Originally Posted by Sandee
As a former retail manager of 22 yrs, I can tell you that is the policy of many stores. Bag, purse, packpack & locker searches can be done at anytime & often are done as the employees leave. There are a lot of small & expensive items in all stores & employee theft is the major form of theft and the most costly for all companis. Most employees have to sign a statement agreeing to searches before they are hired. Some store search in front of cameras each day.
At one store I worked at, over all retail theft cost us $100,000 a yr!!!!!!
I'm not challenging your numbers, I'm just curious as to how the store (or chain) arrived at them. How can the store tell the difference between a shoplifter who gets away with it and an employee who gets away with it? It seems like all the store (or chain) would know is that the amount of discrepancy between audit and what was on the books.