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Grannyben Sun 19-Aug-18 18:46:52

My employer is very good to us all and would help us in any way he could. It is a family business, previously run by his father, who helped his employees in the same manner.
We had a new colleague join us about 2 years ago. He seems to work to his own rules and has been pulled up on a number of occasions. He always seems to have an explanation for what he's done.
Today, it has come to my attention that there is about £500 of stock missing. This is quite a small amount in relation to what we sell and it is highly unlikely to be ever picked up.
I know I must speak to my employer tomorrow, it is the right thing to do but, I have spent the last 6 hours worrying that it might be something he is aware of or, that there is an explanation for it. The other side of me is yelling that he's ripping him off.
I wish I'd never found out now

kathsue Mon 20-Aug-18 22:36:32

Good for you Grannyben, you've done the right thing. It's out of your hands now so relax and get a good night's sleep.

cornergran Mon 20-Aug-18 22:38:19

The responsibility is now with the right person grannyben. Sleep well, you had good motives, will be comfortable with yourself now and as marydoll said have done nothing wrong.

Brismum Mon 20-Aug-18 22:50:24

Well done Grannyben that must have been hard. Hope the birthday tea helped to relax you and you get a good sleep. Whether the employee goes or not you’ve done the right thing and it’s no longer your responsibility. Sleep tight.

Joelise Mon 20-Aug-18 23:17:26

Grannyben , you are obviously a good and honest person , you've done the right thing in talking to your boss.

Mapleleaf Tue 21-Aug-18 08:50:06

? grannyben. Hope you managed a good nights sleep.

sazz1 Tue 21-Aug-18 08:58:17

I had a cafe years ago and garage partners used to come every day moaning about each other. When one went on holiday the next day their PA came in crying, jumped in a taxi and left at 9am. The partner came and told me she had been taking large amounts of cash but he had thought his partner was ripping him off. Turned out other partner had thought the same of him! If only they had talked about it together were best friends after this. Do report it you never know who is blaming the wrong person

Moocow Tue 21-Aug-18 08:59:39

I was just going to post the same as mapleleaf . Hope today is a good day grannyben you hopefully feel better knowing that you did the right thing, just sorry another's actions caused you so much upset but if it didn't you wouldn't be the honest person you obviously are.

M0nica Tue 21-Aug-18 11:11:58

GrannyBen Well done, I know it caused you much grief, but what you did was the right thing. It is up to the manager now to deal with it.

Katekeeprunning Tue 21-Aug-18 11:58:18

You did the right thing. If you hadn't spoken to your boss it would always have annoyed you.

Take care

Grannyben Tue 21-Aug-18 19:45:33

Thank you all so very much, gransnet at its very best

Franbern Fri 24-Aug-18 15:30:00

Many, many years back, working for a small craft Trades Union, I totally accidently discovered a fraud, whilst the person who was committing it was on holiday. Had been doing this for a couple of years, and accounts had actually successfully gone through two audits. I was by sheer accident that I discovered it, and passed on the information straight away. Upshot was, police were involved, and the atmosphere in that office for the next few months was horrific. She was arrested on return from holiday, and all sorts of extra procedures put in place to prevent any repetition. Must say over that first few weeks I often wished I had not noticed the forgery which led me to questioning things - but it was our members money she was ripping off, so was glad that it had all come out. Just wondered how gullible we had all been for so long.

starbird Mon 27-Aug-18 02:24:56

Congratulations for screwing up the courage to do it. What a lovely boss you have too. Hopefully now the weight is off your mind, you can relax and sleep well.