After my disciplinary yestaday they decided to sack me i really not happy about it but maybe im better off out of that shop now.

May i first say thanx so much for you help with all of this Teaboy. Well your question about how i get on with my managers and work mates ive worked for this company for 9 years now and for the past 3 and a half years there has been lots of ups and downs when it came to managers and dep managers at one ponit we did not have either of them and i was running the shop on my own over them years i have done everything instore and all of a sudden to new people came in and took over so at first our relationship was all over the place because i felt pushed to one side, at the mo my relationship with the manager is ok but i really dont think i trust her because this matter has leeked out from somewhere i.e her, the other staff i find very 2 faced they are nice as pie to her face and then go and slag you off behind your back, to be compleatly honist if i could afford it now i would out cause i cant work with these people anymore.

I first need to say to you that the company already know the friend/customer as she used to work instore she has not got the giftcard anyone as she binned everything because she was worried that she would get into trouble. It says on my letter that im only aloud to bring another member of staff with me to the meeting so i would not be able to take her anyway. You are so right about everything you have wrote though and its rubbish that im getting a disalinary over this and being told i may loose my job over this which is bring me lots of stress which is not good for myself and the baby. The breach of my confidentiality is right to and dont you worry i will be bringing this up in my meeting and if i do so happen to get dismissed i will take this as far as i can to get them done for unfair dismissal.

Can i also say that behind my back all the staff in my shop are talking about this matter and it looks like my manager has been tell staff what i have done and also another shop in the town which is part of our company are gossiping about me. can anyone tell me weather this affects my case and how i can bring this up in my disciplinary.

I have been suspended on full basic pay yes which is good, the goods i brought back for my friend where £40 full price and the items i exchanged them for where £30 full price and the £10 left i put on a gift card which i would do for any other customer so no the compant did not loose out on any money. My handbook duz say that we are not aloud to serve ourselves and i have addmitted it was a stupid mistake the my manager still took it to h.r (head office). I have also recived my letter from them today and it says that i am suspened for alleged breach or refund procedures and alleged fulsification of company documentation. then it says which may constitute an act of gross misconduct. i have not got a date for my disciplinary yet but it duz say in the letter it should not take anymore then 10 working days.

Hi I work at clothes shop and one day my friend had 2 items to exchange and she could not get out of where she worked untill 7 oclock so i offered to exchange them for her as she needed a top for a funereal the next day, i went into work and done the exchange for her but did not get another member of staff to serve me i do it myself which i know was wrong so i got a member of staff to cheak it for me after i had done it to cover my back, this member of staff told the manager what i had done and now after 2 meeting going over the same questions i have been suspended, is this right that i have been suspended and if so does anyone know what will happen to me, and my i also add that i am 16 weeks pregnant and im now under alot of stress cause i dont know whats going to happen to my job. please help.