The reason must be that if employees do this regularly then criminals eill start assaulting employees more, it does make sense/ the solution to getting shoplifting under control like it used to be is to punish shoplifting with jail time like they used to. Does singapore have shoplifting? No. I wonder why.
These stupid companies don't want to stop shoplifting. They are so scared of litigation! I applied for a Loss Prevention position for Home Depot after being in Public Safety for 27.5 years. During the interview, the Security Manager told me you can't stop anyone, pursue them or anything physical. Stupid Companies they call it "SHRINK" they are more worried about an employee stealing ( which I understand) than a shop lifter walking away with $2K worth of merchandise. What ever happened to Principle!
I'm a 70yr old disabled man, worked over 20 years for Home Depot store 3807(Toledo Ohio) and got fired for going outside and speaking with one of my regular customers who "forgot" to pay for an item. I didn't think I was doing anything wrong because I asked to speak with him nor did I try to stop him or anything overt. The store manager was looking for an excuse to fire me so he could get someone younger and lower pay which someone informed me he said he got rid of me because I was over paid and being disabled couldn't do what a younger person could. Home Depot has no interest in living the Orange Life it's just a load of BS your just a number when you make too much money watch out like a department head warned me in advance you have a target on your back. Over a year and a half since they threw me out like so much garbage and I still hope everyone reading this goes to some other store.
No Pension? No 401k? No Union @ Home Depot? This is so disturbing what they’ve done to you as a dedicated employee. People today have very little hearts of stone!! SMH!!!
My family will never step foot in that store again after reading this. Sorry for the way they treated you. Age discrimination is illegal, you should talk to an attorney.
@@lyetaherb4703 Back in 2017 Home Depot as well as other large corporations got a fat tax cut. Home Depot turned around and handed out $1k bonuses to 20+ year employees. 20 freaking years and all they handed out was 1k? As a matter of fact Home Depot hasn't done that since 2017 as far as i know. F'ing disgraceful company.
I was almost fired from Home Depot for harassing a shoplifter. After manager told me to leave suspect alone I reported issue to loss prevention personnel. By this time shoplifter was on his way to steal more stuff and the manager was nowhere to be found! Turned out shoplifter had active trespass warning and left store with the manager clueless. Home Depot is the place to go when you want to steal. Management doesn’t care and because of this most employees don’t care either!
@@seashorelineone omg 😨 now Home Depot will be target 🎯 for shoplifter, Just take whatever they want. Home Depot doesn’t have the right to stop them 🤔😬
Your life is more important then stopping someone stealing a power tool,. You ain't a hero,. Home depot tells employees not to interfere,. This guy knew that,. He broke policy,.
@@anthonyvoss9150policies are written and approved by rich people trying to save a buck. Weak men creating hard times. Not by people with good intentions. Right is right. If police are in trouble, be a man and help! Fired because of a dumb policy. Um, fire me then. Cowards!!
He ran into the parking lot where it could have turned very bad very fast! This associate put himself & others in danger by chasing a possible shoplifter.
When does the theft stop? When does stopping the loser thieves become ok again? What is wrong with America? I WORK 6 days a week for my paycheck and am still struggling!
Going to Lowe’s tomorrow to purchase my Kitchen Cabinets. I specked out a few different manufacturers and styles from Home Depot, Lowe’s, Menard’s and a local dealer. $7k in lost sales just from me.
Former HD employee here ……sue, I did for a similar situation and they settled out of court…..while I can’t disclose the amount…. I am doing well, not eligible for rehire but I still retain my stocks and a very generous keep your mouth shut amount
He has more experience than most of any employees at HD. HD has NO respect for associates prior experience. They treat everyone as if they were 18 and it was their 1st job. HD policy says they are not allowed to intercept a thief.. it does not say they are not allowed to assist law enforcement whom might be in immediate danger! This was a trained law enforcement officer assisting law enforcement!! Now HD will replace him with that 17 yr old with No experience. And this guy did not make that much more$$ than an 18yr old. Trust me. I know. Everyone basically get paid the same rate.
