MadAndy Rachel’s quite shocked to read that. She says that’s genuinely terrible. That sort of thing is at a level where people start talking to unions. Glad you got it sorted.
I had a similar experience when I was a part time lecturer at a university. Part time was lowest of the low at uni and the financial person who should have signed off on my details went off on a very long holiday, leaving the paperwork on the desk.
I think it was three months I had. At the time, my daughter was just on the way, and there was no way we could prepare for that whilst not being paid so I ended up going back to the commercial world.
Boggles my mind how detached bean counters can be from the impacts of even their smallest actions.