[SilverBirch]

We had this at my company (finance) during covid they had a generous Uber eats offer for food after work hours. Some employees (particularly new grads) realised they could pick the food up as they left or collect the food at the door as they left the office or redirect the order. remember at the time thinking this is stealing pennies when you’re paid incredibly well.

Well it wasn’t pennies. HR filtered to find those who claimed thousands and then managed to prove many of them were ordering on days they hadn’t even swiped into the office. Anyway, when HR finally did look into it dozens of people got fired from their $n00,000 job for stealing $5,000 worth of food. Good to fire them, you don’t want to hire people that stupid.

[keybrd-intrrpt]

Every single tech job I've had has had people like his.

I've seen people empty drink refrigerators into duffle bags before the weekend.

There was a guy who took dozens of travel-sized deodorants from the bathroom and kept them in his desk (and still didn't use them...)

There was someone who would pressure the cafeteria staff for 10 "to-go" meal containers.

All highly-paid engineers. Money doesn't buy class

[ryandrake]

It's incredible how often I've seen this. Same here--every single tech job, there's at least someone who does this. And it's always the same excuse/justification when you see them doing it: "The soda's free, bro! If they didn't want me to take it, they'd put it in a vending machine!"

[itronitron]

They could have boosted morale by offering short cooking classes onsite after work hours. Better food and better interactions among coworkers.