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Amazon uses fake packages to catch delivery drivers who are stealing, according to sources with knowledge of the practice.
The company plants the packages — internally referred to as "dummy" packages — in the trucks of drivers at random. The dummy packages have fake labels and are often empty.
[...] During deliveries, drivers scan the labels of every package they deliver. When they scan a fake label on a dummy package, an error message will pop up.
When this happens, drivers might call their supervisors to address the problem, or keep the package in their truck and return it to an Amazon warehouse at the end of their shift.
Drivers, in theory, could also choose to steal the package. The error message means the package isn't detected in Amazon's system. As a result, it could go unnoticed if the package were to go missing.
"If you bring the package back, you are innocent. If you don't, you're a thug," said Sid Shah, a former manager for DeliverOL, a courier company that delivers packages for Amazon.
Source: https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-sets-traps-for-drivers-2018-9
(Score: 2) by MostCynical on Friday September 21 2018, @10:15PM (1 child)
Every change of operator should come with a reconciliation- cash in drawer, register print report.
At larger places, the cash drawer is swapped out, the report is clipped on top, walked to the office closed* (sometimes with a manager or cash supervisor) and the back office staff get the drawer to count. That way, every checkout operator is responsible for their shift, and no one else can tamper with the money.
*better registers have electronic locks, so the drawer only opens in the till, or in the cash office
Mistakes still happen, but at least you know who needs more training or supervision.
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 2) by JoeMerchant on Saturday September 22 2018, @07:09PM
It was the manager who specifically sent me away from my drawer out of sight of her for a few minutes while she "covered it for me" - something I'd almost never seen her do.
Also, when nobody else handled my drawer for me, the cash balanced perfectly every time - simple honesty test.
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