Author Topic: Ever had payroll problems while in the service? (Read 4419 times)

Perd Hapley · « **on:** December 05, 2009, 11:49:38 PM »

I never had any, but I remember people in my unit constantly going to S-1 (personnel office) for payroll issues. It looks like the military is putting together a shiny new bit of software to replace over a hundred fragmented legacy systems they've been using for the various branches of service.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DIMHRS

Apparently, it's already "deployed" for the Army, with the other branches to follow in the next few years. Naturally, the Corps is last.

Balog · « **Reply #1 on:** December 05, 2009, 11:54:55 PM »

Yeah, we like to let the other branches work out all the bugs for us. You dogfaces make great guinea pigs...

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #2 on:** December 05, 2009, 11:56:57 PM »

Quote from: Balog on December 05, 2009, 11:54:55 PM

You dogfaces make great guinea pigs...

Cuz we're so much tougher than you, princess.

Balog · « **Reply #3 on:** December 05, 2009, 11:58:10 PM »

If you can't be smart, you gotta be tough...

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #4 on:** December 06, 2009, 12:03:07 AM »

I have no comeback for that, so I shall simply overwhelm you with emoticons.

Take that.

RevDisk · « **Reply #5 on:** December 06, 2009, 12:24:27 AM »

Quote from: fistful on December 05, 2009, 11:49:38 PM

I never had any, but I remember people in my unit constantly going to S-1 (personnel office) for payroll issues. It looks like the military is putting together a shiny new bit of software to replace over a hundred fragmented legacy systems they've been using for the various branches of service.

Everyone I knew, including myself, had pay issues at some point.

I worked at the place that ran the DFAS legacy systems. Think decades of legacy COBOL and FORTRAN apps on a mix of hardware platforms, jury rigged into an odd assortment of physical devices. ::shudder::

MillCreek · « **Reply #6 on:** December 06, 2009, 12:29:48 AM »

COBOL and FORTRAN. Man, that takes me back.

Phantom Warrior · « **Reply #7 on:** December 06, 2009, 03:52:46 PM »

As far as I know, DIMHRS isn't up and running in the Army yet. Someone asked SMA Preston about that at a Town Hall we had back in May and his answer was basically "Yeah, we're still working on that."

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #8 on:** December 06, 2009, 05:00:21 PM »

OK, thanks. My only sources are an information systems textbook that's a little outdated, and the Wiki article.

Jamisjockey · « **Reply #9 on:** December 06, 2009, 06:30:57 PM »

yes. Every time I got promoted. Once, I started recieving combat pay for no apparant reason. It took them 6 months to figure it out, and they took it back in one chunk, instead of me getting to pay it back incrementally (which is how it was paid out

), when I started collecting BAQ, too.

280plus · « **Reply #10 on:** December 06, 2009, 06:36:05 PM »

How many of you were ever paid in cash?

Jamisjockey · « **Reply #11 on:** December 06, 2009, 06:39:30 PM »

Quote from: 280plus on December 06, 2009, 06:36:05 PM

How many of you were ever paid in cash?

Exiting boot camp I was.

taurusowner · « **Reply #12 on:** December 06, 2009, 06:43:04 PM »

Yes. Right now in fact. They are currently 3.5 months overdue in giving my the second half of my signing bonus.

41magsnub · « **Reply #13 on:** December 06, 2009, 06:43:45 PM »

Quote from: JamisJockey on December 06, 2009, 06:39:30 PM

Exiting boot camp I was.

Same here, payroll advance for post advanced training leave. Coincidentally, this is the only time I saw a loaded M16 outside of a range, a DI was packing one along with the cash box for security.

I recall in the 90's the payroll system was pretty rough, I was in S1 as a driver for a stint. I forget what it was called, but it was a super ruggedized 386 based system the size of a steamer trunk.

280plus · « **Reply #14 on:** December 06, 2009, 06:49:20 PM »

I was paid in cash on board ship for several years until maybe 1979 - ish? Then we started getting checks. I was just wondering if they still pay in cash anywhere.

About a year after I got out I got a check for a couple hundred that they had supposedly shorted me. I felt like it was, "Hey, remember us? We're still here! You can come back and get more of this money you know."

BobR · « **Reply #15 on:** December 06, 2009, 07:16:33 PM »

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How many of you were ever paid in cash?

A lot of times I didn't even make the trek to the mess decks to get the cash. I just let it stay on the books until we were getting ready to pull in somewhere. I started getting paid by check about the end of 1975 when I went to San Diego for shore duty.

bob

RoadKingLarry · « **Reply #16 on:** December 06, 2009, 07:22:34 PM »

Off and on for the 12 years I was in including they majorly screwed up things when I got out and kept my direct deposit going for a month after I was discharged. ever try to tell the government they screwed up and you want to give back money?

Edited for typo

280plus · « **Reply #17 on:** December 06, 2009, 07:30:37 PM »

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ever try to tell the government they screwed up and you want to give back money?

I imagine they'd want to do it the .gov way and take 3 years to figure it out and then demand repayment from you.

Firethorn · « **Reply #18 on:** December 06, 2009, 07:33:20 PM »

Quote from: RoadKingLarry on December 06, 2009, 07:22:34 PM

Off and on for the 112 years I was in including they majorly screwed up things when I got out and kept my direct deposit going for a month after I was discharged. ever try to tell the government they screwed up and you want to give back money?

Man, you must have worked through so many different system changes that it's no wonder it was messed up!

I didn't know they let you stay in past 40 years.

RoadKingLarry · « **Reply #19 on:** December 06, 2009, 07:55:21 PM »

I guess it only felt like 112 years.

roo_ster · « **Reply #20 on:** December 06, 2009, 10:33:34 PM »

Yes, similar to JJ. They like to take it back all at once.

RevDisk · « **Reply #21 on:** December 06, 2009, 10:42:22 PM »

Quote from: 41magsnub on December 06, 2009, 06:43:45 PM

Same here, payroll advance for post advanced training leave. Coincidentally, this is the only time I saw a loaded M16 outside of a range, a DI was packing one along with the cash box for security.

Buddy of mine did that. He was finance. Only guy I knew that flew internationally with a loaded weapon. He was moving pallets of cash. He always had a full load of ammo, not one mag. If I wasn't an honest man, I'd be rich and drinking chai in Switzerland these days. It was weird to see guys essentially making well below minimum wage (if you count the avg # of hours worked divided by our merger pay) guarding at times millions in mixed currency.

I have a story involving Iraq and cash that I only tell in person.

Devonai · « **Reply #22 on:** December 07, 2009, 12:52:29 AM »

I never had any problems, but a bunch of guys had issues when they went to an electronic LES a few years ago.

280plus · « **Reply #23 on:** December 07, 2009, 05:57:03 AM »

I used to service the A/C in the main Fleet bank vault in Hartford, the one where they loaded the armor cars. There's nothing like a few pallets of cash hanging around.

BobR · « **Reply #24 on:** December 07, 2009, 03:39:36 PM »

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If I wasn't an honest man, I'd be rich and drinking chai in Switzerland these days.

Or maybe not.

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An Army captain from Oregon has pleaded guilty to charges that he stole nearly $700,000 from the government while in Iraq.

Capt. Michael Dung Nguyen pleaded guilty to theft and money laundering charges on Monday. Sentencing is March 1. He is stationed at Fort Lewis, Washington.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/34316041/ns/local_news-spokane_wa/

bob

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Author Topic: Ever had payroll problems while in the service? (Read 4419 times)

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