'I wound up being paid at least double': Firefighter submits honest $375 travel expenses for training convention, accounting team demands he follow their rigid reimbursement "corrections", turning his legitimate expenses into nearly $900 in payouts

Honesty (and a really great accountant) seems to be paying off for this firefighter!

When most workers, of any kind, take their own time off, in addition to using their own resources, to meet the requirements of a company, it is not unusual for those employees to expect compensation. Whether it be for gas, accommodation, meals, and in some cases, all of the above (and more!). Because if training courses or conventions are a company requirement, especially if out of state, it doesn't cost just a fragment of the employee's pocket change. It's expensive.

But that does not mean employees should take advantage of their company's open wallet. For example, just because they're paying for the meal, doesn't mean you have to order the "Premium steak and lobster surf and turf, with truffle fries on the side…" A plain old Club Sandwich should do the trick!

But this is the exact reason most companies require receipts…So that their client's words become credible in the form of little crumpled-up pieces of white paper. Allowing their compensation to meet the exact statistic of the employee's credit card balance after their weekend away…However, some companies' expense calculation formulas may differ, either in favor of their employee or not.

It seemed this company was in favor of this firefighter, or at least their compensation formulas were! After requesting a payout of $375 spent on accommodation, meals, and gas during a three-day training assignment, he assumed the compensation process would be simple…
However, the accounting team kept demanding that he revise the receipts and further explain them, claiming he was not filling them out correctly.
And after doing so…Suddenly, he went from getting reimbursed $375 to receiving almost $900! Either he has great luck…or a super solid accountant!
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