My Boss Fired Me After 10 Years of Running Payroll for 12,000 Workers—72 Hours Later, 1,237 Employees Had No Paycheck

employees had required separate follow-up to confirm that their corrected payments had arrived.

Human resources had documented the affected cases and established a process for handling any remaining employee questions.

Finance and treasury had reconciled the relevant totals.

The internal review had identified the principal control weaknesses and assigned corrective actions to the responsible departments.

Before leaving, I met with Denise in the payroll office.

She walked me to the door.

“I wish you hadn’t been treated the way you were,” she said.

“So do I.”

“You know, everyone is