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Grex Scruples Item 40: The co-worker who cheats on his time card
Entered by popcorn on Wed Jul 20 01:44:44 UTC 1994:

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#1 of 12 by omni on Wed Jul 20 03:35:29 1994:

 I would look into the matter on my own, when I was off the clock, and
then if the charges were indeed true, I would inform management.

  I don't see this as betrayal, but as saving my company money which
might be used in more efficient ways. If I got canned by sqealing, then
the company isn't much of a company and doesn't deserve my caliber of
employee.

  I've been batting zero on the morality questions lately so it's
 er I'm probably barking up the wrong tree yet again.

#2 of 12 by vishnu on Thu Jul 21 06:17:32 1994:

How do I see that there is a 90% chance?  I wouldn't do something
major on just a hunch.

#3 of 12 by popcorn on Fri Jul 22 23:04:37 1994:

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#4 of 12 by canis on Sat Jul 23 18:23:40 1994:

Well I've been in this type of situation before, kinda. All the time guys
who work at Meijer's go off the McDonalds while they are supposed to be 

pushing carts. They hardly ever get caught and no one bothers to tell 
Management about it. After all why bother? It isn't like we like to work
for them anyways. But that could change if Bill was making good money not
just $4.60 per hour.

#5 of 12 by flem on Wed Jul 27 16:37:22 1994:

I wouldn't go to the management, because there is a chance, however small, that
Bill is innocent.  It would be wrong to accuse him without being totally sure,
not to mention how embarrassing it would be if you were wrong.

#6 of 12 by popcorn on Mon Aug 8 02:39:42 1994:

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#7 of 12 by carolyn on Wed Nov 2 21:22:05 1994:

The timecard issue is between the employee and supervisor.  I wouldn't
"intervene."  I speak from experience.  The outcome was embarrassing.

#8 of 12 by brighn on Thu Nov 3 03:41:49 1994:

I was also in this situation, except that I was the witness, not Joe.
I noticed a co-worker had hours on her timecard for days she wasn't present
*at all*.  I jus brought it up in terms of "This is odd..." in a constructed
context where supervisor and I happened to be near the timecards.  It turned
out the co-worker was working in remote storage and put the hours down the
day before so she wouldn't have to drive a mile out of her way, so
everything was legit.  I would never be so presumptuous as to directly
accuse a co-worker of cheating; I would merely point out a discrepancy, 
in such a way that if management wanted to deal with it, and there was a 
problem, they would, but they could ignore it ("Oh, I'm sure you're just 
mistaken") if they wanted to.

#9 of 12 by roz on Thu Nov 3 12:09:49 1994:

Brighn, that's a really street-smart idea.  I hope I'd have that kind of
sense.

#10 of 12 by bonita on Tue Nov 22 01:51:07 1994:

I agree with Valarie, tell the management and if they choose to deal with it
then fine, but it is now out of your morally responsible hands.

#11 of 12 by ewhisam on Thu Dec 28 00:15:43 1995:

Why be the fall guy? Leave it alone. It was none of my business to begin with
and it still is'nt. At least not yet.

#12 of 12 by diznave on Sun Nov 9 07:30:54 1997:

Move to a small town in southern North Dakota (not too near Hoople).

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