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submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by Five@slrpnk.net to c/shoplifting@slrpnk.net

@j_roby posted a Gravel Institute tweet that deserved its own post.

This is the story that tweet was based on.

[Image description: picture of a tweet from @GravelInstitute stating "Someone stole $950 worth of items from a Walgreen’s - there were 309 stories about it. Walgreen’s was caught stealing $4.5 million from employees - it got just one single story.]

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[-] cerement@slrpnk.net 39 points 1 year ago
[-] rynzcycle@kbin.social 32 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I know a lot of people are going to look at this and conclude that wage theft is a big issue, but can we talk about the REAL issue at hand...

Y'all not shoplifting enough. I mean I'm sure some of you are doing your best, but times are tough and we need to pull together as a team, as a family, to hit our targets this quarter. So get out there and think big. I don't want to hear about packs of gum and candy bars, I wanna see TVs, iPhones, laptops... We've got this, go team!

[-] RegularGoose@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Stealing from big corporations is demonstrably a morally good act.

[-] Five@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 year ago

The numbers are staggering.

[-] Franzia@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 year ago

https://www.dol.gov/agencies/whd/contact/complaints

The appropriate place to report wage theft. You also need to be able to identify it when it happens to you!

[-] Narrrz@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

I wonder if the average "loss prevention" professional prevents as much loss as they earn in wages...

[-] RegularGoose@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago

Any wage worker who costs their corporation more than they earn/save for it has my respect

[-] Narrrz@kbin.social 3 points 1 year ago

if it's intentional, absolutely. but when you get paid 80k a year to stop losses that don't amount to half that, then your entire position exists as a big fat middle finger to poor people.

[-] GreenMario@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

Who owns the news? 😏

[-] punkisundead@slrpnk.net 3 points 1 year ago
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