Employee Theft: There Is No Such Thing as a Free Lunch.-Atlanta Georgia

Businesses are facing the growing problem of employees taking advantage of their employers.  In my extensive experience in the retail sector, I have seen some brazen acts of internal theft perpetrated against employers.  Internal theft or employee theft occurs when an agent or employee of a company steals from the company.  Internal theft was by far one of the most costly forms of theft I have seen in all my years working as a loss prevention manager.

I remember a case of employee theft where I began an employee theft investigation based on a tip I received from another associate.  The employee theft investigation focused on cash shortages.  I noticed that there was a pattern of small cash shortages occurring every time a specific associate worked.  During the employee theft investigation I learned that the associate would always do a no sale and open the drawer just before leaving to go to lunch.  I decided to conduct video surveillance of the associate and saw that when she did the no sale, she would remove cash from the drawer.

Once I had concluded the employee theft investigation and brought the associate in for an interview the associate was told that they was seen removing money from the register and not placing it back into the register.  The associate admitted that they were taking the money out of the register and they used the money to buy their lunch.  The associate said they started doing this shortly after they began working.  The associate admitted to employee theft in the amount $300.00 in cash.  The associate had only been with the company a couple of months and was well on their way of costing the company thousands in cash losses.  It is unlikely that the associate would have not escalated the theft to begin taking merchandise as well.

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