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Manager taught me not to honest

I saw an employee take something from our stock without paying for it, so I discretely went to the manager and told him about it- thinking this is the right thing to do: tell management. The manager then told me that I should have stood up and confronted my co-worker and told them to put it back or pay for it at the counter. He write it up in my file that I had witnessed a petty theft and not acted.

What did I learn from this exchange? Now, when I see employees ripping the place off, I don't say a word. I need to work along side these people 40+ hours a week, so I am not about to start policing them and telling them off. I just figure eventually management will catch them, but in the meantime, I don't appreciate management expecting me to take the bullet for them because they don't want to deal with thieves.



I see this both ways - on the one hand, I think management should step in and correct the action and show some gratitude that you cared enough about the merchandise to bring thievery to their attanetion.

On the other hand, I can see where a amanger might be impressed with you if they were to find out that you had corrected the wrongful action of a fellow employee and "policed" the situation yourself.

Maybe the manager is looking for leadership qualities in you. If so, how would a leader respond when seeing an employee steal from the company? Run to the boss and tell? Or deal with it as an adult with morals?

I agree, writing you up is wrong. Bad lesson learned from a weak manager.
HR Guy on 05 December 2009 19:27:15
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