Getting paid extra

kevthecelt

Basically im getting paid a 20% allowance on top of my wages every month, i had this allowance in my old position in the company, but im not supposed to get it with my new position, what should i do? Tell them or keep the money? bit of a moral dilemma, i know they are entitled to ask for it back if they find out, but im confused as to what action to take, any suggestions?

feylya

Tell them. You will have to pay it back if they ask for it. That said, if you tell them and they don't do anything about it, you could claim ignorance and say you thought you were supposed to get it

Neo#

Set up an offshore bank account in the cayman islands and transfer all the money. When they ask for it back say "what money?". And then runnnnnnn!!

Seriously though I dont think they can ask for the money back

calsatron

Your only entitled to keep errors in law, you are not entitled to keep computational or administrative error's. You signed a contract detailing that you are not entitled to this allowance, therefore it is an administrative error and, if asked, you will have to pay it back.

Plus of course if you get rumbled your card will be marked and you'll find further opportunities within the company extremely hard to come by.

digitally-yours

Return return return !

kmick

Keep taking it until they find out. In this scenario realise you may get paid 20% extra for the next 6 months and 20% less for the next 6 months after they find out. Its worth taking the risk as you are never going to be any worse off in the long term anyway even if you have to pay it back I would hive off the extra 20% into a high return savings account for when you inevitably get rumbled. In my experience HR are generally not on the ball enough to spot this but your manager will next time you have a pay review.

cold_filter

Pay it back now!

A friend of mine did IT support for a bank and did shifts so he got a 33% shift allowance, which gave him a good salary though crap hours.

He moved to a new manager type job in support... his shift allowance came with him... TBH he probably didnt even read his contract to see how much he was getting paid as he was so happy to get off shifts. Anyway i'd say he was getting about 3500 per month after tax for about a year then he got a pay review and then they notice the shift premium!!

He had spent it all and ended up paying back about 10k! Also i think he got tarred a bit as a thief for not saying anything

dudara

If it doesn't match what is in your contract, then you are not entitled to it, and the company is perfectly within their rights to demand it back. Come clean now and be honest.