What should be done to dishonest employees?

[Kennysplash]

An uncle if mine has a supermarket store, He is a banker and he set up the supermarket as an investment. We all know that bankers don't have much time for themselves, so he hired someone to help him manage the supermarket. Occasionally he will visit and check things out, then he started noticing that the returns he is getting is lower than the goods he is selling. So he deviced a plan to figure it out which is unknown to the manager, and to his horror he finds out that the manager has been stealing from him big time. Now before he confronts him he wants to be sure what he will do. What has been stolen is quite more than his salary, else he would have sacked him and not pay, he also does not want to confront him and make him leave without getting his stolen money. How do you think he should handle this?

 

[Georgeadawara]

Any employee that is found braking the rules of his or her working place heor she must be warn. if he or she replied same mistake or offence that person most be punished or he can be back from the work if not he can cos tou you a damage at the company or the working sector.

 

[Deleted member 28873]

A dishonest employee should be sacked.This are the ways to deal with them
1. Document your cultural values
Ensure you have clear cultural values that are
documented and visible. The team needs to
be aligned on what the company values are
and where the line is that should not be
crossed. This may sound silly in the sense of
“obviously being dishonest is bad.” However,
in some company cultures, people have
been acting dishonestly for a long time, so
perhaps new employees think that behavior
is acceptable. By defining and living by a
culture, you ensure that everyone knows
where your team stands.
2. Create processes for accountability
Effective organizations create simple
processes for keeping the team accountable.
For example, in one of my previous
companies, we had a particularly ineffective
member of our leadership team. He wasn’t
delivering on his commitments, and seems
to be disengaged from working hard with the
rest of the team. When we implemented
weekly written status updates , it became
abundantly clear that he wasn’t delivering on
what he claimed he was working on. He was
gone shortly after.
3. Be data-driven and measure
everything
When everything is tracked and measured,
it’s easier to detect corrupt and dishonest
behavior. Goals need to be measured.
Expenses need to be closely tracked and
have a clear policy for receipts. If you have
it in writing, holding people accountable is
much easier.

 

[Maks25]

Do not sack them,

Technically and ideally, 'cost of service' should go to the staff who rendered the service to the customer.

So it's you who is short-changing them.

500 is very negligible, it will be heartless of you to sack them.
The country is hard and everybody dey find small place where dem fit chop from.

I'm sure if you put yourself in their shoes, you'd see you'd have stolen more, those staffs of yours have a good heart if that's all they stole.
I understand it might be hard for you to overlook it, and you want to send a strong signal to other staff, but please just listen to 'Holy Pass' by Tuface and take a cold bottle of Hero beer; you'd be fine.
If you want this to stop, just increase their pay and give them more incentives.

 

[Mataracy]

What to do to such an employees is to sack him or her but before that.
You must make sure that your evidence is very clear and accurate.
You can take him to court for violating the rule that back up your business only if there is agreement that such atrocities will not occure.
You don't need to rich in this situation because if you do you will not be able to recover your money back.
And I will also advise next time let there be proper documentation of things. Proper Accounbtanbility or book keeping so that you will be able to know if there is any misappropriation fund or fraud committed.

 

[Olajidey]

The best way to deal with this kind of people is to be blunt with them you are the CEO for crying out loud and you have to make some strict and harsh decision if you can not sack him and get him arrested then ask for the logbook ask him to calculate all the good or items bought and what is been sold, let him see how much loss the business is running into make him realise you want changes and you want it to start immediately that if the target is not meet you will sack him with immediate effect. Am sure this will scare him and make him do correction by trying to impress the CEO.

 

[Ummigal]

Please tell your uncle to have mercy on him and give him a stern warning before other staff. And that if he's caught in theft again, he would lose his job same minute. Let your uncle don't render him jobless please. The most important thing while planning an establishment is to make sure that you provide attractive renumeration for your workforce. That's the best measure in preventing employee fraud. Don't go paying them peanuts and expect an hassle free business.

 

[TOZZIBLINKZ]

It is important that a business owner , a business employer , or possibly a business manager , makes it known to his employees or workers during their employment interview that his or her business organisation do not tolerate any kind or sort of dishonesty , and if in any way they should dishonesty and misconduct in his or her business organisation they will face serious consequences , actually depending on the business owners choice . Some business employers or owners do not take it lightly when a employee or staff shows a dishonest attitude they usually fire or sack the employee or worker for showing such misconduct .

But on the other hand , some employees or business owners sometimes second check their actions and do not immediately fire a dishonest employee or worker , and in most cases rather done immediately firing or sacking the dishonest employee or staff , they give him or her a second chance and warning , that if again he or she shows a dishonest attitude , there will be actually no mercy and he or she will be fired without delay or have to face the consequences . It is important that a business employer keeps to his word , so as not to be viewed as inconfidence or not a man or woman of his or her words by other employees or staffs . It is also important to be sure whether an employee really showed a dishonest attitude , or possibly it was a false allegation falsely laid against him or her , so as not to make a wrong business decision about an Innocent employee .