I start my new job on Monday
and will be mostly spending today on the phone to natwest to see how they have levied an unarranged overdraft charge on an account I haven't used since 2009, and to the finance department of the place I currently work to see why the holiday pay that I chose to cash in rather than take has been taxed at 50%. I am not a very happy bunny this morning.
(berk, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 8:24, 2 replies, latest was 14 years ago)

Whats the difference betweeen cashing in holiday pay and taking it?

(Bazongaloid, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 8:35, Reply)

Taking holiday pay instead of taking time off.

( Bats, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 8:38, Reply)

this
I had four days of holiday left and took the money for it rather than the time off. Except that if I'd taken the time off I'd have had considerably less tax chewed out of it. I'm so incredibly fucked off - I'd worked out that the money would cover two flights to amsterdam for tennis boys christmas present, and the money i've got left barely covers one.
(berk, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 8:51, Reply)

I've 'overbooked' my holiday by 20 hours
and given I only do 23 hours a week, I have lost about a quarter of my (already rubbish) monthly pay packet. I kind of wish they had told me 'Right, any holiday taken from now on is borrowed until the new year', but I guess it was my responsibility to find that out.

Fucking supermarkets. It's going to be a long two weeks before I leave.

I hope your overdraft thingy gets sorted - the OH has recently had money taken from an unused account by Talktalk. We've not had an account with talktalk - only Tiscali. Not sure how that's happened, but it's a right pain.
( Bats, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 8:37, Reply)

They've been a right bastard about that to loads of people.
It's been on Watchdog more than once now.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 29 Sep 2011, 8:46, Reply)

the thing is, the overdraft fee has taken me over my overdraft..
so I will have yet another charge levied in a few weeks time. I'm going to pop in to the bank this morning and go quietly mental at someone.
(berk, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 8:54, Reply)

Don't take any shite from them
They will try to palm you off with some lies about the charges being automatically applied and out of their hands. But there will definitely be someone in the branch who has the suthority to "use their discretion" with removing charges.
( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 8:57, Reply)

It's odd, I've managed to charm my way to having charges removed before, simply by being polite
Yet I know of many others who are met with steadfast resistance, no matter what they do.
( Agnostic Antichrist Baltimora, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 8:59, Reply)

This^
Be nice first. I got £75 charge removed for a late mortgage payment and the associated £75 DD bounce charge removed when work's payments got fucked up into our account
( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 9:01, Reply)

I've read most of the old QOTWs now...
Give dchurch a shout, he should be able to provide some good advice.
(The Luggage is haunted..., Thu 29 Sep 2011, 9:00, Reply)

it is clearly their error
and i'm not fucking having it. I am not leaving the branch until both charges have been refunded.
(berk, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 9:03, Reply)

GO BERK!

( sporters I’m sincerely gratitude to you, Thu 29 Sep 2011, 9:15, Reply)