience.

Thats where you come in! I would be delighted if you could take the time to vote, and just for clarity answer whether you are from the UK or not. If you are unemployed, perhaps you could think of what was done at the last job you had (and good luck to you in finding a new one!)

Thanks!

Yeesh, how dumb. Shit like that would never fly with my old Financial Director. She was such a tight-fisted (and I hestitate to call her a) ***** that she checked the postage on the crap we had to send out (and believe me, there was a lot of it). So there's no way in hell she'd post our payslips. Nope, last Friday of each month, an envelope to each employee. But then, it is a small company that I worked for, so being a skin-flint is kinda what they have to do.

Besides, if I received 10p each time I heard the phrase 'lost in the post' whether from a colleague or on the phone, I'd be a damned millionaire.

 

[Pistachio101]

I put other. My first job it was just given to us in person. With my second job they put the payslip up on their website (Which only we had access to obviously). We could then either print them off or save them locally on our computers (or both in my case).

 

[robot slipper]

I put other. My first job it was just given to us in person. With my second job they put the payslip up on their website (Which only we had access to obviously). We could then either print them off or save them locally on our computers (or both in my case).

That is such a good idea. My company is always banging on about saving money and trying to be as paperless as possible, so that would be ideal. It just seems to be such a waste of money to all of a sudden be posting letters to 250+ employees every month. If they have money to burn, why can't they pay me a bit more!!! Ah, wishful thinking...

 

[Pistachio101]

I put other. My first job it was just given to us in person. With my second job they put the payslip up on their website (Which only we had access to obviously). We could then either print them off or save them locally on our computers (or both in my case).

That is such a good idea. My company is always banging on about saving money and trying to be as paperless as possible, so that would be ideal. It just seems to be such a waste of money to all of a sudden be posting letters to 250+ employees every month. If they have money to burn, why can't they pay me a bit more!!! Ah, wishful thinking...

The job where they sent them out by email was when I worked for the Office for National Statistics for the 2011 Census. I'm pretty sure there were around 40,000 people working during the census so they certainly saved a couple of trees.

 

[Catchy Slogan]

UK. We had to get ours online and print them off ourselves, we also got them in an email.

 

[dex-dex]

my brother use to get his mailed until he has four paychecks get lost in the mail. in a row.
He was paid the money that got lost but it was a real pain in the ass now it is in pay stubs.
I ave always had mine handed to me. I find it a bit odd that they would mail it though.
oh and I live in Canada.

 

[Avaholic03]

Well, I've got direct deposit so my check goes directly into my bank account. But I still get the paystub with all the summary on it. They hand those out in person. For the record, I'm in the US, and I work for a pretty small company (maybe 50 employees). At my last job everything was done electronically, so to view my paystub I had to go online. That was a company of about 4500 employees. I think that has more to do with it than what country you're in.

 

[Ham_authority95]

Hello Escapists!

Today at work we were told that from now on, our payslips will be posted to our home addresses rather then being handed to us at work. I was a bit cross about this, because payslips obviously contain confidential information like our salary, national insurance number, name and address. There is a danger that if they are posted, there is a threat of identity theft as they could:

- get lost in the post and get into the wrong hands
- get stolen and get into the wrong hands
- accidentally get put through my unscrupulous neighbour's door (I often get their post by accident)

I questioned the logic (and extra expense) behind this, and the response was basically "because our other UK sites do it that way, and thats what most companies do". I didn't find that to be a logical response, more of a because-we-said-so response. Most of my colleagues claimed that they have never had payslips posted to them in previous jobs, so I was wondering what info about this I could find from a wider audience.

Thats where you come in! I would be delighted if you could take the time to vote, and just for clarity answer whether you are from the UK or not. If you are unemployed, perhaps you could think of what was done at the last job you had (and good luck to you in finding a new one!)

Thanks!

Not UK. Since I don't have a bank account(being 16 and everything) the secretary at the job just hands it to me directly. The company has about 80 employees, so It works very well.

 

[Rekrul]

In our pigeon holes at work, so voted handed to us.

 

[PureChaos]

i work for the court service so my wage slip is sent to the place i work

 

[fenrizz]

It used to come in the mail, but now it comes to my company e-mail.

But the head branch of my company is in another city, so it's kind of hard to give it in person.

 

[Tulks]

UK, and it's handed to me. In fact, I've not had a single employer who posted it (though one Aussie firm used email), whether I was paid by cheque, cash or BACS.

 

[Vonnis]

Not in the UK, the money goes directly to my bank account and the payslip is posted to my home address. It's always been like that.