Not Just The Company Profits- Employee Theft Investigation

For some employees, employee theft is limited to the company profits and assets. Since one of the biggest reasons an employee steals is because they feel the company owes them something, the company is the sole target of this “compensation”.

For a select few, employee theft is more about the act of stealing and the wants behind it. This can unfortunately degrade quickly past the point of just stealing from the company to stealing from fellow employees.

These employee theft investigations are harder to work, because there is a different pressure to solve the case.

When an employee has their personal possessions taken, it is more than just that possession that is taken. An employee takes the losses personally. They feel victimized and they feel let down and betrayed. An employee comes to work with an overall assumption that when they leave their belongings (coats, purses, cell phones) in a designated employee area, their belongings are protected and safe.

When something is stolen, they no longer feel that they are safe and that their employers are to blame for not maintaining that safety. The employees then take it upon themselves to protect their things.

This leads to broken trust and broken policies. Since the employee no longer trusts you, they will begin to stash their bags behind the POS where they can keep an eye on it, or take their cell phone on the floor.

Now you are faced with the employee theft investigation, broken policies, and you are a short leap away from other employees seeing what is going on and they too will begin to make up their own rules of governance.

For more information on employee theft, employee theft investigation or internal theft contact us or call 1.770.426.0547 – Atlanta Georgia

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