Safety Vs Money - Should I Tell My Boss? (plz read further)?

Question

Okay. Here's the situation - where I work isn't exactly Beverly Hills. It's not the Projects either, but it's not precisely the safest place to be. I'm a young-ish girl, skinny as a twig, with no self defense training whatsoever. I'm alone on my ENTIRE shift, which is from 3.30pm to 7.00pm. I don't exactly feel safe with just me; I'd feel a lot safer if there were 2 people on shift instead of just 1. However, for fiscal reasons, my boss won't put 2 people on the same shift when he thinks just 1 will suffice. Also, I have to make the nightly deposits at the bank across the parking lot. In the wintertime, 7:00 is pitch black over there. Sure, they have a light, and security cameras, but security cameras aren't checked until the morning after, which, fat lot of good that would do me if I got abducted; the guy could have killed me 200 times over by then. I'm of the opinion that the night deposit should be made first thing in the morning by the person that comes in and opens up the store. And I am by no means trying to shirk my duties -- I just don't think it's safe at all.

But I'm afraid that if I tell him my opinion that I should have company on shift so I'm not alone and vulnerable, I think he'll say, "Well, if you don't feel safe working here, then maybe you shouldn't." And I can't stop working there because I don't have another job lined up, and I have car and phone insurance and tuition to pay.

Any ideas?

Answer 1

You have to evaluate the risks and benefits of your current job and decide on what to do in the immediate future: quit or stick it out.

In the long term the best solution is to find another job that you feel is safer.

Go out and start looking for a job NOW!  Your objective should be to find a job by the time it starts getting dark at 7PM.  The fact that you are a student will work in your favor as well as the skills and experience you have acquired in your present job.  (For example, the fact that your boss has enough confidence in you to leave you alone and let you deposit the money is a strong plus when job hunting.)

Hope this helps

Jerry-the-bookkeeper

Answer 2

You can tell him how you feel about the safety issues, especially about taking the deposit to the bank. He may agree or he may say "this is the job, take it or leave it".

Pepper spray might be something to keep in your pocket at all times and I'd check into the local police department and see if they offer any women's self defense classes.  

Answer 3

I agree make the deposit in the morning in the winter months?

Tell him, it's your life he is playing with.

He may understand.

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