Teach your new employees how to steal from you

The title of this post might sound like strange advice, but it comes from one of the best loss-prevention specialists I ever worked with. I thought he was crazy too, but then he said: “If you don’t teach them how to do it, the dishonest ones will figure it out anyway. But if your standard employee orientation includes a session on “The 10 Most Popular Ways Employees Try to Steal,” you’re letting them know that you’re on to that game and perpetrators will be caught and prosecuted. Clients who have tried it say: “Wow, it works and our shrink is down!”