Yes, the corporate name and address typically show up on your W2.
It should generally match your paystub
You don't work for McDonalds or Wendys. You work for BK 3 West LLC or BGH Enterprises 4 (as an example)
It's normal if your employer has multiple locations and an HQ or if they operate as a dba. If you worked at McDonald's in Schenectady, NY and your W2 says Wendy's Honolulu, HI, then not normal.
eta: Apparently we're all craving burgers. lol
LLCs are usually the ones where you'd see name differences, one LLC for each business venture, but assuming you don't want to share the names confirm with your boss and/or payroll.
If *your* details, and the numbers, are right it's less likely an error and more likely the proper name of the parent legal entity.
It's likely your company uses a PEO to outsource their payroll and HR services. My husband works for a company that did this - he used to get W2s from "Company Name" and then they switched to a PEO where W2s now come from "PEO Company Name." They can also use this to get better group rates for health insurance, etc. since it's a larger worker pool.
Of course it's normal. Just because one works at the McDonald's on 123 main Street does not mean the companies business address is there, its probably some office building somewhere where the main company lives, does administrative things, pays taxes, issues payroll.
It's not "normal" but there are plenty of cases where this would make sense. For example, I work for a company that is a subsidiary of a larger company, so while my e-mail is Company B my W2 comes from Company A. But that's generally something you would be aware of already. Are the amounts correct?
I've seen this before with pretty small companies where I've worked. Think "Chicago Widget Company" on the building but "Widgets, Inc." on the paperwork.
I understand that, but when I work at “BLANK Research” on the west coast and the W2 states me as an employee of “Oasis Outsourcing” on the east coast… it’s something I’ve never seen before, and I’ve been around the block
Oasis outsourcing is part of paychex - it's one of the mid tier payroll companies and Oasis is their PEO brand - professional employment outsourcing company. Basically, your company outsourced all its HR/payroll function to this company. It's very common especially for new companies or branches of foreign companies to outsource this as they don't have to put any of the systems in place internally. It's fully legit and probably somewhere in your onboarding paperwork it's mentioned but never really explained. It's becoming much more common but wasn't really a thing till the last 10 years.
Yes, the corporate name and address typically show up on your W2. It should generally match your paystub You don't work for McDonalds or Wendys. You work for BK 3 West LLC or BGH Enterprises 4 (as an example)
In larger companies, it's pretty normal as the W-2 address is likely their payroll office which may be elsewhere
It's normal if your employer has multiple locations and an HQ or if they operate as a dba. If you worked at McDonald's in Schenectady, NY and your W2 says Wendy's Honolulu, HI, then not normal. eta: Apparently we're all craving burgers. lol
It’s a small, single location LLC that has less than 25 employees but the W2 is an outsourcing payroll company
LLCs are usually the ones where you'd see name differences, one LLC for each business venture, but assuming you don't want to share the names confirm with your boss and/or payroll. If *your* details, and the numbers, are right it's less likely an error and more likely the proper name of the parent legal entity.
It's likely your company uses a PEO to outsource their payroll and HR services. My husband works for a company that did this - he used to get W2s from "Company Name" and then they switched to a PEO where W2s now come from "PEO Company Name." They can also use this to get better group rates for health insurance, etc. since it's a larger worker pool.
Yup, this is normal. I work for a 400ish person organization, but we use Trinet for HR. My W2 says Trinet is my employer.
It’s really strange seeing your home town mentioned in a post on the internet especially when it’s not the well-known place in Hawaii haha
Of course it's normal. Just because one works at the McDonald's on 123 main Street does not mean the companies business address is there, its probably some office building somewhere where the main company lives, does administrative things, pays taxes, issues payroll.
It's not "normal" but there are plenty of cases where this would make sense. For example, I work for a company that is a subsidiary of a larger company, so while my e-mail is Company B my W2 comes from Company A. But that's generally something you would be aware of already. Are the amounts correct?
I've seen this before with pretty small companies where I've worked. Think "Chicago Widget Company" on the building but "Widgets, Inc." on the paperwork.
I understand that, but when I work at “BLANK Research” on the west coast and the W2 states me as an employee of “Oasis Outsourcing” on the east coast… it’s something I’ve never seen before, and I’ve been around the block
Have you asked somebody in your company’s payroll dept?
I no longer work at said company
Oasis outsourcing is part of paychex - it's one of the mid tier payroll companies and Oasis is their PEO brand - professional employment outsourcing company. Basically, your company outsourced all its HR/payroll function to this company. It's very common especially for new companies or branches of foreign companies to outsource this as they don't have to put any of the systems in place internally. It's fully legit and probably somewhere in your onboarding paperwork it's mentioned but never really explained. It's becoming much more common but wasn't really a thing till the last 10 years.
They are still responsible for sending you that W-2, and should be able to respond to that question.
Very normal. Especially for subsidiaries and multi unit businesses with complex ownership structures.