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Pretty stupid thing to do to be honest. Even if the OP does not lose their job, they can wave goodbye to any thought of promotion. I would look for another job.
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I love how naive some people are, well the system let me do so it must be OK is not an excuse. I've seen and heard of lots of people abusing employee discounts when I worked at CPW and Loss Prevention didn't care for your excuses as honest people know it's wrong to apply your discount twice which is what you've been doing. It's easy to claim ignorance once you've been caught.
How is it an oversight on the companies part? The systems they have in place will not know the giftcards where purchased using staff discount so they will not be able to highlight at the point of sale for the item being bought with the giftcard that it's not eligible for staff discount.
Edit: Also re-reading your OP it seems like you think this is just because you bought giftcards with your staff discount, it's not because of that.
How is it an oversight on the companies part? The systems they have in place will not know the giftcards where purchased using staff discount so they will not be able to highlight at the point of sale for the item being bought with the giftcard that it's not eligible for staff discount.
Edit: Also re-reading your OP it seems like you think this is just because you bought giftcards with your staff discount, it's not because of that.
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....with no 4 years to pay 
Why do the company allow staff to buy discount cards if it leads to issues like this where people can be let go for gross misconduct? It seems to be a pretty poorly thought out system. Obviously you shouldn't be getting a double discount but ultimately the problem should be addressed at their end, I'd be furious if I were you
Only in todays society can those in the wrong look to blame their employers for their wrong doings. The mind boggles....it really does.
Maybe if they fire him, the OP should sue them for putting him under unnecessary stress and claim a life of lost earnings due to not being able to trust any future employers cannot safeguard against his fraudulent activities..
Or maybe to protect itself against dodgy employees they should just remove staff discount for all employees.
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Any word from the OP?
You surely must have realised that you were getting double discount?
As others have said, you really only have 2 choices here.
1) Offer to reimburse the company for the additional 20% of purchases you spent
2) Find alternative employment before you're officially disciplined
We can all agree that clearly this company you work for has a lack of processes in place when it comes to purchasing with staff discount and it is just as much their fault, but that excuse won't fly. I know when i used to work at Currys/DSG staff discount could only be applied by the store/assistant managers. Don't know if giftcards were allowed under the discount scheme, but at least with this process the manager would know that there's a double discount and would override or something.
You surely must have realised that you were getting double discount?
As others have said, you really only have 2 choices here.
1) Offer to reimburse the company for the additional 20% of purchases you spent
2) Find alternative employment before you're officially disciplined
We can all agree that clearly this company you work for has a lack of processes in place when it comes to purchasing with staff discount and it is just as much their fault, but that excuse won't fly. I know when i used to work at Currys/DSG staff discount could only be applied by the store/assistant managers. Don't know if giftcards were allowed under the discount scheme, but at least with this process the manager would know that there's a double discount and would override or something.
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I agree why let staff buy discount cards if they already can have discount.
They messed up and unfortunately you may be made the scapegoat
They messed up and unfortunately you may be made the scapegoat
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With his lack of reply he must now know he was naughty
Only in todays society can those in the wrong look to blame their employers for their wrong doings. The mind boggles....it really does.
Maybe if they fire him, the OP should sue them for putting him under unnecessary stress and claim a life of lost earnings due to not being able to trust any future employers cannot safeguard against his fraudulent activities..
Or maybe to protect itself against dodgy employees they should just remove staff discount for all employees.
Clearly there's an issue, why put honest staff in a situation where they can be fired for being naivé for the sake of a small discount on a gift card? Surely after 1 person is fired it's just far easier to not allow the discount on gift cards?
because the person who set up the staff discount system was not a ***** thief and it didn't really occur to them that a member of staff would buy a giftcard for themselves not for a gift so they could scam the company.
small discount?
Op's scam ran into hundreds of pounds over the course of more than a year that's not naive thats deliberate and planned out.
Why do you immediately assume someone is scamming a company rather than making an honest mistake? Maybe the OP knew exactly what he was doing, maybe he didn't, but you don't know either why
I'm not buying it, it would be painfully obvious if you were double dipping on a 20% discount. Something being 36% cheaper is very easy to notice.
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I'd have you done for Gross Misconduct if I was your boss, OP. Buying gift cards for family? Fine. Double dipping with them? That's theft from the company.
I'd resign before you get a black mark on your record as Castiel has said above.
I'd resign before you get a black mark on your record as Castiel has said above.
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what he honestly repeatedly bought gift cards amounting to nearly a thousand pounds then every single time had to buy the gift himself for the family member?
at no point did he think "hmm maybe i should just give them the cards, or better yet stop buying these damn cards waiting a few days then buying the gift and just buy the gift with cash?"