Used Company Card for Groceries

[Anonymous]

There's pluses and minuses to working for a big comapny, and adherence to policy is a trait of big companies. At my small company, the boss would have a good laugh (especialy if lingerie was purchased, as a PP stated) and that's it.

Remember to use the new cover page on the TPS report.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would have fired you.

You left your wallet at home and thought it was ok to use a corporate credit card?

The mistake is yours and honestly, the fact that you think this is even remotely ok makes me worry about your ethics.

What if you didn't have the company card, would it be ok to steal the food? To take someone else's credit card? See where this goes?

You committed theft. Period. You're lucky you weren't fired or worse and you want to complain? Ridiculous.

+1000000

YOU are the problem OP. I would have fired you for thinking this is ok.

[Anonymous]

This messed up their entire accounting and taxes OP it's not an easy fix as you think. You should be fired for this. Why didn't you just go home and get the CC?

[Anonymous]

You want to complain to corporate because…you did something wrong? What exactly do you want to come of this?

[Anonymous]

You should count your blessings. Most companies would fire you. You are never that good of an employee.
A VP at my husband's ex company used his company card by accident and was fired. It's considered theft whether the incident is innocent or not.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would have fired you.

You left your wallet at home and thought it was ok to use a corporate credit card?

The mistake is yours and honestly, the fact that you think this is even remotely ok makes me worry about your ethics.

What if you didn't have the company card, would it be ok to steal the food? To take someone else's credit card? See where this goes?

You committed theft. Period. You're lucky you weren't fired or worse and you want to complain? Ridiculous.

No, they did not commit theft. That you think he did makes me scared for anyone reporting to you.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The company can lose their agreement with the cc company of the cards are used for personal expenses.

The credit card company doesn't know if a trip to the grocery store was for business or personal. They could be buying supplies for next week's office party.

+1000.

Comment above is asinine.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This messed up their entire accounting and taxes OP it's not an easy fix as you think. You should be fired for this. Why didn't you just go home and get the CC?

Yes. Their entire fiscal year is completely ruined because OP bought some food.

Gotta love the mouth breathers that inhabit this forum.

[Anonymous]

You don’t have an option on the expense report to say “personal expense” and they take it out of your paycheck?

[Anonymous]

Funny story of why/how I left my first job: I was on travel for work and my corporate card was declined. I called up the person in charge of our cards at work and let them know. They casually said "oh yeah, CFO hasn't released funds for payment yet, sorry."

Awesome! K, so what do you suggest I do? I was told to use my personal card and submit for reimbursement. I was 22, fresh out of college all of 5 months, and only had a Discover card with a $1000 limit. The hotel that had to be switched to my card took up almost all of that availability as a hold. I was supposed to rent a car for a client meeting about 45 minutes away during day 3 of my trip. I was surviving off of hotel breakfast food that I hoarded up for the rest of the day and free snacks given out at the conference. I did not account for the fact that they needed to hold a larger deposit because I was under 25. I got to the rental place and my card wouldn't work. I was embarrassed af and ended up calling my boss instead of the lady in charge of the cards. I thought for sure he'd be sympathetic and maybe spur some action to get the corporate card working again, but no, he told me that it was pretty embarrassing to be an adult and only have one credit card to my name. He told me to figure it out.

I got off the phone and seriously sat in the middle of a sh!tty Budget rental place and cried. None of the employees knew what to do with me except give me pitying looks.

I ended up calling my mom who gave me her cc number over the phone to add to my Apple wallet. The car rental place wouldn't allow me to use it so I ended up taking Uber to and from the client meeting.

When I got back and submitted all my receipts for reimbursement, I got a quick email back that said nothing more than Rejected. Reason: personal cards not covered.

I went into a rage blackout. I don't even remember what I yelled or said to my boss. I know I quit and told them if I didn't have a check for the full amount before I was escorted out of the building, it would not be good for them.

That was apparently a threat. Who knew? I got escorted out and the police came. The one officer who dealt with me was SO nice. I thought for sure I was going to jail but I ended up only being trespassed from the office complex. He made sure I left with my reimbursement check, though. He also told me to not put that job on my resume. He said I was young enough and fresh enough that it wouldn't matter. He didn't believe I was an actual threat, just a dumb, broke kid.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Funny story of why/how I left my first job: I was on travel for work and my corporate card was declined. I called up the person in charge of our cards at work and let them know. They casually said "oh yeah, CFO hasn't released funds for payment yet, sorry."

Awesome! K, so what do you suggest I do? I was told to use my personal card and submit for reimbursement. I was 22, fresh out of college all of 5 months, and only had a Discover card with a $1000 limit. The hotel that had to be switched to my card took up almost all of that availability as a hold. I was supposed to rent a car for a client meeting about 45 minutes away during day 3 of my trip. I was surviving off of hotel breakfast food that I hoarded up for the rest of the day and free snacks given out at the conference. I did not account for the fact that they needed to hold a larger deposit because I was under 25. I got to the rental place and my card wouldn't work. I was embarrassed af and ended up calling my boss instead of the lady in charge of the cards. I thought for sure he'd be sympathetic and maybe spur some action to get the corporate card working again, but no, he told me that it was pretty embarrassing to be an adult and only have one credit card to my name. He told me to figure it out.

I got off the phone and seriously sat in the middle of a sh!tty Budget rental place and cried. None of the employees knew what to do with me except give me pitying looks.

I ended up calling my mom who gave me her cc number over the phone to add to my Apple wallet. The car rental place wouldn't allow me to use it so I ended up taking Uber to and from the client meeting.

When I got back and submitted all my receipts for reimbursement, I got a quick email back that said nothing more than Rejected. Reason: personal cards not covered.

I went into a rage blackout. I don't even remember what I yelled or said to my boss. I know I quit and told them if I didn't have a check for the full amount before I was escorted out of the building, it would not be good for them.

That was apparently a threat. Who knew? I got escorted out and the police came. The one officer who dealt with me was SO nice. I thought for sure I was going to jail but I ended up only being trespassed from the office complex. He made sure I left with my reimbursement check, though. He also told me to not put that job on my resume. He said I was young enough and fresh enough that it wouldn't matter. He didn't believe I was an actual threat, just a dumb, broke kid.

This is absolutely horrible. Did you ever get reimbursed?

I worked for a company once that would not give cash advances, and they expected an entry level employee making $30k a year to float travel expenses on her own dime. She couldn’t pay her rent and had to borrow from her parents.

I hope everyone who is condemning OP is equally, if not much, much, more, outraged about situations such as these.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You want to complain to corporate because…you did something wrong? What exactly do you want to come of this?

Not my take. My take is that OP is being reprimanded for an innocent mistake while the fat cats are blowing corporate money on booze and cigarettes. I know which one I'd have a problem with.

Hint- it wouldn't be the mom borrowing money for 12 hours to buy baby formula.

[Anonymous]

We actually have an example very close to this in our ethics training. OP, in govt (and most like many privates) this is an ethics violation. Pretty big deal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You want to complain to corporate because…you did something wrong? What exactly do you want to come of this?

Not my take. My take is that OP is being reprimanded for an innocent mistake while the fat cats are blowing corporate money on booze and cigarettes. I know which one I'd have a problem with.

Hint- it wouldn't be the mom borrowing money for 12 hours to buy baby formula.

I generally agree with you, but your example of “mom buying baby formula” is made up out of whole cloth and a cheap play for sympathy. Whether mom or not, buying formula or lamb chops, what OP did is not a big deal and the company is extra for calling her into the carpet.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The issue is that you KNEW what you were doing. Your story should have been that you accidentally grabbed the wrong card.

Yes.