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Post by kellybelly77 on Apr 1, 2016 14:02:22 GMT
Update: I just got my check today, so 6 weeks again.
Oy! And I am traveling again on Friday and the first week in May so a ton more miles.
How quick do you get reimbursed for work expenses? Like mileage, travel, etc.
We have one lady who does this and she refuses to allow direct deposit so she writes checks and it takes forever! Last year, I went to a conference and I had $1,500 in expenses between my hotel (because she didn't authorize the room right when she made the reservation) and airport fees, food, etc. It took 6 weeks to get back.
Most take about 4 weeks. Currently I am waiting for a $300 check for the last 3 weeks. She does not have a supervisor and our CEO does not seem concerned that people wait that long for reimbursement. So there is no accountability and she just one day gets around to getting people reimbursed. My last employer direct deposited the money within 2 days.
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Post by scrappert on Apr 1, 2016 14:07:18 GMT
We are a small company, so expense checks are about a week at the longest.
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Post by kellybelly77 on Apr 1, 2016 14:08:04 GMT
We are a small company, so expense checks are about a week at the longest. And we are a super large company and it takes forever. Go figure!!
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Post by padresfan619 on Apr 1, 2016 14:11:35 GMT
Small company. We are reimbursed on the following paycheck once the reimbursement report is submitted, so two weeks at the very longest.
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Post by AN on Apr 1, 2016 14:11:37 GMT
It depends on the division and who the approvers are. It used to be about 2-3 weeks in my old division. My new division is smaller and has more high-ranking people in it (so the admins take realllllly good care of them), and the approvals seem faster, usually direct deposited in about a week.
6 weeks would make me insane. I think it should be 28 days absolute maximum so in theory, if you charged an expense on the last day of your credit card cycle, you'd have the money in time to pay it off before any interest accrued. It doesn't sound like anyone is interested in taking her to task, but if you're going to try to get someone to change it, I think that would be a really reasonable rationale to use.
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Post by debmast on Apr 1, 2016 14:15:11 GMT
My hubby usually gets reimbursed same day or the next day
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Post by scrappington on Apr 1, 2016 14:16:17 GMT
If you came to me with a $1500 expense and the signing officer was in the office you'd have your cheque before you left pending all expenses where legit.
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Post by loco coco on Apr 1, 2016 14:18:47 GMT
That sucks! my DH works for a huge company, he submits expenses on Sundays and it will be in his account within a week
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Post by scraphollie27 on Apr 1, 2016 14:21:19 GMT
Our cheque requisitions have a two week reimbursement policy but rarely would it go beyond a week. Direct deposit is always encouraged as we had an instance of cheque fraud a couple of years ago (stolen out of the mail and washed) and the bank deemed us responsible so we are actively trying to move away from cheques.
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Post by cmpeter on Apr 1, 2016 14:22:41 GMT
We have corporate cards, so most work expenses go on them. We file online expense reports and capture receipts with an app on our phone. Sometimes I have small charges (tips, mileage, etc) that require reimbursement directly back to me. I get those in my next paycheck.
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Post by pridemom on Apr 1, 2016 14:24:15 GMT
Small office. If I turn in by Monday, I have the check that week. Our person writes checks once a week and a board member has to sign off on the check as we are non-profit.
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Post by angie3dpea on Apr 1, 2016 14:30:14 GMT
We have direct deposit. We upload everything into a web program and once my expense report is approved, I generally have the $ within 3 days. The whole process is less than a week end to end
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2016 14:47:33 GMT
Usually no more than two weeks and the funds are direct deposited. Six weeks is WAY too long. I would start claiming late fees if it took longer that 25 days for the company to make payment. There is really no excuse for that kind of drag with today's technology.
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Post by psiluvu on Apr 1, 2016 14:50:18 GMT
I work for a small firm and the lady who does his works every Wednesday so sometimes a week, sometimes same day.
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Post by kellybelly77 on Apr 1, 2016 14:50:37 GMT
I figured everyone would have their reimbursement quicker. I swear, our gal just likes to control everything so she just does it when she feels like it. She won't move to direct deposit because she likes to control when all the checks go out.
I was super irritated with the 6 weeks. I had the expenses on my personal credit card and had to pay the bill before I had the reimbursement. Luckily I could swing it but I hear others complain because they travel more frequently and have large checks and can't swing the bill for that long.
It's been brought up to the CEO and he just brushes it off. Luckily, I don't have expenses but a few times a year. And most of the time it's just mileage and not large expenses.
