The good news: Many workers feel quite at home in the office. The bad news: Some of them feel so much at home, they take the office home with them in ways they shouldn’t. In fact, 58 percent of office workers have taken office supplies for their personal use, according to a new survey conducted by Harris Interactive and lawyers.com. These people should know they’re putting themselves at risk of being fired and of possible legal consequences for taking home company property, even something as small as a stapler or a pen.
Among those who admit to taking office supplies for personal use, the most commonly stolen office supplies include pens/pencils (77 percent), followed by self-adhesive “sticky” notes (44 percent) and paper clips (40 percent). Two percent of workers even take decorations such as plants, paintings and office furniture.
It can happen more easily than you may realize. “People often forget that workplace resources are not their own and are actually considered company property,” said attorney Alan Kopit, legal editor of LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell’s lawyers.com, which is considered the most comprehensive and...
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