Worker Was Accidentally Paid 300 Times His Salary

03-07-2022 12:13pm #1

And went straight out the gap 🏃

What would you do if you checked your bank account and found you had mistakenly been paid 300 times your normal salary?

Well, one employee who discovered he had been paid nearly £150,000 for a month’s work instead of the usual £450 decided to duck and run.

The unnamed staff member at Consorcio Industrial de Alimentos in Chile did initially raise the eye-watering overpayment for May with his manager who then flagged it to HR.

He agreed to return the cash and promised to go to the bank the following day. But instead of giving it back, the man withdrew it and hasn’t been seen since.

His employer Consorcio tried to make contact with the man over the next three days but to no avail, according to local media outlet Diario Financiero.

They later received contact from the unnamed man’s lawyers who informed Consorcio that the man had resigned from his position with the company.

After no sign of contact, bosses at the company decided to file a complaint with law officials charging the man with misappropriation of fund.

The average take home pay in Chile is £750 a month, £300 more than the unnamed man was receiving.

No arrests have been made so far.

https://metro.co.uk/2022/07/02/man-from-chile-paid-150000-by-his-employer-takes-the-money-and-runs-16930204/?ito=socialmetrouktwitter

So, how many guilty consciences would there be on Boards?

macvin · 03-07-2022 12:40pm

Translating it to here and taking €2800 as average net take home pay (gross 42k), it would be about €550,000 going into your bank account.

If the company was a giant operation and treated staff poorly, then my conscience would be clear. But seems they are a small/medium size company with turnover of about $15m, so I'd probably feel guilty, but would have a couple of weeks of pure luxury, then come back, give most of the money back and sell the story to Netflix

😁

Bobblehats · 03-07-2022 1:27pm

That is some happy accident. Glad they rounded it off, am terrible numbers have fun with that ..

03-07-2022 1:32pm

That wouldn't be enough for me to duck and hide for a very, very long time. €5million and there wouldn't even be dust.

Wanderer78 · 03-07-2022 1:38pm

...should banks truly be given this critical responsibility of creating money!

teediddlyeye · 03-07-2022 1:40pm

Wouldn't be enough to set yourself up properly and not face any repercussions.

Also my job would be too good in the long term to risk it.

Maybe if I was older.

Ray Palmer · 04-07-2022 8:37am

Happened before and it doesn't end well. They may not find this guy but not worth hiding for the rest of your life.

I was accidentally paid 20 times my monthly income and I just let them know and paid it back. I also wasn't paid 2 months at one point and they paid me once it was sorted out. It works both ways

Gael23 · 04-07-2022 9:05pm

The company have zero comeback, it’s they’re mistake

Jequ0n · 05-07-2022 6:29am

I’d totally take it and have another fresh start elsewhere.

kippy · 05-07-2022 6:33am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119291015#Comment_119291015

Not true.

kippy · 05-07-2022 6:34am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119284291#Comment_119284291

How is this the banks fault?

walshb · 05-07-2022 6:37am

You give it back. It’s that simple. A mistake was made. The money is not yours. It’s stealing if you try hold onto it. As well as dishonest!

walshb · 05-07-2022 6:37am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119291015#Comment_119291015

A nonsense. Mistakes happen.

Jequ0n · 05-07-2022 6:45am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119291663#Comment_119291663

So? Who cares at the end of the day?

Allinall · 05-07-2022 6:47am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119291675#Comment_119291675

The people you stole the money from, perhaps?

topmanamillion · 05-07-2022 6:51am

Mhm i calculate he can live on the 150k for the next 16 years. Thats giving himself a payrise of £300 to bring himself up to the national average of £700 per month. If he's decided to head for a new life in America or even in a neighbouring country, it probably makes sense to give it a shot. He was p1ss poorly paid by Chilean standards.

The equivalent here would be about 600k. So the question is if you found 600k in your bank account and could disappear into continental Europe, would you do it?

Personally i wouldn't, but if i was on minimum wage and it was my only chance of ever owning i home. Right now i'd be Senor Topamané house hunting somewhere on the spanish coast with a bag full of cash in one hand and a spanish for beginners book in the other.

walshb · 05-07-2022 7:06am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119291675#Comment_119291675

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