Sock-Stuffing Amazon Warehouse Workers

First there were stories about Amazon requiring workers to stand in long lines to go through a search and metal-detector scan when leaving for the day to check for stolen goods. 

Now comes a story from Bloomberg about a scare tactic Amazon uses to discourage workers from stealing from its warehouses.

It's enough to give sellers pause at the thought of trusting their inventory to fulfillment houses such as Amazon FBA - but theft is a fact of life in the retail industry.

As we explain in Tuesday's Newsflash, Amazon has reportedly installed flatscreen TVs where workers can see them on their way to clock in each day. The TVs display stories about workers who were caught stealing, including details of what they allegedly stole and how they got caught. It's meant as a deterrent for those who might be tempted to try it themselves.

According to the Bloomberg story, some of the ways workers have allegedly tried to steal items from the Amazon warehouses include changing an outbound package's address and "stuffing merchandise in their socks." (The article didn't say exactly how Amazon detected the sock stuffer.)

Have you ever had inventory go missing from a fulfillment warehouse that you suspected was caused by employee theft? Are you satisfied with how Amazon handles lost inventory?