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TokochickUK
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writting for somebody else but,...
today she went in to work, went to count her till at the start of shift but was told not to by the earlier shift manager because it was busy.
she had to leave shft early due to unforseen circumstances and the manager semed ok about it.
whilst walking to her bus stop she had a call from the store manager asking if she had left the building, her reply was of course yes.
He then told her her till was £10 short and it was her fault.
she said what happened this morning and he informer her she would be getting a warning because of it along with the shift manager, is this really ok?
I mean if the shift manager told her not to count up, and she refused to carry on with an unchecked till she would have no doubts been given a warning..?
she has also been informed today only that there is a crew meeting on wed (two days time) 8pm till 9 pm her shifts are 7am till 3pm three days a week due to family, children and uni. this wed is her mothers birthday she was going to finish work and get on a train for 2 hours before then having to come back home to go to work the next day. Does she have to go? its unpaid.
Thanks in advance for your advice.
today she went in to work, went to count her till at the start of shift but was told not to by the earlier shift manager because it was busy.
she had to leave shft early due to unforseen circumstances and the manager semed ok about it.
whilst walking to her bus stop she had a call from the store manager asking if she had left the building, her reply was of course yes.

she said what happened this morning and he informer her she would be getting a warning because of it along with the shift manager, is this really ok?
I mean if the shift manager told her not to count up, and she refused to carry on with an unchecked till she would have no doubts been given a warning..?
she has also been informed today only that there is a crew meeting on wed (two days time) 8pm till 9 pm her shifts are 7am till 3pm three days a week due to family, children and uni. this wed is her mothers birthday she was going to finish work and get on a train for 2 hours before then having to come back home to go to work the next day. Does she have to go? its unpaid.
Thanks in advance for your advice.
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She has just recieved a text from the store manager saying " dont worry the £10 was found "...sus x0
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I hope there was an apology as well0
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If she is not getting paid to go to the meeting then she doesn't have to go, won't make her look great or anything but no obligation.
Can she not speak to her line manager and ask to be excused from the meeting and possibly have a copy of the minutes instead the next day?0 -
I used to work there and never went to one meeting. You don't need to.0
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TokochickUK wrote: »He then told her her till was £10 short and it was her fault.TokochickUK wrote: »She has just recieved a text from the store manager saying " dont worry the £10 was found "...
Good to know that it's all been sorted. However I would learn from this, and tell your friend to ALWAYS count the till even if the manager /supervisor has said not to because it is busy. Come in 10 minutes earlier if it means she still gets to count the till! Afterall a thief is a thief and it doesn't matter if it happens to be the person in charge.
With that said, the above is dodgy. Lost one minute, threatened with a warning and then found ...hhmm. Also the boss was quick to jump to a warning without the evidence. Your friend may not be so lucky next time even when it wasn't even her error.
I'd start looking for a new job where they follow some sort of procedure before threatening warnings without the evidence. But that's just me.0 -
It's good to see it ended happily however under no circumstances should your friend do this again.
Whilst normally staff shouldnt be held to account for managers misinstructions this has to be qualified with reasonableness.
Under no circumstances would I suggest ignoring a policy or procedure surrounding cash handling should be done and whilst the manager was more to account i would argue they could disclipline yourself too.
As for the meetings as said don't go; obviously the repercussions are she doesnt get her say and looks less keen hence less likiehood of promotions etc but that is a decision she should make.0 -
Good news
Time to join the Union though0
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