Iqen
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- Oct 28, 2011
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Hi; I have a used appliance sales/delivery business. I've been doing it all myself but I could make even more if I had a driver do the deliveries for me (deliveries eat up a ton of time). The issue is that most of my buyers pay cash, which means that my delivery driver could carry $300-700 cash on him at any time, which is about 1-2 weeks of wages.
I'm concerned that it may be awful tempting for a driver to decide to quit the job without notice and without returning my cash. How can I control against this? These are the policies I have in mind so far:
- Don't hire anyone with a criminal record
- Try to have them return whenever their cash on hand reaches a certain threshold (though this may be tough due to the nature of the business--forcing cash dropoffs at HQ may more than double the time for an unexpected/short notice delivery). Perhaps I could require them to deposit cash via ATM? I'm not sure about this.
- Make them sign a legal disclaimer that indicates employee theft will be prosecuted harshly
- Give them customer feedback forms to give to each customer (Why? I think the act of recording will cause them concern about stealing)
I'm concerned that it may be awful tempting for a driver to decide to quit the job without notice and without returning my cash. How can I control against this? These are the policies I have in mind so far:
- Don't hire anyone with a criminal record
- Try to have them return whenever their cash on hand reaches a certain threshold (though this may be tough due to the nature of the business--forcing cash dropoffs at HQ may more than double the time for an unexpected/short notice delivery). Perhaps I could require them to deposit cash via ATM? I'm not sure about this.
- Make them sign a legal disclaimer that indicates employee theft will be prosecuted harshly
- Give them customer feedback forms to give to each customer (Why? I think the act of recording will cause them concern about stealing)
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