Would you payback your employer if they terminated you and overpaid your severance?

[Ryan4069]

My integrity isnt worth any amount of money.

[keepngoal]

I had a buddy back in CR that went to the ATM on payday and he said that $35K was in his checking account. He went to work, picked up his paystub. they over paid him by A LOT. He took home over $35K after taxes, maxed out his 401k contributions. He then went to HR to let them know of the mistake. They were grateful for his honesty and said they would have found the error at some point.

It took the employer 4 weeks to take the money back and he got to keep the interest as a thank you. I think it netted him like $600 or something.

I thought it was a stand up thing to do.

-keep

[SeattleClone]

I am salaried, but get overtime pay calculated hourly for over 44 hours per week. A couple years ago my monthly direct deposit pay stub indicated I had been paid for 190 hours overtime instead of 19. I contacted payroll to let them know, and they thanked me and said they would have noticed it eventually anyways.

[CycloneErik]

I am salaried, but get overtime pay calculated hourly for over 44 hours per week. A couple years ago my monthly direct deposit pay stub indicated I had been paid for 190 hours overtime instead of 19. I contacted payroll to let them know, and they thanked me and said they would have noticed it eventually anyways.

190 hours of overtime?!? Wow, that's a little bit of an error.

[SeattleClone]

190 hours of overtime?!? Wow, that's a little bit of an error.

Simple decimal error... 19.0 or 190. The most amazing part is that I was working 19.0 hours of overtime! Basically 12 hour days... and that happened for several months. I paid for my first HDTV (37" LCD) with overtime pay during 1 year.

[IcSyU]

Simple decimal error... 19.0 or 190. The most amazing part is that I was reading CF for 19.0 hours of overtime!

There ya go. Fixed.

[SeattleClone]

There ya go. Fixed.

I wish! That is why my life sucked when I was in Seattle... working 12 hour days and still not getting the job done!

[superdorf]

Simple decimal error... 19.0 or 190. The most amazing part is that I was working 19.0 hours of overtime! Basically 12 hour days... and that happened for several months. I paid for my first HDTV (37" LCD) with overtime pay during 1 year.

I always mess up some mundane detail.

[CycloneErik]

Simple decimal error... 19.0 or 190. The most amazing part is that I was working 19.0 hours of overtime! Basically 12 hour days... and that happened for several months. I paid for my first HDTV (37" LCD) with overtime pay during 1 year.

Actually, I spent 2 years working mostly 12-hour days. Then the company suddenly realized that it gets expensive to pay for that over and over and over.

There ya go. Fixed.

Nice work on that. I wish I could be paid for reading CF, instead of doing it at home for free.

[IcSyU]

Nice work on that. I wish I could be paid for reading CF, instead of doing it at home for free.

Plenty of around here are with all the posts that go on during the morning/day. People work night shifts (see: CycloneErik) but not THAT many do.

[CycloneErik]

I always mess up some mundane detail.

You'd think that the check amount would have raised a big red flag before they processed the payment.

[CycloneErik]

Plenty of around here are with all the posts that go on during the morning/day. People work night shifts (see: CycloneErik) but not THAT many do.

It's a night shift without computer access. It's sad

[cyputz]

Legally, Microsoft has the right to call back the funds. And the ex-employee must return.

[Wesley]

If I was a computer services company like that, I would never admit I screwed up. What are they thinking?

[Dolokaju]

If they signed a severance agreement, there would be terminology as to how much they would get paid. Hence, if you agreed to receive a certain amount, you would not be entitled to anything more...