City can't process payroll?!?!

[Det_ard]

Payroll snafus and other multi-million dollar IT screwups have been a recurring theme with the CoD and DPS for several decades. Maybe they don't care because its a government job, with low standards of performance. Maybe they select a politically connected vendor. Maybe the system is OK but the folks running it are dumber than a box of rocks. What ever the case, given their track record they really ought to outsource it. Its clearly not the CoD's core competency. Its more like their core incompetency.

[Wesley Mouch]

Payroll snafus and other multi-million dollar IT screwups have been a recurring theme...really ought to outsource it. Its clearly not the CoD's core competency. Its more like their core incompetency.

I worked in payroll processing. Its a very difficult task. Dozens of different local and state taxes. They are ever-changing. And then there's the work rules. Work 6 hrs, and get paid for 7, lunch automatically deducted, except on Wednesdays when its your birthday. Standby pay, vacation, medical leaves, benefit accrual [[34 min. for each hour worked between 9 and 4, but 46 min. for each hour... well you get the idea.)

There's a reason for the existence and success of ADP. They can do paychecks for under $1.00 ea. last I heard. Although I'm sure Detroit'll find a way to pay much more if they outsource.