Do you check your payslip regularly?

f5morg

I have come across several people who don't check their payslips or don't know their pension account logins etc. To me it is quite surprising not to glance at a payslip, whether you have varying pay or regular pay. Yes, it can just be seen in account and if it is the same each month then I understand that more, but I spoke to someone who didn't check if their overtime had been paid, just assumed. Perhaps because I work with younger people who might on average be less concerned (don't know if that's true, simply a guess), but I have heard this from older people as well. I do check and have informed when overpaid, underpaid and when pension contributions weren't made. I just wonder what the average person does or if I am especially mistrusting.

CoastingHatbox

I do check.

But then I track my monthly budget and pension/retirement savings on a spreadsheet. Not something I think many people do.

I also think that people on a forum like this aren't going to be representative of the general populous.

london21

I check monthly that everything is as expected.
Especially as I do company pension and pay student loan monthly.
Also there was a month I got paid bonus and wanted to know amount received, tax contributions etc.
I am very big on checking payslips, bank statements etc 

bargainbetty

I do the payroll for my firm and I still check my payslips.

I work with lawyers and I once had a person claiming that I was at fault for having not told her what tax code she was on, and she tried to make a complaint about me withholding important information. When I pointed out it was on her payslips, she denied it flatly. I showed her, and she then complained that she shouldn't be expected to check these things. 

Her complaint was not successful. 

f5morg

CoastingHatbox said:

I do check.

But then I track my monthly budget and pension/retirement savings on a spreadsheet. Not something I think many people do.

I also think that people on a forum like this aren't going to be representative of the general populous.

yes you're probably right, more money-conscious or at least money-curious on here. I don't have a spreadsheet, but could probably use one!

f5morg

bargainbetty said:

I do the payroll for my firm and I still check my payslips.

I work with lawyers and I once had a person claiming that I was at fault for having not told her what tax code she was on, and she tried to make a complaint about me withholding important information. When I pointed out it was on her payslips, she denied it flatly. I showed her, and she then complained that she shouldn't be expected to check these things. 

Her complaint was not successful. 

That's pretty shocking. I've never been taught what's on a payslip, but it's just there for you to see! I wonder if it's because I have been self employed, I have had a varying wage and have changed employment several times that I am more aware perhaps. Maybe people only check if there's a company-wide issue affecting lots of people, but then again there still has to be individuals that notice it.

That person you mentioned was doubling down because of embarrassment!

Savvy_Sue

I don't check mine as such, but I do save it somewhere private, and I do know what's on it because I work on the company payroll too, so I'd know if any change had been made (I'd have either made it, or checked it had been made!) 

When I was doing overtime I made sure that appeared. 

I do encourage all my colleagues to check theirs, check their pension statement, know how to check their tax code etc. Mostly they ignore me.

antonic

I check mine every month ( I am a Civil Servant) because we get warned if we don`t check and there is a discrepancy that I should have noticed and reported to HR - its a disciplinary offence.

elsien

I don’t check mine that often. 

I did automatically check when I got a paper payslip and also did overtime, but now I don’t get paid extras and it’s an online payslip it’s a bit of a faff so as long as it’s the same amount going into the bank every month I know it’s about right.

I usually log in, and print them off every few months - silly system where you can’t download them you have to print them. 

MovingForwards

I check everything and compare it to the previous month. When changing companies I cross reference to make sure all the info has gone across ok too.

One company I worked at I'd double checked they were including unused holiday in my final pay. They didn't like being questioned, said it would include the holidays and still didn't. They had to issue another payslip and wage run. 

zagfles

I tend to check the bottom line, ie what goes into my bank is the expected amount. I have a spreadsheet which works out my net pay and copes with variable overtime, bonuses, benefits, pension contributions, tax code changes etc. Made me a bit lazy checking the payslip itself, which I only tend to do on the rare occasions the amount going into my bank is not the expected amount.