My girlfriend and I went into the little store that we both work at. We got a few things and went to the checkout line. Well the cashier that was working that day aciddently double scanned an item and had to take it off. Well it turned out that she needed a card swipe to ok the cancel of the double scan. Well the office person that came to give the swipe came and swiped and said that we should have gone through the office to check out because employees arn't suppose to be checked out by the normal checkers. Well we were under the impression that if you are off the clock you don't have to go through a special checkout. Well we got to the car and forgot soap. so we went back in and got it real quick and didn't have time to walk all the way to the office. so we got our stuff went through the check out and left. Well we come back to go to work and my girlfriend was wrote up for going through the line. If you are off the clock, can you get wrote up for this? We work in a lil grociery store.
2007-03-04 15:27:39 · 15 answers · asked by Thomas 3 in Business & Finance ➔ Small Business
The supervisor was on break and before we went back in and got the soap we asked her if we were allowed to go through the line and she said ok.
2007-03-04 15:39:04 · update #1
If the supervisor said it was ok - then file an appeal and state the supervisor's name that gave you permission. If you don't want to get the supervisor in trouble then you're going to have to take it on the chin.
2007-03-04 15:47:16 · answer #1 · answered by crisagi 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"...Well the office person that came to give the swipe came and swiped and said that we should have gone through the office to check out because employees arn't suppose to be checked out by the normal checkers. Well we were under the impression that if you are off the clock you don't have to go through a special checkout. Well we got to the car and forgot soap. so we went back in and got it real quick and didn't have time to walk all the way to the office. so we got our stuff went through the check out and left...."
Seems like a pretty cut-and-dry situation. The person from the office told you the procedure and your friend specifically disobeyed him/her. A write-up is definitely warranted especially as your friend could no longer plead ignorance and, in fact, gave every indication that he/she was deliberately taunting the office person by deliberately disobeying the rules.
Your "impression" is immaterial. If the employee manual or guidelines state that all employees are to check out merchandise through the office then it follows that if you wish to be an employee there you would check out through the office.
The fact that only your friend was cited for the second infraction deonstrates that your company was willing to allow your first transgression with only a warning. The second act was a pretty nasty slap in the face for the person in the office.
The rule was most likely placed into effect to help prevent employees from giving each other discounts. By breaking that rule you have now become an employee they will feel the need to monitor more closely.... and also marks you both as a couple of jerks for deliberately disobeying the office person on the second trip.
2007-03-04 15:45:35 · answer #2 · answered by torry_stiles 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
whether on the clock or off the clock if there is a rule that employee's are not to be checked out by normal checkers, then YES, it would be legal and ethical to be wrote up. AND the supervisor who told you it was okay should have also been reprimanded. I'm thinking that your employer probably had problems in the past with co-workers giving each other discounts,etc.
2007-03-04 17:45:45 · answer #3 · answered by cozmikhugs 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it says in the employee manual, then yes she can be written up. It is a matter of loss prevention policy for many places, including the store I use to work for. I'm guessing both the cashier and the girlfreind should have been written up.
2007-03-04 15:31:19 · answer #4 · answered by freshbliss 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's preposterous!!! My store doesn't do that.
If it is a little grocery store, then my advise for you and your girlfriend is to quit. Little businesses are pretty picky when it comes to penny pinching. And their policies are pretty petty.
If it is a franchise Ma and Pa store:
You and your girlfriend had every right to feel that the write up was unnecessary. But if checking with the manager before purchasing a product was listed in the policy handbook, then you're in a pickle.
Read your policy book thoroughly. If there was nothing listed in the policy book in regards to your dilemma, then you have every right to bring the issue to HR (human resources).
2007-03-04 15:46:51 · answer #5 · answered by Agent319.007 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes they can do this it doesn't matter when your are there the policy is the same you are still an employee i this matter of not being rang up by just anyone the policy is this same and when he told you the first time and then you did it again anyway i would have done the same thing and wrote you up but you should have been written up also that part is not fair
2007-03-04 15:36:31 · answer #6 · answered by wkdwchofwest 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes even if you are off the clock you are still an employee of the store.
2007-03-04 15:31:22 · answer #7 · answered by clever investor 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heck no you should not be written up. I believe that is illegal. If you do not get any kind of discount of some kind, you should be treated like any other ordinary person shopping at that store. I would find out who you can talk to who is higher up in the company, and fast!!!
2007-03-04 15:32:19 · answer #8 · answered by shelly63795 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you break a company rule of course you can be written up. If you look in your contract of employment I'm sure you will find a list of company regulations regarding employee purchases.
2007-03-04 15:34:34 · answer #9 · answered by Tony A 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hmm, were you warned once and dumb enough to go through the line again? Read the policy again or ask your manager to clarify the policy.
2007-03-04 15:33:27 · answer #10 · answered by Jumpy 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