Birds Of A Feather – Internal Theft

As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together. The same thing goes for internal theft. If you have an employee that is stealing they might have an accomplice in the store that is helping them out. If they found a way to steal independently, they may have shared this knowledge with their friends, to share the wealth, if you will.

When internal theft is occurring, the employee in question builds up their safe zone. If they have involved their friends, they can expand the safe zone by eliminating how many other employees they need to watch out for. The friends might be an accomplice to help them past a register, or not questioning a bag going out the door.

This other employee (who begins to steal) will also develop their own safe zone. Now you have two employees causing you losses. You are also at risk that this employee will also bring one of their work friends into the loop, starting the cycle of internal theft over again.

Are you involved with your employees on a personal level at work? If you are not, you might want to reconsider. That does not mean that you need to be going to BBQs at each other’s houses. It just means you should have an awareness of what is going on in their lives. Does anyone have any financial troubles? Who do they hang out with at work? Do they hang out with those same people outside of work?

When you know more about these situations, you can keep a closer eye out for who might be the subject of your next employee theft investigation.

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