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[JamesV6CDX]

I emailed my boss. I send her pictures of the severe damage to the locking drawers on my desk, and told her I thought there had been a security breach and asked her advice on how to proceed.

She emailed back, and said to me "we were looking for something while you were off sick. We thought it might be in your drawer, so *** pulled your drawer to see if it was unlocked, and it came open in his hand.

My opinion of that?

Utter rubbish.

The metal part of the lock has been bent by considerable force, and on top of that there are clear marks where an implement (such as a big screwdriver) has been used to force it open.

I've taken photo's of it all, and written a little personal "statement" I have saved, in case I ever need it.

Not sure where to go from here. She apologises profusely and says the draw was only lightly pulled to see if an item was in there.

I can tell otherwise. It's been forced open with some considerable effort.

What shall I do... just keep hold of the pics, keep my notes and keep quiet? Or... take it further?

I must say, the people involved were like cats on hot coal, after I sent the pictures of the "break in" around our area department, asking if anyone knew anything...

[Richie London]

i would go further if you are sure she lying, obviously something to hide

[JamesV6CDX]

I may ask to see the security manager in confidence, and ask for his opinion... or possibly a HR advisor...   :-/

I don't think a criminal offence has been commited, but I do feel a little bit violated.

Don't get me wrong, if it was made clear from day 1 they were open to everyone, I would be fine about this - but I was given keys, and told it was my personal space - so I'm not happy....

Reason for edit - I Can't spell!

[Marks DTM Calib]

Lol, knowing the monkey metal they make those desk locks out of..........it would not surprise me in the least!  

[JamesV6CDX]

Lol, knowing the monkey metal they make those desk locks out of..........it would not surprise me in the least!  

It did cross my mind - but I tried pulling a locked drawer on a simelar (unused) cabinet, and it was taking some real force, and not breaking.

End of the day, I don't simply believe he tried to open it with no force. I can see the screwdriver marks, and can see where it's been pryed about...

[iainb]

Make a hard copy of all email traffic with the pictures.
Make a request for the damaged items to be repaired/replaced as needed.
You have the moral high ground now KEEP IT.

[Leomas]

I would speak to HR/Security and explain your concerns...mention your extra-curricular activities to make it clear you know what you are talking about

[Radar]

You could start a poll on this one!

I would keep all your evidence as you might need it later.
Did she find what she was looking for? I doubt it which shows she is prepared to lie and she can't backtrack now. Hopefully she now knows she has been caught and will turn her attentions to someone else. If further incidents occur at least you have some ammunition to take to her superiors.

Put it down to experience and go about your business as normal is my advice.

[alexandjen]

Did she actually state what they were looking for?

If so what were the chances of it being in your drawers?

[Marks DTM Calib]

To be honest, it would not bother me one bit.

I certainly would not be bothered by it but, I don't keep anything of value at work.....in fact I don't lock my desk, filing cabinet or cupboard.

[Kevin Wood]

Make a hard copy of all email traffic with the pictures.
Make a request for the damaged items to be repaired/replaced as needed.
You have the moral high ground now KEEP IT.

Agreed. I would also make a report of everything that's happened and lodge it with the HR department. If things are turning nasty for some reason there needs to be an independant record of events.

Kevin

[JamesV6CDX]

Make a hard copy of all email traffic with the pictures.
Make a request for the damaged items to be repaired/replaced as needed.
You have the moral high ground now KEEP IT.

Agreed. I would also make a report of everything that's happened and lodge it with the HR department. If things are turning nasty for some reason there needs to be an independant record of events.

Kevin

The strange thing is, my boss couldn't go out of her way enough to promise me it was totally innocent.

But, when I asked other colleagues what happened, they said "no idea" even though I later discovered they were present when it was forced.

As for the guy that did it - I don't trust him as far as I could throw him. He's the most unhelpful selfish and spiteful sod I know.

[Kevin Wood]

Make a hard copy of all email traffic with the pictures.
Make a request for the damaged items to be repaired/replaced as needed.
You have the moral high ground now KEEP IT.

Agreed. I would also make a report of everything that's happened and lodge it with the HR department. If things are turning nasty for some reason there needs to be an independant record of events.

Kevin

The strange thing is, my boss couldn't go out of her way enough to promise me it was totally innocent.

But, when I asked other colleagues what happened, they said "no idea" even though I later discovered they were present when it was forced.

As for the guy that did it - I don't trust him as far as I could throw him. He's the most unhelpful selfish and spiteful sod I know.

The fact that they are behaving like this indicates that something odd is afoot, IMHO.

If I got in to work and my boss had had urgent need to accesss something he'd suspected to be in my drawers, hadn't been able to contact me and had to break into it, I would expect him to be honest about it. It's a reasonable thing to do IMHO. Denying all knowledge of it indicates something they are trying to hide.

If I were you I would keep everything personal at home and everything work related at work in future. You never know what can happen to your belongings at work. I only have to look at the muppets they employ as cleaners in our place to relaise this. They have a track record of helping themselves to our mobile phones for a start...

Kevin

[Danny]

if you take it further, will they start to think you actually have something to hide?

I'd have another chat to the boss face to face and ask what part of this guy's metal finger nail damaged the lock!!

[Leomas]

Make a hard copy of all email traffic with the pictures.
Make a request for the damaged items to be repaired/replaced as needed.
You have the moral high ground now KEEP IT.

Agreed. I would also make a report of everything that's happened and lodge it with the HR department. If things are turning nasty for some reason there needs to be an independant record of events.

Kevin

The strange thing is, my boss couldn't go out of her way enough to promise me it was totally innocent.

But, when I asked other colleagues what happened, they said "no idea" even though I later discovered they were present when it was forced.

As for the guy that did it - I don't trust him as far as I could throw him. He's the most unhelpful selfish and spiteful sod I know.

One telling thing is that you had to ask, she didn't tell you as soon as possible after you were both in