Many companies have rules against employees getting involved with shoplifters. Those are the rules abide by them or find another The rules is not to protect the culprit… it’s to protect the employee.
Wow these companies are just horrendous with these rules. Millions of dollars a year get stolen from Home Depot you would think the company would be thankful. I’m sure Denver police was thankful.
So HomeDepot, you rather charge your customer more due to shrinkage that could have been prevented. He was a former law enforcement officer for Christ’s sake.
Yep pointing at a rulebook as the cause isn't working anymore. Find the person, hold them accountable. It's not the guy in an orange apron, it's someone in a neck tie.
Joe, I'm sorry for you, as being a employee of THD, I had a situation where I followed a shoplifter to his vehicle. I retrieved 2 of the 4 DeWalt tools. I was wrong, yes. I worked with corporate, my manager,and saved my employment. Placed on a strict probation period. It was (as with you) done in the heat of the moment. So, there, that policy CAN be over stepped.
Shame on Home Depot! They should be boycotted but, won’t be. It’s things such as this that create environments where good employees don’t get or keep jobs.
All employees should be allowed to use their prior skills to support customers. I would feel safer with someone with his skills and experience at the store. He should be reinstated.
No thanks. They don't pay employees enough to put their safety or their lives on the line to stop shoplifters, and the ones that do try to stop them do it from their own instincts. As mad as y'all get seeing shoplifters stealing in a store, I want to see y'all get just as mad about the government price gouging and stealing from all of us.
Home Depot leadership do the right thing, and give him his job back. This is an example of doing the right thing before public opinion gets involved on something that can be handled locally.
This is one of the MANY reasons I left Home Depot after 11 years. They just cant seem to grasp that if you allow people to steal from you, they WILL steal from you. In my current job, we had a guy run out the door with an air fryer. We didnt even call the cops. Four of us chased him down and took our merchandise back.
I thought any store or restaurant have the law “ the right to serve “ in this case Homedepot have the right to NOT serve this shoplifter, therefore Home Depot / Joe has the right to protect .
Employees safety, it’s more important than stopping a thief, company policy trumps Sometime intervention, can be deadly to the employees Not to terminate the employee, would put the policy in question
When I was hired at Home Depot they brought in the district security guy who explicitly said that going after shoplifters is a violation of company policy. You also never know what you're dealing with, a couple years ago a shoplifter shot and killed an employee who tried to stop her.
This happened to one of my wife's former coworkers at Marshall's. My wife doesn't work there anymore, and we do not shop there anymore. We'll add Home Depot to the list. Sanctuary states like Colorado and Minnesota are ALWAYS in favor of the criminals. Try to stop a criminal and YOU will end up[ paying for it.
As part of being a citizen requires you to help assist the police if they are in danger and fight against a suspect could have a very different outcome.
That also happened in milford ohio . A man that worked the service desk, also an amputee, caught a man shop lifting and assisted the local law enforcement in the apprehension was also fired. Seems like there would be some said about the heroism instead you loose your job. Shame on you big corporate. Unrelated I was also hired on at the same location on a conditional hire stipulation, not fully understanding the loop holes, they used the fact that the background check would take a longer period of time, this was during covid, to come back. They hired me on as a full time employee with a 90 period til my full benefits would kick in. On the 88th day I was asked to turn in my home depot appron and did not make the cut. I was straight forward about the any information pertaining to my self and my history to the HR department then giving them 110% of my abilities as an associate to no avail. Seems like there would be something in place/ employee rights as a standard so that any company can't just use an individual to fill a spot and then tell you to leave. Again shame on you homedepot.
How ridiculous! Some of their policies are so dumb! Worked there 5 1/2 years, there was always a policy issue. I think they should look them over and revise some! Good luck Joe!
