HR Tech News » Spherion http://www.hrtechnews.com HRMS, Internet Monitoring, Payroll Software, Time and Attendance, and more Thu, 22 Sep 2011 20:10:39 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Report: Workers aren’t just stealing pens and paper clips anymore http://www.hrtechnews.com/report-workers-arent-just-stealing-pens-and-paper-clips-anymore/ http://www.hrtechnews.com/report-workers-arent-just-stealing-pens-and-paper-clips-anymore/#comments Mon, 14 Jul 2008 10:24:57 +0000 Sam Narisi http://www.hrtechnews.com/?p=297 It’s a fact of the working world: Employees like to grab things out of the company’s supply closet for personal use. But they may be taking a lot more than most employers realize.

Almost one fifth of all employees admit to taking supplies, according to a survey by Spherion. Mostly, it’s pens, paper, folders, etc. No surprise there, but here’s the kicker: 8% said they’ve taken higher priced items like laptops, PDAs and cell phones. That’s up from 3% last year.

Why do people steal? Of the people who admitted to grabbing items:

  • 33% said their boss said it was OK
  • 18% said the company will never miss them, and
  • 42% said simply that they needed the items.

Nevertheless, 76% of the survey’s respondents said they thought it was wrong to take supplies. The study doesn’t mention how many thought it was wrong but did it anyway.

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