to be unforgiving of my employees?

[PigletJohn]

With some other people, I own a share of an organisation. I recently discovered that one of the managers fiddled £45,000 on her expenses. She's offered to pay £5,000 back. Her basic salary is £141,000 but she gets perks on top.

I say we should sack her at once, but her colleagues say that she's apologised so we should forget about it.

I don't think the other owners are too pleased either. Should we do what the other managers say, or are they just saying that because some of them have been fiddling their expenses as well?

[NewGirlInTown]

Nice. Culture Secretary applicants form a queue here!

[formerbabe]

Are you the prime minister by any chance?

[GreatSoprendo]

She fiddled £45k and is offering to pay back just £5k. Where's your other £40k?!

Yes I would sack her immediately - it's gross misconduct - and I'd also involve the Police, as she has committed theft.

[RubyrooUK]

I always suspected PigletJohn held a position of power.

[Giraffeski]

Lol

[GreatSoprendo]

Aha...... Yes, still sack her please Dave.

[feebeecat]

YANBU
Any other 'organisation' police would be called and she'd be out. What difference her apology makes beats me

[paxtecum]

Goodness, they seem to have very low moral standards.

Sack her.

[PigletJohn]

I'm just one among many. There are quite a lot of us, but we do own the business and we employ the managers.

[MrsMopOnTop]

I think it's disgusting and she should be fired immediately. Think of all the lesser employees ... Who would be fired and convicted if they stole a pack of crisps from the canteen or £20 from a till because their basic salaries are £12,000 or £13,000 and they can't afford any lunch. You wouldn't let them off, or if you did you'd not do it a second time. Pack of crisps > £45,000 ..... Sack her.

[BornOfFrustration]

Ouch. I'd sack her.

[Pleasejustgo]

Sack her! Conniving thief. Community service included

[PigletJohn]

You are a part-owner as well. There are about sixty million of us owners.


Those managers we employ think they can do what they like.

[ThePinkOcelot]

She deserves to be going on holiday at her majesties pleasure IMO! Apology not accepted!

[BillStickersIsInnocent]

Apparently she's been reported officially to the police already

[Terrortree]

Gross misconduct I'd say if she knowingly withdrew funds that she was not entitled to.

Suspend for now, investigate properly (get in an external consultant if need be) and fire.

[BillStickersIsInnocent]

Which is good obviously. But Dave thinks she's alright.

Sacking and jail I reckon, only fair.

[sarahquilt]

She's stolen money. You should call the police.

[EverythingsDozy]

But what can the owners actually do? Do they have any physical powers to sack her?! I mean, surely it'd have to be a unanimous thing, if only 20 owners out of 60million chose to sack her it hardly going to go ahead is it?

[RevoltingPeasant]

Oh, come on.

Personally I think you should promote her - maybe a nice peerage?

[ohmymimi]

Blimey, Dave, you've been masquerading as the Plumbing King. I'm impressed.

[PigletJohn]

Dave might like to think he is the owner, but he isn't.

He's just a manager that we owners employ, on a short-term contract.

[route1]

I'm afraid you have to blame the owners for not taking enough notice. It's not the first time it's happened by a long shot, your employees clearly feel they are above the law.

[dianeabbottrules]

No, we need more female senior managers not to sack the ones we have.

[oldgrandmama]

It's absolutely outrageous. And politicians wonder why us proles are so cynical about them. As many many commentators have remarked, if this person had been some poor devil trying to make a few quid by scamming the DHSS (or whatever the hell it's called these days), she'd have been hauled up before the courts and maybe even got a prison sentence. I am totally disgusted .. and I used to be a Tory voter [hangs head in shame ...]