Citibank: dismissal for lunch

The analyst was dismissed from Citibank, and he appealed to the court, challenging his dismissal. It would seem that nothing would be of interest if not the reason for the dismissal.

Szabolcs Fekete charged the bank forlunch, which he consumed during his business trip. Such compensation is allowed, however, the bankers suspected that he did not eat everything himself, but shared it with someone. The suspicion was due to the lunch bill which included two sandwiches, two pastas and two coffees.

The analyst proved in vain that he ate everything himself - the bank remained adamant. The investigation revealed that the analyst tried to mislead the financial supervisors, and, accordingly, the bank incurred extra costs. The punishment was severe – Mr. Fekete was fired.

The ex-analyst appealed to the court, however, the judge supported the bankers and considered that there was the sharing of the lunch with other person, accordingly, financially discipline violated, and, therefore, the dismissal is lawful.

Is that funny?

Not at all.

Perhaps I will appear a bureaucrat, however, I support the bank. Why?

Very simple: I don’t care about amount of loss. Fekete was fired for cheating and providing false accounting documents. And here it is no longer important amount, the matter is in principle. Deception is not permissible! I am absolutely sure that if Fekete would immediately confess its guilt, try to explain, then everything would be without consequences.

The attempt to cheat led to drastic decisions.

Of course, there are various situations, but I would qualify Fekete case as malicious wilful deception of an employer. I’d fire an employee for that, too... However, perhaps he would have gotten off with a lighter punishment - I am still more humane than bankers, however, the punishment should be mandatory.

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