Workplace Theft...

Here is something pretty amazing to me - theft in the workplace. Even worse, theft by a co-worker. I guess in the gym it might make you feel a little better, but at work? Yesterday my intern Luke had his camera stolen from on his desk and wallet stolen from INSIDE his desk drawer. He brought his camera in to download pictures to share from our company picnic, nice huh. I'm still in shock and disgust that this happended and feel terrible for him. It turns out that another employee had her IPOD stolen last week.

It appears that our company won't replace anything he lost. I guess it makes sense since from a company standpoint, but it's sucky for the victim. I'm getting him a Best Buy gift card to put towards a new camera and a few other employees are going to contribute. In the end, I geniunely want him to walk away this summer with a good experience.

It has caused greater awareness at work and others are now locking up their file cabinets with valuables, but the cost of that was someone lost trust in co-workers. Or in Luke's words "it sucks to be a victim."