Works as intended.

D:\ENV>type wages.dat
holli 80 10
crazedrat 10 2
D:\ENV>perl pm9.pl
Enter the name of the file to open: wages.dat
Employee info: name: holli hours: 10 wage: 80
Employee info: name: crazedrat hours: 2 wage: 10
45           # 80 + 10 / 2
800          # 10 * 80
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Would you please elaborate? "Not working" is not exactly helpful.