"Whenever you encounter an Enemy you may gain 2 gold. You may only do this once per turn."

This seems to imply regardless of wether you win or lose as it's on the encounter!

Given that gold is typically hard to come by, this seems a little unbalanced.

Or is the follower used in a different way to how I've interpreted?

Thanks.

Yes, result of encounter doesn't matter. You gain 2 gold each time you land on an Enemy, or draw one from the Adventure decks.