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Produced by Caitlin C. Gillespie ‘04, Carla M. Mastraccio ‘03, and Jennifer Y. Seo...
These problems are only the latest episode in the fitful computerization of Harvard’s bureaucracy. Nevertheless, the University’s Office of Human Resources and the Student Employment Office (SEO) should have made a better effort to fix these problems and lessen the burden on students who have had to put off purchasing books or paying bills. The SEO and the department of human resources have begun to address the problems, but these efforts are both too weak and too late...
...drag its feet on fixing known problems. For example, students who work as referees for intramural sports have spent weeks trying to get the University to cough up their wages. As of Tuesday, it was estimated that the referees were owed over $4,000 in back pay. The SEO has begun to issue off-cycle paychecks, but some students have reported errors in their checks when they arrive...
...payroll system needed to be upgraded, but the current transition left many students without their money and without any clear way to get it. The SEO and the Office of Human Resources need to take vigorous action to solve the systematic problems that have arisen with the new payroll system. Instead of trading blame, the software vendor and the administration need to sit down and figure out how to make the system work. For students on a tight budget, not getting paid can be a serious problem. We hope the University keeps this in mind as it scrambles...
...Student Employment Office (SEO) has been working in concert with the HR office and Peoplesoft consultants to solve the problems, said SEO Director Martha H. Homer...