Money Moral Dilemma: Should I split my job referral bonus with the friend I referred?

Groom

Why would you split it? If you hadn't put the job on Social Media and then referred your friend, they wouldn't have got the job. Presumably they were either not in work, or this job is better with more money, so you have both benefitted. 

keithyno.1

You ask, should you split the bonus with your friend?

Look, it's your money to do what you want
with - it's part of your remuneration package from your employer, so you've earned it fairly and squarely. If you want to give some of it to your friend by way of a gift (because that's what it would be) then go ahead. But don't feel you're morally obliged to...because you're not.
 

It's up to every individual what they do with their earned income after they've paid tax and national insurance, and it's no business of anyone else's. 

BS_Meter

Your employer paid you because it did not have to pay a recruitment agency.  Your friend was after a job and got it.  Your employer is happy.  Your friend is happy.  You should be happy but no, instead it’s a problem.  Do you go to Tesco, get a Clubcard saving on a banana, should you share the saving with the banana?

2702

you referred him that is what the money was paid for. Enjoy and pay for a few drinks or whatever to celebrate your friends new job that he would not have got if you had not referred him.

catprofit

I think that you should keep the money as it is an incentive from your workplace to their employers.
I presume you would only have suggested to the friends who you thought would be suitable for the job.
You have done your friend a favour and they will be paid for their work, you don't owe them anything, and one day maybe they might get the same incentive opportunity as you did.
I would say you keep the money, but a token gesture of a congratulatory gift would be nice and thoughtful. It doesn't have to cost much regardless of how much you get. A bottle of something would be nice but as you are a friend you could think about what they might like.

loony767

Your friend is welcome to refer other people so if he does, would you expect any of that money off him? Keep it

uk2009

Give it ALL to your friend. He might be smarter than you and will end up being your boss. He could then just decide not to make you redundant one day. 

Just_An_Opinion

Your bonus is the referral bonus, your friends bonus is the wages they will be receiving.
If it wasn't for you referring them, they may not have got the job as the reference is a vital part of the application.

I'd say your friend owes you a drink/meal at a minimum not you giving them the bonus.

misschevious_13

I referred my sis in law, got a couple of hundred, but I was happy share it with her

thegrifter59

jrio said:

Yes.  Yes, you should.  "Needing the money", due to a house move, is merely deflection, and a defence for greed.

Your friend got in touch, you referred him, then he got the job.  That's 50/50 in my book.

Totally disagree with this, the friend got a new job because  of the referee, the referee got the bonus. Perfectly fair in my book.