Money Moral Dilemma: Should I share my referral bonus?

PipsyPea

No! It's yours. All of it. They are being cheeky beyond belief if they are going to put you on the spot like that, they're being horrible. They've got a new job out of it. I'm sure you wouldn't for a second expect a chunk of their salary in return for helping them get a job. You could always jokingly say to them "only if you give me your first full months pay" to get the point across but keeping it as banter. I'm sure they would soon shut up.

valiant9000

of course you should split your referral fee certainly if asked this is your friend all of the commenter's seem to assume that the referred person should be grateful for any Job (and is damned lucky that his friend went to the effort of risking his reputation in recommending him) referral schemes are set up when a company has continued long lasting demand for more staff to do a particular job after traditional advertising routes have failed to bring in enough suitable applicants, 90% of these referral schemes are in sales or call centre jobs or where the employer needs to (because of demand) poach staff from rival companies (I have been in sales and Tele-sales roles for quite a few years am now in recruitment which still involves a lot of sales so no judgement on these roles) but what some commenter's are failing to understand is that it is likely that the referred friend probably was doing a favour to the referrer in just going to the interview. and in all probability you convinced them to go to the interview. so answer: if you get a referring fee for referring a friend in a lot of cases if they don't ask and you didn't offer then no sharing. but if they ask they feel they deserve it ,they are your friend and you should consider who did the most work you in telling them about the job or them in interviewing, getting and then switching to the job. the same is true for cashback, and other referral fees (special shout to tara747 whose logic regarding favours is backwards) also apologies for lack of punctuation.

Pollycat

valiant9000 wrote: »

but what some commenter's are failing to understand is that it is likely that the referred friend probably was doing a favour to the referrer in just going to the interview. and in all probability you convinced them to go to the interview.

I don't believe the bit above in bold.

Ebenezer_Screwj

What is the point of having a referral bonus if you don't get to keep it? How rude to even suggest you share it with people who have had no part in earning it.

gaving7095

Nope - the bonus is yours, the job is his, you both got something.
You helped a friend and were lucky that there was something in it for you. Your friend is (in my opinion) more lucky to have been helped by a good friend (you) and gained a job.
When's your friend taking you out for drinks or a meal for helping him get a job? :-)
Maybe send him an e-mail with a link to this page & hopefully he'll shut up :-)

stephen6885

Genuinely shocked by a lot of the posts on this forum. Didn't realize so many people were quite so selfish.

I would instinctively offer to share the referral bonus with someone. If you haven't then maybe it just didn't occur to you. Now that they have asked for it, then it probably depends on how they asked as to whether you should share it. If they were presumptive about it then I would be less inclined. If they did it with good humour and made it a suggestion rather than a demand then I would still be inclined to share.

tara747

This post is hard to decipher, but I'll do my best...

valiant9000 wrote: »

of course you should split your referral fee certainly if asked this is your friend Why?

all of the commenter's seem to assume that the referred person should be grateful for any Job (and is damned lucky that his friend went to the effort of risking his reputation in recommending him) Well, if the friend didn't want the job he was under no obligation to apply...

referral schemes are set up when a company has continued long lasting demand for more staff to do a particular job after traditional advertising routes have failed to bring in enough suitable applicants,

90% of these referral schemes are in sales or call centre jobs or where the employer needs to (because of demand) poach staff from rival companies (I have been in sales and Tele-sales roles for quite a few years am now in recruitment which still involves a lot of sales so no judgement on these roles)

but what some commenter's are failing to understand is that it is likely that the referred friend probably was doing a favour to the referrer in just going to the interview. Erm, how do you come to this conclusion?

and in all probability you convinced them to go to the interview. This is pure comedy :rotfl::rotfl:

so answer: if you get a referring fee for referring a friend in a lot of cases if they don't ask and you didn't offer then no sharing.

but if they ask they feel they deserve it ,they are your friend and you should consider who did the most work you in telling them about the job or them in interviewing, getting and then switching to the job. Again, it's normal to prepare for and do an interview if you want a job!

the same is true for cashback, and other referral fees (special shout to tara747 whose logic regarding favours is backwards) also apologies for lack of punctuation. How is my logic backwards? What 'favour' was the friend doing for the OP???

2 posts in 8 years, well that was worth waiting for :rotfl:

happyinflorida

Usually I would say no as you work there and you told your friend about the job and they were lucky to get that job, maybe they wouldn't have found that job otherwise BUT is your friend - who I trust is a close friend and would do the same for you(?) - in need of the money or being greedy?

If they have debts and are planning to use the money from this to help pay them off or totally pay them off, then I'd say it would be a good idea.

At the end of the day it is your choice. Would they do the same if it was the otherway round?

robbied

Absolutely not! He has received his reward through getting the job. If you share it you could be accused of collusion.

Pollycat

robbied wrote: »

Absolutely not! He has received his reward through getting the job. If you share it you could be accused of collusion.

How so?
The OP put forward his friend's name for a vacancy.

Presumably the applicant had to go through an interview and unless the OP was the interviewer how could he influence his friend getting the job?