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Post by Darcy Collins on Apr 1, 2016 14:50:46 GMT
Usually 2 weeks - big company. Actually the biggest company I've ever worked for had the longest process. But in fairness to them 99% of everything went on the corporate card, so it was rare to have something on your personal card which seemed to make their process longer.
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Post by pridemom on Apr 1, 2016 14:53:08 GMT
I figured everyone would have their reimbursement quicker. I swear, our gal just likes to control everything so she just does it when she feels like it. She won't move to direct deposit because she likes to control when all the checks go out. I was super irritated with the 6 weeks. I had the expenses on my personal credit card and had to pay the bill before I had the reimbursement. Luckily I could swing it but I hear others complain because they travel more frequently and have large checks and can't swing the bill for that long. It's been brought up to the CEO and he just brushes it off. Luckily, I don't have expenses but a few times a year. And most of the time it's just mileage and not large expenses. What's the policy say? Surely they must have one.
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Post by SweetieBsMom on Apr 1, 2016 14:55:51 GMT
We're a large company and it's super quick. Not even a week. When you submit expenses, you do it through the system, an e-mail goes to your Manager to approve and once they approve it happens on the weekly check run.
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Post by mimi3566 on Apr 1, 2016 14:56:44 GMT
AP cutoff is Wednesday at noon for a Friday check cut....we encourage direct deposit so as long as you have your expense report approved and turned into our AP by WEdnesday, you will receive your money by Friday in your account.
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Post by kellybelly77 on Apr 1, 2016 14:57:56 GMT
What's the policy say? Surely they must have one. Haha! There is no policy. Before I and our HR Director started there basically was no HR dept. So there were no policies on most things. We have written them as time has gone on but there isn't one for expenses. There was talk about getting the HR Dept their own expense card but we still don't have one.
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Post by jeremysgirl on Apr 1, 2016 15:02:21 GMT
I work in government and our expenses are reimbursed with regular paychecks so at the most it takes two weeks as we get paid every two weeks.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2016 15:19:44 GMT
Small company. We are reimbursed on the following paycheck once the reimbursement report is submitted, so two weeks at the very longest. This was dh's previous job. I'm not sure about the current job as I haven't heard anything about needing to be reimbursed. He did say that if he submits proof of a gym membership, he'd get reimbursed the cost up to $200 (a year) within a month.
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Post by annabella on Apr 1, 2016 15:26:59 GMT
We're a small company and depending on when your manager approves it, employees get reimbursed within a week.
Now outside people who do work for us, their invoice goes to accounting and that can be more than 30 days to approve. People get annoyed but if you're running a business you need to be able to float yourself for a little while.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2016 16:30:13 GMT
My department does the reimbursing. I approve expense on a weekly basis and they are issued with our payables run every Thursday. So at the most people are waiting a week.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2016 16:33:17 GMT
We are a company of 400. It takes a week to two weeks to get reimbursed. I would be pissed if I had to pay interest on my credit card for work nor do I like carrying a balance.
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Post by mari on Apr 1, 2016 16:35:31 GMT
Ours takes awhile. I just got mileage for December last week. It usually takes at least 6 weeks.
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Post by anniefb on Apr 1, 2016 16:55:08 GMT
Ours take about a week and are direct credited. 6 weeks is completely unacceptable IMO. I put all my out of pocket expenses on my credit card so even if there's a slight delay, I'll always have the refund before I need to pay the balance.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2016 17:10:00 GMT
It depends on when you submit. They pay out expense reimbursements on the same dates as payroll direct deposit. So if your submission is approved on Tuesday before a payday Friday (we are paid biweekly), you'll get paid that Friday. If your submission is approved the next day, it's too late for the Friday run, so you won't get reimbursed for two weeks and two days.
Our corporate card payments post the day after our expense reports receive final approval, but I work for a bank and the cards are issued by said bank, so it's a special circumstance.
ETA: It's a national bank, so a very large company. We rarely have any out-of-pocket expenses; most go on corporate cards. Usually it's just mileage and cash tips.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2016 17:13:17 GMT
One week.
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Post by Neisey on Apr 1, 2016 17:15:14 GMT
Less than $75 and I can get it same day or next day. Over that I need to put in a requisition which could take 2 weeks BUT we can always ask for a cash advance up to one week prior to charging the expense and then submit receipts/$$ to repay or claim further reimbursement as required. I don't mind paying for things or putting things on my CC but some coworkers do not have the funds to do so.
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