A woman defrauded her employers of thousands of pounds because she felt undervalued, Perth Sheriff Court heard.
Helen MacDonald used her position to hire a top-of-the-range car, as well as to buy electronics during a six-month scheme.
The 26-year-old was caught when another employee noticed discrepancies in the invoices.
The court heard that MacDonald was responsible for ordering goods for the business and had used her role to order thousands of pounds worth for herself.
Depute fiscal Jim Eodanable said: “She was at the time an employee of Hermes Parcels Ltd.
“She was effectively a fleet manager she had responsibility for tachographs and ensuring drivers had the correct insurance and licences. Ancillary to her main role, she was responsible for ordering items for the business.
“The accused ordered items for personal use. The delivery was sent to her and the invoice was sent to her office for payment.”
He added that she had acquired a BMW from a hire company.
“It came to the attention (of the company) when she was not at work and another employee had to deal with the invoices,” he said.
“They contacted the hire company and were advised that the accused had hired the car. The hire of a van was usual but a car was not.
“This caused inquiries to be made and other items had ostensibly been ordered for the company but were never received by the company.”
Solicitor John McLaughlin, defending, said her motive was to get back at the company, which she felt was not paying her for additional duties or acknowledging her complaints of bullying.
He said that on one occasion she had been told she could not get time off to attend her grandmother’s funeral as the family link was not close enough.
Mr McLaughlin went on: “This was not done for financial gain, it was an attempt to even the score. It was almost inevitable it would come to light and land her in court.”
MacDonald had previously admitted creating a fraudulent scheme between February 27 and August 28 last year, whereby at Hermes’ North Muirton depot, at an address on West Newgate, Arbroath, and at her home in Morris Court, Perth, she pretended to companies that she was ordering goods and services on behalf of Hermes Parcels and so obtained mobile phones, tablet computers and the hire of a car to the value of £3,965.
Sheriff William Wood warned MacDonald that such an offence could have warranted a custodial sentence but told her: “I take into account your previous good character.”
He ordered her to carry out 250 hours of unpaid work and imposed a four-month restriction of liberty order, confining her to her home from 7pm to 6am.