End of The Day – Employee Theft Investigation

I sometimes do loss prevention consultations for small business owners. Usually I don’t go in as loss prevention specifically.  Generally I go in as an overall operational consultant. It is easier to offer my services that way rather than saying I am here to see who is stealing from you. No owner wants to hear they have employee theft.

The most recent consultation I did was for a little convenience market. There were very few policies in place, which made it that much easier for internal theft to take place. The owner was too insecure about being a tough boss. He wanted to be easy going, and easy to work with. I think he was afraid that if he acted too much like a boss, his employees would leave, or he would not find anyone who wanted to be hired for his shop.

Unfortunately, because of his lack of policies, his employees took advantage of him. They arrived late for work and frequently called in unable to work. This caused animosity to the other employees who were held up waiting for replacements to show up and relieve them of their shifts.

The employees were also allowed to ring themselves up. Several employees again took advantage of the situation. Knowing no one would check their purchases; they started adding extra, unpaid items to their bags.

My employee theft investigation ended with the termination of half of his staff for theft. It also opened his eyes to the importance of having policies in place.

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