As a former police officer, he should know better than ANYONE, it’s against Home Depot policy for employees to put their hands on anyone ( criminals included ) within the private property of Home Depot. There were lawsuits involved that go beyond the comprehension of some individuals within the company. Rules are rules
No good deed go unpunished
Policies that are in "favor" of the criminals creates situations like this.
🤡 world in action.
The reason must be that if employees do this regularly then criminals eill start assaulting employees more, it does make sense/ the solution to getting shoplifting under control like it used to be is to punish shoplifting with jail time like they used to. Does singapore have shoplifting? No. I wonder why.
this country has gone to Hell. Everything favors criminals!
😩Like America isn't founded and built brick by brick by criminals
@lenaely6146 piss on your faulty perception of reality...way to prove your blind ignorance is arrogance
@lenaely6146 Dear God, it's obvious you're dedicated to proving your blind ignorance is arrogance...piss off with your faulty perception of reality
😢
@@lenaely6146traitors who were sick of being robbed without a voice you say 🤔
These stupid companies don't want to stop shoplifting. They are so scared of litigation! I applied for a Loss Prevention position for Home Depot after being in Public Safety for 27.5 years. During the interview, the Security Manager told me you can't stop anyone, pursue them or anything physical. Stupid Companies they call it "SHRINK" they are more worried about an employee stealing ( which I understand) than a shop lifter walking away with $2K worth of merchandise.
What ever happened to Principle!
I'm a 70yr old disabled man, worked over 20 years for Home Depot store 3807(Toledo Ohio) and got fired for going outside and speaking with one of my regular customers who "forgot" to pay for an item. I didn't think I was doing anything wrong because I asked to speak with him nor did I try to stop him or anything overt. The store manager was looking for an excuse to fire me so he could get someone younger and lower pay which someone informed me he said he got rid of me because I was over paid and being disabled couldn't do what a younger person could. Home Depot has no interest in living the Orange Life it's just a load of BS your just a number when you make too much money watch out like a department head warned me in advance you have a target on your back. Over a year and a half since they threw me out like so much garbage and I still hope everyone reading this goes to some other store.
The store in this article has fired 2 men over 60yrs old, high paid, with many years of service in the past 90 days. Not a coincidence.
No Pension? No 401k? No Union @ Home Depot? This is so disturbing what they’ve done to you as a dedicated employee. People today have very little hearts of stone!! SMH!!!
My family will never step foot in that store again after reading this. Sorry for the way they treated you. Age discrimination is illegal, you should talk to an attorney.
@@lyetaherb4703
Back in 2017 Home Depot as well as other large corporations got a fat tax cut. Home Depot turned around and handed out $1k bonuses to 20+ year employees. 20 freaking years and all they handed out was 1k? As a matter of fact Home Depot hasn't done that since 2017 as far as i know. F'ing disgraceful company.
Ace is the place for helpful hardware folks.
I prefer Busy Beaver
I prefer night moves
Lmfao niiiiiiice 🤣🤣🤣
You got that right. After going into an Ace Hardware store, I'll never go into another HD !
Love Ace, I'm boycotting Homeless Despot
How dare you do the right thing
And if he did not step in to help and the suspect got the cops gun and killed somebody then what. Budlight home depot for bad policy.
SHAME on Home Depot!!!
I was almost fired from Home Depot for harassing a shoplifter. After manager told me to leave suspect alone I reported issue to loss prevention personnel. By this time shoplifter was on his way to steal more stuff and the manager was nowhere to be found! Turned out shoplifter had active trespass warning and left store with the manager clueless. Home Depot is the place to go when you want to steal. Management doesn’t care and because of this most employees don’t care either!
@@seashorelineone omg 😨 now Home Depot will be target 🎯 for shoplifter, Just take whatever they want. Home Depot doesn’t have the right to stop them 🤔😬
This guy is a HERO,I GUESS HOME DEPOT EMPLOYEES ARE TOLD TO TURN THERE BACK.ANOTHER BUSINESS I WILL AVOID !!!
