My paycheck arrived on Friday.
I opened the notification expecting my usual salary.
Instead, it was $20,000.
I checked the payslip.
My salary was listed correctly.
No bonus.
No overtime.
Nothing unusual.
I called payroll.
They told me to leave the money untouched.
An hour later, my manager called.
He asked how much I'd received.
I told him.
He went quiet.
Then he said:
“That wasn't supposed to go to you.”