This may not end the way you think it will:
A friend/coworker of mine recently left the company after his internship ended. He later told me that got overpaid with his last salary but also said that I shouldn’t tell anyone so he didn’t have to pay it back. [...] This is a difficult situation for me, on the one hand I feel like he absolutely needs to tell the company and give the money back if they insist (most likely) especially as he definitely knows he’s been paid too much. On the other hand he’s asked me not to tell anyone and I’m good friends with him so I wouldn’t want to be the bad guy and tell someone behind their back. Even if I did it anonymously he’d know I was behind it. [...] I feel like I’m personally lying to my employer and am kinda mad at my friend for getting me involved in this. He isn’t in need of money so I understand him even less, it’s about 500€ which isn’t much for him but for me that’s a significant amount of money (even if it’s probably nothing for the company).
Mind. Your. Own. Business.
- Your friend could be lying!!!
- Your friend could be mistaken about it being an overpayment.
- Your friend may be just bragging by stretching the truth, or kinda-lying.
- The company may not have made a mistake at all. You can't possibly know this!!!
- The company may see you as jealous in that you're getting yourself involved in a situation where you have no business getting involved. This will really apply if it turns out your friend is lying - you'll also seem gullible.
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