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by SteveNuts 947 days ago
It'd be battle hardened to 1960s standards, payroll has changed a _lot_ since then. And if they can't accurately describe exactly how certain calculations are made (or have to do some of those manually outside of the program after it runs), that would be a huge problem in an audit.

This is why big companies use Oracle or SAP for their ERP, auditors are very familiar with it and the way it functions is well-known and understood.