company had a sale. Me and another employee sold 2 chairs at a lower price becasue one was damaged. Can we be?

Question

can we be fired for that? We gave the money to the compnay so is it still embezzelment?

Answer 1

it is not embezzlement nor theft as long as the buyer was an unrelated third party [your friends and relatives are related parties].

as to whether you can be fired, probably.

most jobs are "at will" -- you have a job while both you and the company agree that you do. when either decides the relationship is over, for any lawful reason, it ends.

if you have a written employment contract and you haven't violated it, no -- you can't be.

probably, if you are a unionized worker, you also can't be fired without the company goes through the full procedure specified in the union contract and for a cause approved in that contract.

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at most, this sounds to me like you exceeded your authority. Off hand, I'd guess the matter isn't a firing issue even if you did and if the boss is a jerk, he's still the boss.

:-(