quit or dismissed and last pay advice

viktory

custardy wrote: »

i doubt they will have that option
most of this type of deal involve payment upon leaving the company
so the OP would need another loan to pay the employer first

No, I am certain the company will tell the OP to go whistle - but he seems to think it is an option and I am curious as to how he is going to pay.

bigvic

First of all to all those that have been negative towards the OP take a step back and look at the fact that they asked for advice, not for criticism or to be reminded that they done something silly, I think they realise this perfectly well themselves.

Secondly to the OP I think what you done was nothing more than a mistake that you obviously regret, my best advice is not to go down without a fight. We're only human and we all do make mistakes, nobody is perfect.

It sounds like your company has went to a lot of bother over one ink cartridge, why would they go to the effort of dismissing an employee for the sake of £65, I think a warning would have been more appropriate and taken as a lesson learned. Going by past experience it sounds like an excuse to dismiss you from the company. Did anyone senior bear a grudge or have any other reason to want you away from the company?

How did they detect that one ink cartridge was removed and how did they prove it? I know in most companies they do have stock control procedures which ensure that nobody can remove stock without it being signed etc, is it by any chance that you were in control of the particular stock? If this is the case then I am wondering how did anyone pick up on this, sounds as if someone may have had it out for you, that's just my opinion.

If you do have proof that you were going to replace it, and also have proof that you do work from home etc then I cannot see how they have any case to dismiss you, fight it as much as you can.

Here's hoping you get it all sorted out :j

heretolearn_2

If you do have proof that you were going to replace it, and also have proof that you do work from home etc then I cannot see how they have any case to dismiss you, fight it as much as you can.

Sorry, no hope. If it were a small company you might be able to convince them (although with a small company, I'd hope you'd ask if you could 'borrow' something and replace it). But this employer is a council. They do everything by the book, for good reason. They probably have 1000s of employees. Can you imagine what a free-for-all pilfering paradise it would become if it became known that it's ok to 'borrow' goods from the office? Places like this have to have a really strict policy on theft (and if you took it without permission, it was theft, no matter what the intentions). We know we've all wandered off with a few pens. That is also theft. But it's also the scale of it. This was a fairly high value object.