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we give a $3k award to a faculty member every year. the granting organization wants to give a check at a ceremony, and getting a check is a really

Posted by amanda Jan 23 '20, 08:19

complicated thing here. for years we have spent dozens of man hours each year explaining what we do to central finance to get a check exception.

then the awardee winds up having to tax for the award taken out of their subsequent paycheck which sucks some.

me: why don't we just give the awardee an empty envelope and pay them through payroll to avoid all of these problems?

everyone else: MINDS BLOWN.

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Nicer to hand someone an award certificate for ceremonial purposes anyway. -- nm - Max Jan 23, 08:45 1
- Yeah, hanging a pay stub on the wall just isn't the same. -- nm - Spawn Jan 23, 08:52
We finally started to do this for bonuses a couple of years ago. Made no difference to anyone. -- nm - spamlet Jan 23, 08:33 2
- Back in the day, bonuses were cash. Now *that* was good. -- nm - Spawn Jan 23, 08:36 1
  - Just dawned on me, I have never had a job that ever gave out a bonus. Ever. nm - Amos Burton Jan 23, 08:42
you should give them a giant check instead - decline Jan 23, 08:30
GIANT NOVELTY CHECK! (but actual money through payroll, obvie.) -- nm - Andie Jan 23, 08:20 8
- *adds it to the others in the trunk* -- nm - Happy Gilmore Jan 23, 11:55
- Cash it at your giant novelty bank aka Bank of America. -- nm - Beron Cherry Jan 23, 08:47 2
  - unless you're black. Then they'll charge you with fraud -- nm - Beaker Jan 23, 08:47 1
    - And for once they'd be right! -- nm - Beron Cherry Jan 23, 08:49
- right? -- nm - prayformojo Jan 23, 08:44
- heh -- nm - decline Jan 23, 08:30
- A tattoo of a check! -- nm - Spawn Jan 23, 08:25
- This. -- nm - Krusty Jan 23, 08:22

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