Posted on 09/18/2022 4:32:57 PM PDT by DFG
Automotive giant Honda has come under fire after it asked workers at one of its US factories to repay hundred of dollars in bonuses they received earlier this month, saying it overpaid many of the checks in error and now needs that extra money back.
The brazen reneging from the car manufacturer came on Tuesday, when staff at the Marysville Honda Motors Co. factory in Ohio - which employs thousands of workers - were sent a memo demanding they give back money from overpaid bonuses.
The amount of each overpayment is currently unclear, as it varies from person to person based on salary - but the bonuses in many cases amount to hundreds of dollars, and were dished out to thousands of workers at the Ohio plant.
After announcing the bonuses had been erroneously overpaid in the bulletin Tuesday, brass at the Japanese automaker wrote that workers would have just nine days to decide on how they will pay back the additional sums.
Staffers will have the option to deduct the money from future paychecks or bonuses, or pay the outstanding amount up front by cash or check.
Those who abstain from those options, the company said Tuesday, will have the excess deducted from their future bonuses by default.
Workers will have until September 22 to decide how to pay back the money - a hardship for many who are used to getting bonus payments and had not expected to give a portion back.
Some staffers at the plant - one of a dozen factories in the country that collectively produce over 5 million cars annually - have since questioned if the company is justified in collecting the overpayments, with one attorney saying Honda is justified in requesting the forced refunds.
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I disagree that they should have to pay it back.
They made the mistake. Just suck it up.
I wonder what the bonuses of the top CEOs look like.
Someone screw up.
Bet they didn’t claw back any bonuses from senior execs.
So if you accidentally overpay the person you paid gets to keep it?
i’ve had people in my life be like that. They “give” you something and then they want it back. This is utter stupidity. Good thing my last Honda was a ricer Civic when I was teen.
They should be considering the effect of this retraction of bonuses on long term employee morale. Is it worth it to take back a few hundred dollars given to employees when the error was on the part of the company? Is it also worth the publicity black eye they are now getting? They need to get their house in order.
Early Grinch behavior.
Surprised they got bonuses and not the pink slip. Most auto manufacturers’ sales are off in 2021-22 but Honda has been worse than the average.
The person(s) who calculated the bonuses might get fired-—but trying to claw back from everyone would be suicide.
The workers can find a hundred ways to GET EVEN.
Why are they creating hard feelings with the employees over this-it isn’t their problem-just terminate the employees in the accounting/finance dept who made the error-and created the problem-unless they agree to cover the amount with THEIR bonuses and salaries...
The company should have said, we f’d up and gave you guys slightly too much of a bonus.
After discussing this we decided that you all probably deserve it more than the VP who was in charge.
VP error in your favor.
The lasting goodwill would have been worth far more
Yep. Along the same lines, see algore’s post just above.
Dear execs: “If I had a rubber hose, I’d beat you with it.” — old reference.
I remember getting paid twice what I was owed in one check. I pointed out the error to the company, and they corrected it. But that was base pay.
Being that this is bonuses, maybe the execs should give the workers a mulligan.
This wasn’t regular pay.
It was a bonus and from the sounds of it, just a few hundred dollars per employee.
Yes, I understand that it adds up when you have enough employees, but really, do they NEED to be so stingy about it?
The goodwill gotten from letting them keep the bonus would likely more than pay itself back in the long run. Asking for it back is just rude.
This will likely end up in court
I realize the computer chip shortage contributed to that, but there is also the factor of the dealers screwing people over on new car prices. That cannot help in the least.
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