I do payroll for my company.

Anonymous

September 21,2021 at 3:43PM UTC

Welcome to Fairygodboss!

We’re the largest online career community helping women achieve their career goals. Gain access to articles, jobs, events, and a supportive network of women and allies. Membership is free, always.

I do payroll for my company. I have heard many employees talking about lying on their timesheets - especially remote workers. I see timesheets saying that folks work 10 hours per day from home but I know they aren't (no email responses, no voicemail responses, etc.) The same people are constantly giving me extra work because they are "swamped". Management doesn't seem to notice. What do I do?

Why women love us:

Daily articles on career topics
Jobs at companies dedicated to hiring more women
Advice and support from an authentic community
Events that help you level up in your career
Free membership, always

2 comments

Share your insight

Join an authentic community that helps women support each other at work. Share your professional experience or ask for advice — you can even post anonymously.

2 Comments

Join the conversation

Barb HansenSeptember 21,2021 at 5:01PM UTC
I would ask my manager what to do. I would couch my question in a "a past colleague of mine who does payroll at a different company asked me a question today and that question got me thinking" kind of way, about what the company wanted me to do if I hear "rumors" of cheating on timesheets.
I would then write down that answer and send it back to my manager in an email as a confirmation, so my butt was covered if my company tried to come at me for "following direction"
Hopefully your company wants to know about payroll issues but you just never know and I would not want to take a hit for standing up for something that management doesn't care about.
AnonymousSeptember 21,2021 at 6:46PM UTC
Be very clear about reporting untruths on time cards. While you use your deductive reasoning as your "proof" that the employees lying about their time, please know that this is a huge accusation and really not your job to monitor or report. If management wanted to monitor hours they would put security monitoring software and other programs in the place to do so. They have not.
As for taking on other people's work, you should report this to your manager with examples so that your manager can address the overflow of work and determine why this is happening.