MONEY MORAL DILEMMA: Should Victoria be there for Geri and share her bonus?

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Here's this week's hypothetical situation for you to cogitate on:
At the call centre where Victoria works, staff get a £500 bonus if they recommend a mate for a job and they’re hired. So Victoria puts her unemployed friend Geri forward for a vacancy. Geri lands the job, but asks Victoria to be a sport and split the £500 with her. Victoria says she should stop being a baby and just be grateful for the job. Yet Geri says, “who do you think are, friendship never ends. Share the cash.”
Should Victoria share her bonus with Geri and, if so, what percentage?
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Should Victoria be there for Geri and share her bonus?
At the call centre where Victoria works, staff get a £500 bonus if they recommend a mate for a job and they’re hired. So Victoria puts her unemployed friend Geri forward for a vacancy. Geri lands the job, but asks Victoria to be a sport and split the £500 with her. Victoria says she should stop being a baby and just be grateful for the job. Yet Geri says, “who do you think are, friendship never ends. Share the cash.”
Should Victoria share her bonus with Geri and, if so, what percentage?
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Should Jordan pay Peter to go away?
Should Ben go to Bill's wedding?

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If I was Victoria I would offer to split it 50/50, however.
But....if I was Geri I would not have the audacity to ask!
So, it would be nice if Victoria offered and Geri refused. THATS a real friendship, anything else falls short.
(...you gotta get with your friends! lol
It was all upfront, if afterwards it was discussed I would have hoped 50/50 anyway as its still money for nothing for the refering party.
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I think Geri has a cheek and should be relieved to have a job and grateful to Victoria for thinking of her.
Recommending a friend for a job can be quite dodgy, as if it all goes wrong you will feel pretty stupid for recommending them, it could reflect badly on you, so Victoria deserves the money!
NEVER exchange money between friends unless you want to ruin the friendship. Gifts should always be in 'kind'.
No I think Victoria is entitled to keep the money, Geri is being avaricious in asking for a share. Victoria has already shown her friendship by getting her the job
Though, she only got her the interview for the job - geri got the job herself. as it's been mentioned, 50/50s nice, given they're supposed to be mates.
If I was Geri, I wouldn't ask though. I had a situation once where I helped a mate get a £250 referral bonus, even though he didn't refer me, but with a tiny white lie or two I managed to swing the bonus for him. I didn't ask for a share and he never offered. I did feel a bit aggrieved, but it wasn't worth ruining a friendship over.
The company pays referral bonuses because it's cheaper to get someone via a recommendation then to go through the full recruitment advertising process, and the person recommended is likely to be more reliable than someone found through an advert.
Victoria's bonus is taxed so she won't be getting the full £500. Plus there is likely to be a delay of a few months (normally 3-9 months) before she actually receives it as there are conditions on them that the person recruited has to work at the company for a minimum amount of time, be up to a certain standard and the referer must still be working at the company.
I also know of companies who claim to give referral bonuses then don't actually pay out.
So Victoria may not actually get any of the money.
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