Your life is more important then stopping someone stealing a power tool,. You ain't a hero,. Home depot tells employees not to interfere,. This guy knew that,. He broke policy,.
@@ZachNastyvery true I used to work at home depot
I live in the greater Denver areaa. I will NEVER shop at Home Depot EVER again. Make that never ever ever.
Locally owned hardware and lumber yards for me.
This is the stupidest thing I’ve heard. Home Depot should have shown gratitude for what this employee did not fire him
We need more citizens like you that’s willing to be a part of the solution rather than the problem.
I didn't know that a thief is classified as a customer? Good job sir!! Sue them!
Helping others is wrong?
Helping the cops is wrong?
HD is wrong.
Lame company. Poor guy. Right is wrong now.
You have that right. It's time to do everything on line now and close every store to the public
It's against store policy...all stores have that policy...
Power tools owned by a huge corporation aren't worth your life. HD doesn't want to be liable for idiots getting themselves unalived.
He broke the company policy.. he’s worked there for 21 years and didn’t know this? It’s a common rule in retail
@@anthonyvoss9150policies are written and approved by rich people trying to save a buck. Weak men creating hard times.
Not by people with good intentions.
Right is right.
If police are in trouble, be a man and help!
Fired because of a dumb policy.
Um, fire me then.
Cowards!!
Shame on you Home Depot that man was doing the right thing by stopping that suspect wow that is just evil by that company I would sue them.
He ran into the parking lot where it could have turned very bad very fast! This associate put himself & others in danger by chasing a possible shoplifter.
Sue them? He broke company’s policy. No lawyer would take this🤣
Technically, that guy wasn’t a customer he was trespasser with intent to cause harm to Home Depot. Go win the legal the case.
Thieves aren’t customers.
Home Depot sucks
So does Lowes and Walmart.
123 fuck Home Depot
Lowes isn't as bad as Walmart and they have nicer in house items then Home Depot.
You were helping fellow human beings. I hope you sue for millions!!
Being a good person is becoming illegal.
Home Depot won’t notice you spending money there but a Small Business Owner will.
UNBELIEVABLE...what's happening to Home Depot?
Great guy, criminals have more rights than law abiding people
The Democrat way.
That is one of the reasons I don't shop at Home Depot anymore and I hope they go out of business. Good on u Joe. 👏👍
He should’ve gotten a raise, glad he stopped those thieves…..
When does the theft stop? When does stopping the loser thieves become ok again? What is wrong with America? I WORK 6 days a week for my paycheck and am still struggling!
He wasn't a customer, so the terms were not applicable. Re-employ with compensation for missed work.
Can’t detain or fight a customer? Well the guy wasn’t a customer… it was a thief, a POS domestic enemy.
Remember they are charging you more to cover the cost of losses.
Maybe we should just have everyone boycot Home Depot, they are worthless anyway.
Remember....The criminals have more rights than you.. self defense is illegal as well.....
He was doing a citizens arrest! He was doing his civil duties!
He should of got a raise😅
Go get a job at lowes
Going to Lowe’s tomorrow to purchase my Kitchen Cabinets. I specked out a few different manufacturers and styles from Home Depot, Lowe’s, Menard’s and a local dealer. $7k in lost sales just from me.
Good For You!!! Hope lots of others follow your lead!🙏
Wasn't in the store, wasn't on duty. Sue their ass.
Former HD employee here ……sue, I did for a similar situation and they settled out of court…..while I can’t disclose the amount…. I am doing well, not eligible for rehire but I still retain my stocks and a very generous keep your mouth shut amount
Shame on you Home Depot! You were wrong here.
