When you know your boss is WRONG!?

My boss drives a company vehicle everyday to and from work, around town or where ever it is he needs to go. He also uses the company gas card and is doing all of this without corporate knowledge. Part of my job is to track the vehicles and make sure all are in compliance with the DOT. Every month I have been filling out a declaration for the truck my boss is driving, saying it is parked at the office and not in use. Corporate called me one day asking why the gas card for that truck has over $500 in charges and I told them that I didnâ€™t know and would like to know when they found out. Since then nothing has been said and once again a declaration was filled out and nothing has been done. On top of all this he is also writing out expenses for mileage! So averaging about $250 a week in bogus expenses.
How can I bring this to corporate attention without seeming catty? I donâ€™t think it is right what he is doing and I also donâ€™t think it is fair. I want this to stop so my butt wont be under the burner anymore for lying to DOT.

Thanks!

Never lie for someone else.

you shouldn't have lied to them. TELL THE TRUTH coz it's your responsibility to monitor the company's trucks.... and you are not doing anything... even if he's your boss, you should betray him coz what he is doing is a VIOLATION... and only you can solve that because its your job... tell them as soon as possible...

In falsifying documents you are putting yourself in a very compromising situation. I strongly advise you to stop right now and in future fill them out HONESTLY. You are endangering not only your job but your reputation as well and putting your whole future career at stake. Your boss is a common criminal and will be prosecuted when the truth comes to light. You will be protected but you must stop this falsification right now. Bad enough on the docs, but you also lied on the phone. Stop worrying about seeming catty; catty has nothing to do with it TRUTH and HONESTY are your TOP priorities. I suggest you contact corporate ASAP and explain the situation. If they find out down the road, which they will due to the constant extra expense, you could be in a lot more trouble...best to get it off your chest and stop the stealing. Remember, you've already lied to DOT...now redeem yourself with the truth.

Before doing anything at all think how much influence your boss has. If he is an influent men, with friends in the top management of the company, you'll only get yourself unemployed. (Don't want to mention here your lawsuit against them and the bucket of money you would make in that case)
On the other hand, if you know you work for a fair and professional company (or corporation), you could write an open letter to the people in your company designed and able to deal with these problems. This again starts some trouble: he gets punished (I don't know by what means); and then it's on you again, for lying all that time for him. Your honesty might buy you some forgiveness in that case, but you will still be held responsible.

Of course, you could always say that it only happened the previous month, but would only make his punishment significantly softer.

Again, you could say that you were terribly afraid of him and that's why you lied, making him look llike a heartless sob.+

In my opinion, the best way to do this is either by an open letter; or by setting an audience with whoever deals with this.
In both cases you should tell them that you were afraid you are going to lose your job; that's why you didn't tell them earlier. That would save you.

And, just in case things go wrong (I don't see how, but anyway) the company is able to track his expenses and find the locations he got gas from. If what you say is true, those locations will be all over the map, proving that you tell the truth.

But remember, first of all find out how influent your boss is and if you really want to do this. Also you should consider the worst consequences, and if you are ok with them, go right ahead.

PS: another option would be talking to your boss and telling him that you are really unconfortable with lying in oficial reports for him. But this also has ups and downs.

It's up to you to decide!

You are taking a big risk covering for your boss. You will get fired and he will get a slap on the hand.

I would definitely let corporate know but, I'm not sure about letting them know that you knew all along. Then again, that would be a lie too. However you do it, tell them. If you don't, they might think you're in it with him.

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