Employees use gift cards to rip off retailers, experts say

Everybody loves gift cards -- including employees who are trying to rip off the stores that employ them, the New York Times reports. Clerks will use their access to put extra money on the cards, which are easier to sneak out of a store than, say, simply stealing a flatscreen TV. Another fun fact? Though employee theft is still the exception, store workers tend to steal more than an average shoplifter.

Mr. Bamfield’s global study of retail theft found that larcenous employees averaged $1,890 in theft, compared with $438 for shoplifters.

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[D-man]

It's an easy answer when you know you are getting Sh*tcanned after the new year.

[Patman]

Minimum wage, minimum employee.

[FlyBoyGA]

Be happy you have a J O B. You don't like minimum wage? Get educated.

[AH]

Even educated are taking minimum wage to get by these days.

[FlyBoyGA]

That's my point. Be happy you have a job.