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Apple to Face Class Action Lawsuit Over Off-the-Clock Employee Bag Checking
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Why wouldn't you think that's the case? What special insight into retail do you have that you believe this not to be true?
I've worked in retail and how I solved this was not to take a bag to work. The women who did have a purse would take out stuff they really needed and put them in a small clear pouch. Their purse would stay locked in their trunk. And would breeze by security with just a flash of their totally see through pouch.
Customers don't have bag searches.
If employees are released at the front entrance, then the security gates will pick up theft.
I presume that Apple trusts its employees even less than it trusts its customers.
If employees are released at the front entrance, then the security gates will pick up theft.
I presume that Apple trusts its employees even less than it trusts its customers.
How dare those ungrateful employees complain about waiting in line for 10-15 minutes to have their bags checked and not getting paid for it! Don't they have any sense? They are working for the almighty Apple and should work there free so Apple could make even more profit. Down with the workers!!
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What if you want to take your lunch into work? A book maybe? Or anything else for that matter?
Why should I be reprimanded for being 15 minutes late to work, but not demand my share of wages if I leave 15 minutes later then usual every day?
When you work for Apple, you should just bring your heart and soul. Eating is unproductive and does not help Apple make money.
Wow. It's scary that Apple calls it's employees geniuses but then treats them like suspected criminals.
It's also important to note, the lawsuit uses examples from two employees in NY and L.A. The estimates were provided by one employee personal experience was from several shifts between Feb 8-12 2013 and the other was Feb 19-23 & March 5-9 2013.
I think Apple should just pay and be done with it BUT how much that is owed should be measured better than basing it on a few, likely, 'cherry picked' examples (eg, what's the *avg* wait time for the *avg* store) ... who knows the employee could have intentionally just stood at the end of the queue each day in preparation to collect skewed data for a class action lawsuit.
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As they should. Employees have direct access to expensive merchandise and the schedule and inner-workings of the store, including security protocols. I as a customer do not have access to those products or the information about store security. So yes, employees have a much better opportunity to commit theft, especially multiple thefts over an extended period of time.
Agreed. They should be paid, but not trusted.
On another note, if people here think Apple has been the only one doing this, they are sadly mistaken. I worked for Sprint some years ago and they checked the employees bags after work time and we did not get paid for that.
Don't you think they have all the good stuff locked up in the back room and only a few people have direct access to it? Maybe a security cage with one person inside who keeps track of what items and who he gave them to?
I don't think anyone needs factual evidence to know this. It's common sense. Employees know where the cameras are located and have been all over the store to know what they can take without anyone knowing or ever seeing them. They know which management staff is a pushover in terms of upholding to the security policies. They have the biggest opportunity to steal because they are there daily as expected so nobody will suspect them, as opposed to a customer repeating visits often and not purchasing anything will easily become suspect.
i used to work at navy exchange. at the employee entrance there's a metal detector if it beep they check the bag if not just walk through.
That's not how employment works when there are contracts and agreements spelling out what it is that's part of it and you agree to it by becoming an employee.
And that's basically the human race and reality for you.
Because that's exactly what's happening...
Ah, so since banks have protection and measures in place to deter people from stealing that means it's a message to people that they should steal. That's got to make sense, right?
You live in a fantasy land. Every company is concerned about theft. It's a major cost. And, obviously, not all employees have the title of "genius."
Yes, and the point would be what? That's the weak link. Employees have direct contact with that person and a knowledge of protocols for moving product. I, as a customer, have no access to the back room. It is magnitudes of order more difficult for me to steal an iPad than it would be for an employee to rig the system and steal one.
It's kind of like filling in the waiver form to go to the US ... that's the main reason I have no interest in going there.
