If you were getting paid for a job you quit months ago, would you tell anybody? Everyone likes to think of themselves as a Frank Abagnale Jr.-type figure who can scam their way out of anything without getting caught for years and years, but I'm not so sure about that. Most of us are not so slick, and most payroll employees are not so incompetent to not notice such a discrepancy. The sad reality is that when you accidentally get overpaid, you usually do have to pay it back, whether you noticed the extra cash or not.
One worker recently found himself in this exact predicament. He's a 25-year-old college student working at a franchised store. While he thought he was only making $15 an hour, his paystubs were revealing something much more prosperous. He took to Reddit to figure out whether he should come clean or keep it a secret