Cross post from another sub.
This was relating to an employer which I have resigned from nearly 15 years ago. We left on good terms, gave them plenty of notice and they paid out all my outstanding leave etc.
But about 1 and a half month after I resigned they still continued to pay me. I was on salary and I get paid fortnightly. So I calledy ex manager to let them know.
They had a look and they noticed that they screwed up my resignation paperwork so they kept paying me. She told me they will let payroll department know and correct it
I told them no problems as I knew there was an issue and I didn't touch the money they paid me incorrectly and it's still in my bank account.
So the next day I received a call from payroll. They told me they are emailing me a Telegraphic transfer form. I'll have to print it out. Sign it and take that to my bank to get the money transferred back to the company.
I'm like, fair enough I'm a nice guy etc etc and I didn't want to burn any bridges incase I'm to return that company. So I did as they told me. Printed and signed the form. Went to a bank. Lined up for 30 minutes like they do. Checked that the account I was transferring to is correct and transferred the money. All is sorted and I don't hear from them again.
So skip to last week. I was having a chat with a mate and told him about this story. He was like “WTF? You don't work for them anymore, why did you have to use your own time, fuel, paper and ink to correct their mistake?”
So in hindsight, I was thinking could I have just told them, I don't work for you guys any more. I didn't touch the money, the money is still in my account, you have my permission to take it back, you can do your own process through the bank to get the money back. Instead of me wasting half a day to get this done for them when it was their mistake?