So, a hypothetical question:
A person that you work with is missing some valuble things that they need to do their work. This person went on vacation for a few days and left these things in his work area. They should have still been there when he got back to work, but they were not. No one knows where these things went. We don’t know if someone we work with stole them, or if someone broke into the place and stole just their things, or if they got accidentilly thrown away, or what. No one knows. So these things, this person had to replace themselves and the total came to about $90 or so. What should happen next?
Should this person be reimbursed and if so, by who? The company owners? The other people that works with this person? Or are they just out of luck. Other people who leave for more than a few days might take their valubles with them. I know I do. But they should not have gone missing if the items are left there anyway. I don’t know what I would be thinking if this happened to me. I would be suspicious of everyone that I work with, thinking are you the one who stole my stuff?
What is your opinion on this?
7 comments:
Well, IMO, if the item is more expensive than say, a stapler, it should probably not be left out in the public.
I had a similar situation happen to me on the job. A coworker lost some petty cash and she had to foot the bill. Even though she sat in down "for only a second" in our main office (employees only) we had to make her responsible for it :(
These things belonged to this person, not to the workplace. It's a supply-your-own equipment type of place. Okay, I'm a hairdresser, and it was clippers and trimmers. We buy our own, but this person's stuff got stolen or something. Who should replace them? The person? The shop owners? The co-workers?
Well, I mean it really depends on the history with the shop.
It seems like if the common practice is for everyone to leave their equipment out "in their area" all the time and nothing's ever walked away before - I might lean toward the shop owner having to replace them. If things keep "walking off", you guys might need to change your habits (eg. start locking stuff in drawers).
The whole thing really stinks. I certainly sounds like it was someone that works there who took the stuff. It wouldn't make any sense for someone to break in only to take two items and leave. Is it really possible that these things could have been thrown out by accident? If that is the case than it is the employees fault for not making sure they were in a safe place. I agree that if this is the store policy that everyone leaves their things and the management has never told anyone they will not reimburse if things go missing than either way the owners should really pay for the replacements. Who is to say it wasn't the store owner who took the stuff?
Yeah, it does stink.
I think there is no "fair" answer to the dilemma. You just have to be sure that whatever action is taken this go around won't encourage other things to "walk off" becuase someone else will pay for replacing them.
I totally would assume that someone I work with stole them. What's the likelyhood of someone coming in and stealing only "her" stuff? not very I bet. I think that if it's scissors or something for work then the boss should buck up and kick down some cash to replace them!
Thanks everyone. I was thinking the same thing, that the owners could pay for it. They have enough cash that it wouldn't be a big deal to them, really. The one's of us who work there are struggling to pay for things. I always thought they should have paid it, or the one who lost it is just out the money.
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