Some FBG advice/opinions of commission fraud that I discovered at my workplace (1 Viewer)

[Judge Smails]

Steak knives

 

[Abraham]

Fired. 

 

[cstu]

OP said earlier that he had already gone back and looked over all the past receipts and found one other instance. 

I based my original answer on that. I thought the investigation was done.

If there were more years' receipts to go through still I would've investigated those first and THEN interviewed him with all your cards in your pocket. 

There are many techniques you can use to get them to admit to what you already KNOW they've done. It's not easy nor should that responsibility be taken lightly. The trick is to use that information to get them to admit to EVERYTHING they've done, including things you don't know about but they're sure you do. 

Once you show them your evidence it changes everything. That's why I skipped this portion above. In instances regarding employee theft, remember not to reveal what you know unless you absolutely have to and don't ask any questions unless you are prepared to deal with the answer. One way to start such conversations is with a simple statement such as, "Is there anything you want to tell me?"

:holdsupsalesticket:

Is this your sales ticket, Larry?  Is this your sales ticket, Larry? Is this yours, Larry? 

 

[Mr. Know-It-All]

How did the superior allow himself to be rooked?  Salesdude is unethical but ambitious, superior is apathetic?  If you don't can salesdude, you are establishing a very cutthroat environment which may be good for competition among the salesmen, but will destroy any morale/collaboration within the workplace.  I am not a salesguy, so maybe that is not a bad thing - but it would be a terrible environment in which to work for a non-salesperson.

 

[Henry Ford]

Bring in supervisor and ask what he thinks should be done.

Fire the guy anyway, but it will give you some good insight into your supervisor.

 

[BowieMercs]

How did the superior allow himself to be rooked?  Salesdude is unethical but ambitious, superior is apathetic?  If you don't can salesdude, you are establishing a very cutthroat environment which may be good for competition among the salesmen, but will destroy any morale/collaboration within the workplace.  I am not a salesguy, so maybe that is not a bad thing - but it would be a terrible environment in which to work for a non-salesperson.

He cant fire the guy... Always Be Closing leaves little time for anything else 

 

[matuski]

if you ain't cheatin' you ain't tryin'

 

[Chemical X]

rent 'weekend at bernie's'

 

[Psychopav]

This is a no brainer.  He should be terminated immediately.  Pay him any commission he is legitimately due but do not let him continue working anther day.  You have no idea what he's capable of and you place your business and reputation at risk by not acting decisively and quickly.

 

[BowieMercs]

If you have an HR or legal dept, run it by them to get all your ducks in a row. Prepare his final pay, revoke any credentials he was given &  ditch this loser pronto. Let the legal guys decide to involve law enforcement or not... you may not want that kind of attention.

 

[Cjw_55106]

How did the superior allow himself to be rooked?  Salesdude is unethical but ambitious, superior is apathetic?  If you don't can salesdude, you are establishing a very cutthroat environment which may be good for competition among the salesmen, but will destroy any morale/collaboration within the workplace.  I am not a salesguy, so maybe that is not a bad thing - but it would be a terrible environment in which to work for a non-salesperson.

Is this serious? Firing someone for stealing is not establishing a "cutthroat environment". In fact, Id go the opposite direction and say not firing someone is making the environment a much worse place to work. Additionally, if I owned the place and found out he wasn't fired, the guy that should have fired him would have his butt on the line as well. 

 

[Fat Nick]

I owned a small business for a few years.  I learned a lot, but the one lesson I learned that stuck with me the most is that people who have low morals that steal, lie, or deceive, will do it again and again and again.  If you just give them a slap on the wrist, you're only teaching them that they can get away with it without consequence. 

Make 100% sure you're right and that it was done with intent, then fire him on the spot.  Anything less and the guy WILL do it again at some point. 

 

[JoeSteeler]

you sure it wasn't just a ploy to motivate the other guy?

 

[Mr. Know-It-All]

Is this serious? Firing someone for stealing is not establishing a "cutthroat environment". In fact, Id go the opposite direction and say not firing someone is making the environment a much worse place to work. Additionally, if I owned the place and found out he wasn't fired, the guy that should have fired him would have his butt on the line as well. 

We do not disagree.

 

[Paulymaggs]

Sounds like this is a mediocre company that the OP works for.

 

[DallasDMac]

I owned a small business for a few years.  I learned a lot, but the one lesson I learned that stuck with me the most is that people who have low morals that steal, lie, or deceive, will do it again and again and again.  If you just give them a slap on the wrist, you're only teaching them that they can get away with it without consequence. 

People don't selectively break the rules. Those who are willing to break one are willing to break many. You'll never be able to trust him as FN said. You (the OP) said you were surprised so many are recommending termination. I'm surprised you expected anything else. This is about as much of a no-brainer as there is.

 

[Johnny Rock]