Edible Arrangements employees left with a bitter taste, turned sweet

OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Working overtime can be draining, but the paycheck is always sweet.

Unfortunately, two former employees with Edible Arrangements were left with a bitter taste in their mouth after they were shorted on their payday.

The pair put in dozens of hours of overtime, making extra deliveries for Mother’s Day, but say they never got paid for their time.

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Amanda Everson says her work at Edible Arrangements picked up in a big way around Mother’s Day, but her paycheck didn’t.

“We got paid for the regular (hours) on time,” Everson said. “Actually it surprised me, but the overtime and deliveries was not on there.”

There were more than 23 hours of overtime and more than 100 hours of deliveries on her timecard, but not reflected on her paycheck.

“There’s no communication, there’s no hotline to call and talk to anybody,” Everson said. “You don’t get no answer.”

She wasn’t alone, John Rayer had the same problem as Amanda for the missing delivery hours.

“As soon as I got my check, I looked it over because I was aware of the issues that they had before with paying us, and as soon as I saw there was zero, I got on the email with them,” Rayer said.

For more than a month they tried sorting the issues out on their own with no luck.

Within days of each other, they each reached out to the News 4 In Your Corner team.

“I remembered in your corner,” Rayer said. “You guys have helped so many people over the years, and you know, said they’ve got to be able to do something for us.”

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News 4 started digging into the issue and spoke with Edible Arrangements as well as the payroll company they operate through.

Within 24 hours of the first call, both Everson and Rayer received a payment for the amount of money they had earned.

“I appreciate Channel 4 and In Your Corner,” Rayer said.

“Thank you and a big shout out to In Your Corner on News Channel 4,” Everson said. “I appreciate you guys and I can’t tell you thank you enough.”

Edible Arrangements and the payroll company apologized for the delay.

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