He has more experience than most of any employees at HD. HD has NO respect for associates prior experience. They treat everyone as if they were 18 and it was their 1st job. HD policy says they are not allowed to intercept a thief.. it does not say they are not allowed to assist law enforcement whom might be in immediate danger! This was a trained law enforcement officer assisting law enforcement!! Now HD will replace him with that 17 yr old with No experience. And this guy did not make that much more$$ than an 18yr old. Trust me. I know. Everyone basically get paid the same rate.
21 years and this is his reward.
@@junec935🤮🤮🤮 on Home Depot!
So unfair just trying to stop shoplifing
Damn shame !!!
Screw Home Depot, you don't need them.
I HOPE THIS GUY FIND ANOTHER JOB SOON
cops love breaking rules.
Many companies have rules against employees getting involved with shoplifters. Those are the rules abide by them or find another The rules is not to protect the culprit… it’s to protect the employee.
He may have received a suspension, but fired is wrong.
It is not to protect the employee it’s to protect the company from litigation if injury occurs
True where I work at it. It the same thing, but they steal ammo! I can't do anything except say have a nice day. It pisses me off!
Hes not a customer in reality bro
Wow these companies are just horrendous with these rules. Millions of dollars a year get stolen from Home Depot you would think the company would be thankful. I’m sure Denver police was thankful.
All this does is advertise now how easy it is to shoplift at Home Depot.
So HomeDepot, you rather charge your customer more due to shrinkage that could have been prevented. He was a former law enforcement officer for Christ’s sake.
Not buying at home depot anymore
Don't do Homedepot.
Shame on Home Depot and of course they make no comment on the matter. What BS
Boycott home Depot. That simple.
This is why this and a lot of other countries are a mess right now!!!
Yep pointing at a rulebook as the cause isn't working anymore. Find the person, hold them accountable. It's not the guy in an orange apron, it's someone in a neck tie.
Home Depot’s loss- if they ask you back, refuse…don’t trust that employer ever again
Joe, I'm sorry for you, as being a employee of THD, I had a situation where I followed a shoplifter to his vehicle. I retrieved 2 of the 4 DeWalt tools. I was wrong, yes. I worked with corporate, my manager,and saved my employment.
Placed on a strict probation period. It was (as with you) done in the heat of the moment. So, there, that policy CAN be over stepped.
If stealing...NOT A "CUSTOMER"!!!!!!!! Get em that way!
Didn't Home Depot just fire a woman not too long ago for NOT stopping someone who was using fraudulent credit cards?
God bless you for helping the police
Hopefully you will have legal recourse
Good bless❤❤❤❤❤❤ you
Being a criminal pays in denver. Goodness is met with government force.
I would jump in too.
Shame on Home Depot! They should be boycotted but, won’t be. It’s things such as this that create environments where good employees don’t get or keep jobs.
Scitty company, someone who cares enough about the company to help gets fired before holidays..how convenient
All employees should be allowed to use their prior skills to support customers. I would feel safer with someone with his skills and experience at the store. He should be reinstated.
That’s pathetic, employees should be able to catch these losers…..
No thanks. They don't pay employees enough to put their safety or their lives on the line to stop shoplifters, and the ones that do try to stop them do it from their own instincts. As mad as y'all get seeing shoplifters stealing in a store, I want to see y'all get just as mad about the government price gouging and stealing from all of us.
He jasnt heard back from home depot. There not going to give a response
I guess Home Depot gone WOKE 🤦♂️
Home Depot leadership do the right thing, and give him his job back. This is an example of doing the right thing before public opinion gets involved on something that can be handled locally.
He won't win reinstatement to his job. If it's in the policy, then it's in the policy. No way around it. Sadly enough.
This is one of the MANY reasons I left Home Depot after 11 years. They just cant seem to grasp that if you allow people to steal from you, they WILL steal from you. In my current job, we had a guy run out the door with an air fryer. We didnt even call the cops. Four of us chased him down and took our merchandise back.
This is the type of crap that let's the people that steel get free pass!
