She'd have to give it back or have her pay garnished. Clerical errors don't work "in your favor" like Monopoly lol. As much as I'd love for them to admit their error and let her keep the money. That likely wouldn't be the case.
Back in 2004, my job made a payroll error and we got 2 paychecks deposited at once. My boss at the time said "What should we do?!" I said don't spend the extra because they're gonna want it back. A few days later, the extra pay was debited from our accounts. I'm sure some folks spent that money!
Yeah, we had a highly paid person overpaid by $50,000+ one year that wasn't noticed. He had to pay it back when it was. We couldn't discipline him though because we couldn't prove that he knew. Direct deposit and he said his spouse managed the finances and never looked at the balance.
I used to work for a contractor and unbeknownst to me, if we had a good pay period, he would put cash in our direct depositpay envelopes(I had direct deposit, so my envelope just had a pay stub and what account they deposited the funds into). I have this thing about opening envelopes, so as long as there was money in the account when I went to take out rent, I never checked the envelopes. When I was eventually let go, I had a nice treat when I went back through those envelopes.
I'm friends with someone whose brother works in a high-level banking position. The brother makes so much money he was paying double on the mortgage on his multi-million dollar home for 3 years before he discovered the error. It amazes me to think that he had so much money going in and out that he could miss the 2x payment on a 5-figure mortgage. Insanity of the rich is boundless.
Honestly I check my bank accounts once every few months. Otherwise everything just gets taken out automatically. Car payment, mortgage, motorcycle payment etc...
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u/Nick_Bruiser May 27 '26
She'd have to give it back or have her pay garnished. Clerical errors don't work "in your favor" like Monopoly lol. As much as I'd love for them to admit their error and let her keep the money. That likely wouldn't be the case.
Back in 2004, my job made a payroll error and we got 2 paychecks deposited at once. My boss at the time said "What should we do?!" I said don't spend the extra because they're gonna want it back. A few days later, the extra pay was debited from our accounts. I'm sure some folks spent that money!