Yep tell on your coworkers. At the end of the day you’re all in it for yourselves. No trust at work. HR will find a way to fire you if they want. Regardless who’s fault it is.
Trust me. Exact same thing happened to me, except with printing stuff. Manager said it’s totally cool to print whatever you want. Everyone does it all the time. If its a huge job you get a discount. If it’s so small nobody notices, it’s free. I specifically said “I’m happy to pay whatever. Just let me know how to calculate it. Or have someone tell me.”
Tldr: did the same thing my manager does, who told me to do the same, after asking permission. Got in shit anyway, and I knew that since a higher up didn’t like me, neither did HR. If I brought manager into the story, it wouldn’t have mattered. They were already in the process of writing me up for it.
Yep tell on your coworkers. At the end of the day you’re all in it for yourselves. No trust at work. HR will find a way to fire you if they want. Regardless who’s fault it is. Trust me. Exact same thing happened to me, except with printing stuff. Manager said it’s totally cool to print whatever you want. Everyone does it all the time. If its a huge job you get a discount. If it’s so small nobody notices, it’s free. I specifically said “I’m happy to pay whatever. Just let me know how to calculate it. Or have someone tell me.”
Tldr: did the same thing my manager does, who told me to do the same, after asking permission. Got in shit anyway, and I knew that since a higher up didn’t like me, neither did HR. If I brought manager into the story, it wouldn’t have mattered. They were already in the process of writing me up for it.