I thought any store or restaurant have the law “ the right to serve “ in this case Homedepot have the right to NOT serve this shoplifter, therefore Home Depot / Joe has the right to protect .
Most companies have you sign that you will not confront shoplifters etc. Exactly why theft is out of control. I'm exactly like you, not on my watch.
I am from Colorado. This is one depot I will never go to.
No longer shopping at home depot
Yes you will. I’m not saying his firing was right, but I am saying you WILL shop at Home Depot again.
@@-el1nj Right? By the sound of it, Home Depot's basically giving their stuff away for FREEEEEEE!
Company policy when I was there read that taking action against a shoplifter is at the discretion of the employee. Guess things have gotten woke.
Yet try and go in and buy some wire from HD. They won’t let you carry the item up to the counter without an escort.
What? You haven’t heard back from corporate yet?
I think HomeDepot has a policy never to confront a thief !!! Stupid policy. This gives shop lifters encouragement to shoplift anywhere they want.
It sounds like he got fired for assisting in a citizens arrest.
Or do citizens' arrests NOT apply when the criminals AREN'T citizens in this country?
Joe A HERO
Employees safety, it’s more important than stopping a thief, company policy trumps
Sometime intervention, can be deadly to the employees
Not to terminate the employee, would put the policy in question
No more Bud Lights and no more Home Depot!
And this is why i don't shop at home depo, among other reason a company that has a policy that supports/enables criminal behavior/activity.
When I was hired at Home Depot they brought in the district security guy who explicitly said that going after shoplifters is a violation of company policy. You also never know what you're dealing with, a couple years ago a shoplifter shot and killed an employee who tried to stop her.
^^THIS 100%!!
True. He was just helping. He was a good Samaritan at the time.
If only it were illegal for criminals to have guns or something 😂
This happened to one of my wife's former coworkers at Marshall's. My wife doesn't work there anymore, and we do not shop there anymore. We'll add Home Depot to the list.
Sanctuary states like Colorado and Minnesota are ALWAYS in favor of the criminals.
Try to stop a criminal and YOU will end up[ paying for it.
Move to an open carry state
It is not right that he got fired,wrong,,,,😊😊
I got reprimanded at my high school job for stopping a shoplifter. After that when i saw someone stealing i looked the other way 💁♀️
As part of being a citizen requires you to help assist the police if they are in danger and fight against a suspect could have a very different outcome.
Please SUE HD. This policy stinks😢😢😢
That also happened in milford ohio . A man that worked the service desk, also an amputee, caught a man shop lifting and assisted the local law enforcement in the apprehension was also fired. Seems like there would be some said about the heroism instead you loose your job. Shame on you big corporate. Unrelated I was also hired on at the same location on a conditional hire stipulation, not fully understanding the loop holes, they used the fact that the background check would take a longer period of time, this was during covid, to come back. They hired me on as a full time employee with a 90 period til my full benefits would kick in. On the 88th day I was asked to turn in my home depot appron and did not make the cut. I was straight forward about the any information pertaining to my self and my history to the HR department then giving them 110% of my abilities as an associate to no avail. Seems like there would be something in place/ employee rights as a standard so that any company can't just use an individual to fill a spot and then tell you to leave. Again shame on you homedepot.
How ridiculous! Some of their policies are so dumb! Worked there 5 1/2 years, there was always a policy issue.
I think they should look them over and revise some! Good luck Joe!
As a former police officer, he should know better than ANYONE, it’s against Home Depot policy for employees to put their hands on anyone ( criminals included ) within the private property of Home Depot. There were lawsuits involved that go beyond the comprehension of some individuals within the company. Rules are rules
this is a about liability. if the company did not enforce these policies, no insurance company would cover them.
If he'd do it all over again, accept the consequences.
Boycott Home Depot 😊
This is wrong. WhTs the point locking stuff up them. Might as well let everybody just take stuff. It's time to start cracking down
True no need to lock anything up but its the employees who complain about the theft .