Re: Indecent Proposal
I had a situation occur that might contribute to why I changed my mind.
I had a long term employee who's personal life was falling apart, her husband left her, her kids deserted her, dad was dying, she had to move into an apartment and her husband wouldn't give her any furniture... yada yada yada, long story short she worked for me for over 8 years, we treated her like family. She was not an ideal employee and I really wanted to fire her on SEVERAL occasions but i didnt because i felt bad for her situation, she also had a new born...
she was the type of employee that would always sit on the job and have other employees join her....
a few weeks before the incident, she stated she tripped over a brick and hurt her back at her new apt while moving some furniture.
Well towards the end of december it was a thursday evening, we are closing and she leaves with a trash bag full of old clothes, and on camera from every angle as i have literally a thousand cameras in my store, you could see her twirling around with the bag in her hand.
the next day i hear that she is in the hospital and that she hurt her back at work.
we go visit her and her friend scolds us that we over work her and force her to carry heavy items... wtf, she never even works! lol
a week later we get a letter from her attorney and she is suing us..
the lady we have helped through her roughest times and invited my wedding, son's baptism... always forgave her for coming late or missing days......
anyhow, workmans comp took care of it and since i have close to a year of video surveillance back up they were able to determine that she did not sustain her injuries at work.....
but WHAT A NIGHTMARE.....
