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“Isn’t payroll just like… paying people?” “Sort of,” I said. “Do you get payslips?” “Nah,” she replied casually. “I get cash.” There was no awkwardness in the answer. No sense that it was unusual. Just a simple statement delivered with complete confidence. “Every week?” “Mostly.” “No payslip?” She shook her head. Another student jumped in before I could say anything else. “My mum does all that stuff for me anyway.” “What stuff?” “Like work stuff.” After a few more questions, it turned out his roster notifications went to his mother’s email address. The payroll app was on her phone, not his. She applied for his leave when he needed time off during exams and contacted the manager directly if there were any problems with shifts. “What about your payslips?” I asked. “I don’t really look at them.” “How do you know how much you get paid?” “I dunno, my mum tells me.”
“You guys all have jobs?” I asked. Three hands went up almost immediately. “Then payroll is already part of your life.”
seemed more valuable than anything written on the banners around them. A group of students wandered over to the payroll stand a few minutes later, mostly out of curiosity, though one of them was clearly just looking for somewhere to put down the armful of brochures she had been carrying around since morning. They looked around the table quietly for a moment before one of the boys picked up a flyer and frowned slightly. “What actually is payroll?” The others laughed, not because it was a stupid question, but because none of them really knew either. “You guys all have jobs?” I asked. Three hands went up almost immediately. “Then payroll is already part of your life.” The girl standing closest to the table looked confused.
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