A Palatine man is awaiting extradition to New Jersey after he was arrested on charges that he collected about $470,000 in pay and benefits for a job he was offered but never accepted, authorities said Thursday.
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Forrest said that Armatys applied for a position at Avaya in 2002 and was offered a job, which he never accepted.
In February 2007, Avaya auditors discovered that a systems error had deposited payroll checks into an account held by Armatys.
...investigators have a tape of a telephone call during which Armatys allegedly identified himself as an Avaya employee to a Fidelity Investments employee while requesting that retirement-fund money be transferred his savings account, Forrest said.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chi-paltheft_webjan18,1,6368739.story
They fixed the glitch.
A cubicle resident fantasy. We joked during our many reorgs that the ultimate goal would be to get a job where you get paychecks and not have a place to work. I thought the flaw would be that each year-end a boss somewhere would have to give you a review.
There's a Dilbert where at the employee assessment meeting (and I've been on some) the Pointy-Haired Boss says, "Dilbert? Doesn't ring a bell."
I guess some companies ARE so screwed up it can happen. Remember Avaya came out of Lucent which came out of AT&T Bell Labs.