<prompt> Human: Hi Reddit! My girlfriend had been working for the drug store Walgreens from I like to say about May to October 2016...long story short she was fired for changing prices and buying items with another coworker...she was fired, understandably. Today she received a letter in the mail saying since she has taken 100 from the company, she must pay them back for 400. She was a minor of the time of her termination, but is now 18 years of age. I get it she messed up, we both understand that. My question is what happens if she doesnt pay this? Weve read in some places where this is just the company trying to bully you into paying money? And another question as well, they said this wont be going on her record, but she had been applying for jobs since her termination, and shes not getting even enough a call back from another employer...is this on her record even though the manager said it wasnt? Thanks for the help, I apologize if its the wrong sub, we just dont know where to turn and we just can afford to pay 400 right now.Assistant: Did she sign an employee contract? Did she sign anything when she was fired saying she would pay them back? Was she charged criminally? There is no such thing as a permanent record other than a criminal record and a credit record. Does she have ant other work experience. Nothing says you have to put a job on your resumeapplication that you were fired from. You would just have an gap in your employment. Being a minor at the time may just get her out of this since minors cant be held long liable contractually. Oh, now that she is legally an adult, she really needs to never do that again. She can now be charged with theft and that can screw for a long time. Human: She wont do it again. She did sign an employment contract to work yes I believe so. She was not charged criminally.  <response>: Its highly, HIGHLY unlikely that a teenager working at Walgreens signed an employment contract. 