Business changes expense policies, loyal employee gets to take cabs everywhere: 'The company just had to pay double'

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    A little mileage or a lot of taxi fares? Oh you want taxi fares? Done I live in a commuter city about 60 km from my old workplace. I traveled for work pretty frequently and needed to get to and from the airport.
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    My office happens to be about 8 km from the airport. Finance instituted a rule that they would only reimburse mileage the lesser of the distance from home or the distance from the office.
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    So when of driving to the airport, and being reimbursed for 68km each way, I was reimbursed for 8. After reimbursement and leaving extra time to park in the value lot and take the shuttle, I saved the company a lot of money on my 1- 2 night trips by driving. I was deep in the "we are a family, is this good for the organization" mindset.
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    Cue the malicious compliance. Taxis were just reimbursed with little oversight from Finance. I told my director how I was being screwed in exchange for my early mornings, and we agreed I'd no longer drive and submit expense reports. Instead I'd just cab it.
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    By letting someone else drive me I saved an hour in the morning before I took off and and hour after I landed, and the company just had to pay double for a taxi or airport limo. Pedantic expense policies for the win!
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    u2597 Enjoy the time so much that when they realize the error of their ways, decline the offer to return to your long commute. Time is not replaceable.
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    MusicalMerlin1973 Nice. My company used to provide a ride to and from the airport when I traveled for them. No questions asked. Until they changed the policy. Travel must be for at least five days.
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    Fine, I'll fly out of the local feeder airport instead that's half an hour from my house and no traffic or parking bs. stress instead. The ticket price differential was well more than the cost of the car ride to the metro airport.
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    wolfgang784 And now that you aren't the one driving you can get some work done on the way! Or relax. When I drove for Uber, most of my airport rides were fancy-pants business people doing conference calls or lots of typing while I drove.
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    NairobiMuzungu Has the folly of the policy been noticed yet? In the interim, enjoy the free time.
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    opschief0299 Bean counters can cause so much damage from their little bubble

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