How would you handle this? (Business management)

[daystcity]

Hey guys, quick question. So my bro and I were in the movies and the guy forgot to take our money, we had to remind him. How do business managers handle it when the total at the end of the day doesn't match what should be there. Do they keep track and dock the workers pay based on what shift the money was lost in? What about if the total is more than what should be? I know basically nothing about this so please inform me!

[tplyons]

It's called proofing the cash drawer.

In banks, they have to be accurate to the penny. In a retail store or other type, they can be more relaxed, depending on company policy.

At the lumberyard I worked at, we had to be within $2.00 at the end of the day and over the year it somehow averaged out to just about correct.

If the total is under, some companies will investigate, some will dock the pay of whoever was in charge of the cash drawer, others will simply write it off if it only occurs once. The way it's handled varies from company to company.

[mike_v_s]

Originally Posted by tplyons

It's called proofing the cash drawer.

In banks, they have to be accurate to the penny. In a retail store or other type, they can be more relaxed, depending on company policy.

At the lumberyard I worked at, we had to be within $2.00 at the end of the day and over the year it somehow averaged out to just about correct.

If the total is under, some companies will investigate, some will dock the pay of whoever was in charge of the cash drawer, others will simply write it off if it only occurs once. The way it's handled varies from company to company.

+1 to all of this. The $2.00 "limit" seemed to be the unwritten rule at most fo the places I worked. If it was short or over up to $2.00, nothing was said. Anything above that and people got talked to.

Mike

[iamlowsound]

When I worked at McDonalds it was a $5 range you had to be in. Anything outside that and you got written up.

lowsound