Help, I've lied about my salary to my potential employers and now they're asking for my payslips.

confusedsalesgirl

It’s unlikely they will hunt for the job profile.on adverts. I did tell them I’m on a basic salary of £25,000 m, it’s just everything above that.
I’ve decided to tell them I don’t have access to these payslips and see what they’ll ask me to do next..

kazwookie

I've never had an employer asking for previous payslips, P45's yes. I find them asking for them very odd, offer a P60

And stop lying.

74jax

confusedsalesgirl wrote: »

The main problem is that they're asking me for last 3 months of payslip, what should I do? Forge them??? Is there reason that I can give to not provide these?

x

Yes, definitely forge them. It would the first thing I would think of doing. Get a blank powerpoint, google fake payslips and away you go - just remember to take the FAKE off the watermark. Should be doddle. I do it all the time with cheques and actually they look so real I pay them into the bank......


I'm going to hope that you were joking? Forge them? Is this a wind up?

Paul_DNAP

Just send them in. If they rumble you and withdraw the offer, just walk away and learn for the next one.


But - why fake them? Why not bribe the accountant to let you have a spare blank from the stationary cupboard? Overprint with whatever fantasy you like.

nick74

comeandgo wrote: »

A new employer will always know your past year wages due to what's on your P45. You need to come clean because even forgery will get you caught.

That is quite easily avoided by not giving the P45 to the new employer but instead completing a P46. Although HMRC will sometimes subsequently tell the new employer the cumulative figures, the fact that it is now March means that there is not time for them to do this before the end of the tax year.

I process payroll for approx 80 people and we never get a P45 from around three quarters of new starters.

TELLIT01

Yeah. Forge a set of payslips, that's bound to impress! Just hand them over and say nothing about the discrepancy between actual and professed earnings unless they ask the question.
There shouldn't be any problem with salary info from your current employer as all they are likely to say is £25 plus commission, which is true.

confusedsalesgirl

74jax wrote: »

Yes, definitely forge them. It would the first thing I would think of doing. Get a blank powerpoint, google fake payslips and away you go - just remember to take the FAKE off the watermark. Should be doddle. I do it all the time with cheques and actually they look so real I pay them into the bank......


I'm going to hope that you were joking? Forge them? Is this a wind up?

I was being sarcastic.

haras_nosirrah

stop digging, admit your mistake and never make it again

stator

Just provide your last three payslips and say nothing about it.



It's unlikely they will try and work out what your comission was over the course of a year from 3 months payslip.

If they ask you can just say something about those 3 months being lower than average. If you took a 2 week holiday, or if it's the end of the financial year, you might always get lower comission.


I really don't think they will even ask to be honest.


Your old employer won't reveal your pay details without your permission

shortcrust

stator wrote: »

Just provide your last three payslips and say nothing about it.



It's unlikely they will try and work out what your comission was over the course of a year from 3 months payslip.

If they ask you can just say something about those 3 months being lower than average. If you took a 2 week holiday, or if it's the end of the financial year, you might always get lower comission.


I really don't think they will even ask to be honest.


Your old employer won't reveal your pay details without your permission

At the risk of being the voice of doom, if they don't want them to verify the OP's sales performance what do they want them for? As others have said, it's unusual to ask for payslips.

They've asked for detailed info about what's on the payslip and now they've asked for the payslip. 2+2 and all that...