Have you ever stolen from work?

[robocop666]

Unethical thing to do.

Yes

No

[sawno]

Yes but not in ways I'd consider unethical and not in a way they ever lost things of value. Like you always accidentally bring a pen home at least once, or you end up leaving the company and it turns out you still have something that used to be theirs that they wouldn't want back.

But the more substantial one is software solutions I built for them, they didn't pay me at the time, and I wasn't under a formal contract due to irrelevant circumstances. Not unethical on their side, but necessary compromise type deal we did in a good mutual agreement (They gave me a gift for it instead). So basically I was building some really cool stuff for them for free. I kept my own copies of that work to use in the future myself. Its not the version they had, but I copied stuff back and forth between the version I simultaneously built for myself.

Technically stealing since I wrote the stuff in company time, but considering it was unpaid labor and I wasn't under contract where I could not do that I also don't consider it unethical. They got their value out of it and if it helps me in the future do something in 10 minutes that took me weeks to make for them that just makes me more valuable as an engineer.

[libsaretards]

Not stolen, but hidden things.

Whenever a job has done me dirty, I find a few things that are vital to running the business and hide them in weird spots before I quit lol

[robocop666]

wanna tell stories

[libsaretards]

I worked briefly as a Secretary for my state's DHS (Department of Human Services). This department was split between the Foodstamp and Aid Division and the Child Service Facility Inspections Service (those names are made up because my state's name for them stands out like a sore thumb, but accurately reflect their responsibilities). I worked in the 2nd one.

Anyways, my boss was also the boss of 11 providers. Her and those 11 inspected Daycares and Pre-K facilities, both public and private. I have ADHD so my desk was a bit cluttered, but I knew where everything was and could pick it up in an instant, faster than Mrs. OCD boss could her stuff. She decided to "teach me a lesson" by taking a file I was working on. One of the providers caught her and told me what she did. Since I was the last one to leave the office, I grabbed my file back. I also took the cord to her printer and replaced it with a dummy cord. The cord looked like the correct cord, but with no wiring inside. It took IT 6 weeks to discover what I did, but they assumed she just was old and not good with tech. I was never suspected. In the mean time, while boss could not do her tasks, another provider stepped up. Together we got our boss fired by making her look incompetent.

[robocop666]

why did she take your file? how was this a problem

[libsaretards]

Her plan was to make it seem like me being "disorganized" is why I misplaced the file. Basically she planned to take it and then blame it being missing on me. I like to refer to my mess as organized chaos. It results from me jumping task to task and placing things where I need them in that specific moment. But, I also have a photographic memory so I remember EXACTLY where things were placed, even if it is cluttered. And we were in a back office where nobody ever came in. Plus I would reorganize my stuff at the end of the day. This boss really annoyed me.

[robocop666]

what a horrible manipulative woman. She deserved to be fucked over by you.

[robocop666]

I had a situation in school where a guy in the class above us would mess up our stuff all the time. The school could not afford to expel him as too few people were in it. So one guy took his homework and threw it above the window. That guy was in huge trouble for not doing it. He caused lots of trouble in that class. Later in the year he found it and said "here's my homework". We looked at each other and smiled.

[verylovelyguy]

i worked at a store that also prints pictures. sometimes when hot girls would order prints, i would make a second set for me

[Staximus]

Just some pens and candy bars. I've been trusted with thousands of dollars of cash many times at different jobs and never took a cent.

[jamesgoldman]

No

The food was given as was the drink, I have borrowed from my business because it was practical to do so

[DrPepper12]

Robbed them blind. Me n coworkers were like a criminal gang and coordinated everything. Good times.

[robocop666]

why did you do that?

[DrPepper12]

Because I was a teenager with no morals, ethics and gave no fucks.

[exitseven]

Yes, but nothing big. I used the company credit card to fill up my wife's car with gas.

[Anonymous]

If I have it pales in comparison to what they've stolen from me.

[TheSpaceGnome]

Its not stealing if it was already my stuff to begin. 🤔

[handsomelad70]

I frequently Bogart pens and white plastic b*gs from my assisted living centre.

[KrakenAttackin]

We know that 88%+ of people who have worked in retail have stolen something at some time.

[Anonymous]

Sometimes. And I’m still considered the favorite even from those in management.

[NathanDavis]

haven't, from nowhere

[strateguy632]

i can't

[jahaims]

Yeah. Morality is subjective

[msc545]

nothing to steal.