Stealing From Employers

A common practice today, as any employer can attest, is theft by their employees. Employees take advantage of their employers in many ways. 

Among the most common methods is dishonesty in reported hours. Many employees will falsely report hours worked. They will clock in before they actually started working, round up their time, fail to clock out for breaks, falsely report the length of those breaks etc. Each individual theft is small, but cumulatively can amount to hundreds,  thousands, even tens of thousands of dollars per year. 

Many people will use company time and money to do personal errands and think little of it. Yet they know it is wrong. No matter how they try to justify, they know that they are doing wrong. Which is why they sneak and hide. They try to cover their dishonest acts with lies, alibis, trying to appear busy, etc. 

Conversely, there are many employers who will take advantage of their employees, and while that isn't right either, from my perspective it's not as much of an issue, because an employee that isn't treated fairly can always seek employment elsewhere.

If you are not honest with your employer, you won't be honest to anyone else either. Stealing is wrong, no matter how you do it, or who you steal from.