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>>boffin+(OP)
I very much doubt it. “Every part of the company forgot I existed except for the payroll server” is a popular urban legend - the experience of being “forgotten by the algorithm” is ubiquitous in modern life, it’s fun to fantasize about that phenomenon giving us a major windfall that offsets all the minor inconveniences it has caused us - but anyone who’s worked in or near the payroll department knows this just doesn’t happen. If you haven’t seen how that particular sausage is made, it might surprise you. Generally speaking, the default state of your salary payment is “denied”, and it has to be actively approved by a manager, supervisor, or some other real person at your company.

>>fwlr+id
I've literally had it happen to me at a fairly large (~15k employees) company. I told my boss I was quitting, we agreed on a date for my final day, that day came, I said goodbye. And then I got two more pay-checks, before anyone noticed I was gone. Apparently my boss had completely forgotten to tell whoever he was supposed to tell that I'd quit. I had to pay the money back, but the company gave me a 6 month, interest free, payment plan to return the money.