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I heard people would take new equipment and do things like sell them.
by steve8918 14y ago
I heard people would take new equipment and do things like sell them.
- brown9-2 14y agoWell, a company that doesn't follow up on reports of outright employee theft - or has the kind of culture where this thing is tolerated by other, non-stealing employees one bit - has serious problems.
- wpietri 14y agoYes. Putting a dragon in front of the supplies cabinet doesn't fix the cultural issues. It just hides the symptoms.
- mikeash 14y agoSeems like it might actually be better to let employees run free, and just keep a mild watch out. That way, any employees with unethical/stupid tendencies to do things like steal office equipment and resell it will make themselves known rapidly, rather than potentially festering and worming their way into a position of trust before betraying it on a much larger scale.
- niggler 14y agoI don't think stealing is the biggest concern. The implications in terms of firm culture are more damning than the actual act itself.
- mikeash 14y agoI'm not saying you make it easy so you can catch thieves and avoid having your stuff stolen. I'm saying you make it easy because, I figure, less ethical people are more likely to steal, so it lets you weed out bad people in general.