Re:Amazon walking back raises after internal bug miscalculat...
by tomrod on Monday September 26, 2022 @12:21PM
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PAYWALLED, else I would RTFA.
You'd be surprised how many people follow the adage: "what is right is not always popular, and what is popular is not always right."
In this case, a verified compensation item given to an employee should be respected on principle, as this isn't a one-time "whoops we overpaid you," it's a months-long process that affected many people. AMZ should write it off as a bonus and move on.
There is a huge precedent for companies not paying for compensation calculation mistakes, which is also supported by law (in the UK at least where I am from - but assume it would be the same in the US).
Amazing how many comments in this thread are acting like this standard practice is a completely new thing with zero precedence.