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Send him this thread, I bet he'll stop asking and invite you to dinner to celebrate!
He must be joking, right? I’d just laugh at him and say “no way buddy- take a hike”. I’d be taking him for a drink tho. I wouldn’t discuss it at all with him. If he ever asks again, just laugh at him and say:- “my referral bonus is none of your business…you scab”
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Plus say “then you share your signing bonus with me- so we’re even.”
Don’t split it. That is weird af, what he did there. If you want, just offer to take him to a nice dinner and that’s it.
Tell him to go pound sand.
You gave him a job. Tell him to kick rocks
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Ask if he’s splitting the signing bonus with you.
How much are we talking? I think it’s a bit rude and forward to expect you to pony up…you helped the guy get a job that he accepted and now you owe him something? That’s not the way this works.
I do think your referral bonus relative to his signing bonus is super high (not sure how often I’ve seen 1:1) - but that’s his problem for not getting more not yours. I’d tell him to take a hike.
Put him on a PIP for being weird
Yeah! And give his job to me. I’ll be nice and won’t ask you for your referral bonus.
if I got referral and got job then, I would treat you SUPERB dinner instead of asking for part of the bonus, he is greedy~ I do not like him or her already
Same!
Lol what a clown! Do you regret referring him now?
Not if you sleep good at night with a pillow of cash 😉
Absolutely not, you already did him a favor by getting his foot in the door. He got a job and a signing bonus out of it
exactly! he should be treating you not the other way around
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Here I am ready to fly to meet my friend and take him out to a dinner for referring and helping me get this job offer. I’m that grateful. I was going to check and make sure he’s getting his referral and if I need to do anything to make sure he does. Didn’t realize I was doing this all wrong.
Tell him it’s an inappropriate ask.
Just tell him that it is unethical to share cash and you consider it a kickback without paper work which should have been agreed upon earlier. Also tell him that you do not want to go without a paperwork ( which may also get him in trouble with IBM and IRS), which will be considered as under the table dealing.
Ask him if he is willing to go through a legal paper work with a proper qualified lawyer ( on his dime).. 5000 sign on bonus after taxes will be 3000,so splitting 60-40 will get him 1200. After paperwork with lawyer he may get 200$. Paying taxes will net him 140$. Is that what he wants?
Because of all the above take him for a nice dinner and spend 140 for him :-)
You don’t owe him anything. Also, you’re the one paying taxes on the referral , so why would he get a tax free payment?
You should 100% agree to this - it's only fair.
Now ask him to do the same by giving you 50% of the salary difference between his old and new jobs for the life of his employment
Ghost him
He must be joking. I would just laugh if someone said that and not even answer. Then walk off.
Tell him to give you half of his sign on bonus.
Absolutely NOT...who does that? Is your friend going to share the sign-on bonus too?!?!?
I would rethink the "friendship".
Yeah this is some trifling shid lol
Absolutely not. He took the job bc it paid more than his old job.
What an absolute jerk! How could he even comfortably ask you this?
Only scenario I can imagine him doing this is if he casually told you he's applying to your company and you asked him to allow you refer him so you can get a bonus. Still doesn't make any sense for him to ask.
If however, he asked you to submit a referral or you reached out to him to gauge his interest in the role and then referred him, I will not give him a dime and still cut ties with this person. He's not a good person. His audacity infuriates me!
You owe him NOTHING! He should pay you for getting him into the company.
He might just be joking but if not, it's ridiculous.