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Zurich just paid 30,000 workers double, in $200 million bank glitch (www.bnnbloomberg.ca)
submitted 11 months ago by L4s to c/technology
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Zurich just paid 30,000 workers double, in $200 million bank glitch::Zurich authorities have apologized to city employees after a technical glitch caused a double payment of monthly salaries that local officials are now trying to claw back.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Banks? The fuck do they have to do with that?

Your employer pays you every two weeks, they don't deal with the bank to take an overpayment back, they just deduce it from your paychecks after realizing they made a mistake.