A new hire just fell for a CEO scam and the managers are being d!cks about it.
The new hire received a fake email “from the CEO” asking her to buy gift cards for $500 for our partners. Had this not been their second week on the job they would've asked questions or known not to use their own funds for a purchase but they wanted to make a good impression.
I have been reporting these scams for a year now, HR got an email “from me” asking that my paycheck be sent to a different account, they almost fell for it.
Am I wrong for asking the managers to reimburse the new hire because 1) the organization has never had a company-wide training/policy on email scams, 2) this happened on the job and this person just lost money due to a work-related event; if this had been an injury that happened at work the employer would be liable for it.
Do you know of any resources or existing policies around work-related scams? What could be used to justify a reimbursement expense to the finance team?
Any help appreciated!