Does your job make you pay your own expenses and file for reimbursement?

[Anonymous]

I think most companies have moved to this model of expenses because then they don't incur the annual fees or interest on corporate cards. But yes, it can be frustrating. And I always wonder what people who just * do not have * available cash or credit to cover a mega work-related expense do. I think it's a bit presumptuous of companies to assume everyone just has a spare $3-5k lying around each month that they can liquidate or tie up in work related expenses.

The best though is when they hang up reimbursement for something like a $40 valet charge. Yeah, thanks, meanwhile, I have a mortgage to pay and you're holding onto $3400 and quibbling over a receipt from a Mexican restaurant.

[Anonymous]

I work for a Fortune 500 and most expenses go on my personal credit card and are reimbursed, as is mileage. However we recently started using a travel agent for all flights and hotels. Honestly I've heard lots of complaints with the new system because people don't have as many choices as they used to. Be careful what you wish for....

[Anonymous]

My current company has corporate cards. First time i've had that - previously i put it on a personal card and got reimbursed. But, my previous companies were good about reimbursing quickly - if I got the expense reports in on time I usually had the money before the credit card was due.

I like not having it be on a personal card but I miss the points...

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:
Yes, I work at a very big company and we have company credit cards in our names that we have to pay off and then claim expenses back from the firm. So essentially we are loaning money to company interest free for a few weeks.

I can claim back fees etc but it's never come to that bc I always pay my balance in full by the due date.

It works like this everywhere. The only exception I can think of is Google where my husband works. They have an in house travel agent that you book with and you never have to pay and claim back, except for meals on the road, but never for big things like flights and hotels.


Says who that it works like this everywhere? I work for a small company and people are issued company credit cards they are not required to use their personal credit cards.
On the other hand, my husband works for a large company and is required to put travel expenses on his own personal card which I think is a whole lot of BS.

The big company I work for does issue us company CCs however they are in our names and all liabilities on those cards are personal and it is our own credit on the line. However we get paid back our expenses in a very timely way (3-5 business days) and the whole thing is a well oiled machine. Majority of big companies do approach expenses in the this way, I should know, I'm a career consultant!

NP here. Awesome, we have a career consultant, which means they know everything (because we already told them the answers) and they can put it into a slick deck, present it back to us, and charge us a rich fee for the privilege!

Seriously, you can't speak for "everywhere". My company is large, issues credit cards, it's not reported on my credit report. We have 30,000 employees and 10,000 with pcards if you want a comparator for scale.

BTW, any company that lets you book your own travel on your personal card and does not ask for boarding passes with the expensive documentation is asking for fraudulent behavior.