Another Year, Another Fuck-Up
Seems when working for the LSE, you have to be prepared to wait a long time for your money if you’re new or getting it due to unconventional circumstances. In this case, I’m still waiting (and apparently will be, for another month) for the extra cash the School was supposed to pay me for extra shifts this past summer. Yeah, it’s nearly 3 months now. I am so not impressed.
Everyone concerned is blaming each other, and in the midst of all this us lowly workers are left wanting. And it’s not a little bit of money I’m owed, either - if I remember my claim form right it adds up to some £400! I was hoping to have some extra cash in November to maybe buy something cool (like new clothes, or a new sleeping bag because who knows when you’ll need one) or even stash something away on the off-chance that I’ll actually get into Oxbridge.
Supposedly, there is some back-office wrangling going on to get us paid. Eh, maybe I’ll just end up getting extra money for Christmas presents.
(Though that means a smaller-than-expected paycheck this month. Damn.)
October 26th, 2008 at 17:36
Hmm, this makes me wonder if I really want to apply for that position in LSE I was thinking about…
October 26th, 2008 at 17:38
Assuming you’d be going for a salaried (fixed-pay) position, I don’t foresee that much of a problem. It’s when you do things on the side and for unconventional amounts of money per hour that they seem to get their pants in a twist.
October 26th, 2008 at 18:39
Oh yeah, one more thing. Following on from a rather caustic email sent up the food web by one of my colleagues, they are offering us a few hours’ wages as compensation for the delay. Yes please
October 26th, 2008 at 20:00
Yeah, I guess irregular hours normally seem to be a little bit too hard to sort out. (Been there, done that, got the T-shirt, gladly I’m not working there anymore). Congratulations for the extra pay, hope they’ll keep their word