See, in my fantasy, when I'm kissing you... you're kissing me. It's okay. I can wait.

Oz ,'First Date'


Natter 74: Ready or Not  

Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.


-t - Oct 14, 2015 9:15:51 am PDT #7055 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

Am I crazy that individual cards would be easier in a lot of ways?

Nope.

They are probably worried about the 'moral hazard' of giving folks a credit card they are free to use for work.

It's not like they'll pay the bills no questions asked, you still have to justify your expenses. At least, that's how it should work.


Matt the Bruins fan - Oct 14, 2015 9:33:37 am PDT #7056 of 30003
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

We just ask the office manager for the company card number or a blank check when something needs to be bought, but given that our total number of employees barely cracks two digits it's not that big a hardship to have purchases go through one person since she's the one who tracks and reconciles expenses anyway.


Connie Neil - Oct 14, 2015 9:54:12 am PDT #7057 of 30003
brillig

My god, why is it only Wednesday?

But at least I was able to salvage the potential horror of a backup process failing to actually backup important data and lying to my face by creating the folders where that data should have gone. I now know you can access the folders that are saved in computer restore points and extract the information. And the nice man forgave me for temporarily losing three years of his company's data and a half-million-dollar project for a new client.


brenda m - Oct 14, 2015 10:04:19 am PDT #7058 of 30003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there

They are probably worried about the 'moral hazard' of giving folks a credit card they are free to use for work.

But so much more accountability.

ION - hey, I got a raise! But actually honestly more important to me, I got my team member who got shafted last year a raise! I may have burned all my bridges with HR over this, but it worked!

I mean, I'll take the money and appreciate the recognition, no lie. But K's raise is more of a JUSTICE IS DONE moment for me.


Jesse - Oct 14, 2015 10:51:58 am PDT #7059 of 30003
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Very nice, brenda!!


Burrell - Oct 14, 2015 11:02:18 am PDT #7060 of 30003
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

that's great, brenda


-t - Oct 14, 2015 11:16:24 am PDT #7061 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

My god, why is it only Wednesday?

I know, this week has already been approximately 3 million years long.

But so much more accountability.

That's what I meant. You deserve a raise. And congrats on getting your previously shafted team member a raise, that is awesome!

Researching a $4 price discrepancy from a year and a half ago is SO FUN AND WORTHWHILE. I'm glad it didn't turn out to be something that happened while I was on vacation, at least, because I did take a week off in the middle of that month and I would hate to have to blame my backup (I don't actually know who I am blaming right now, gremlins in the software is what it looks like, although ultimately it is the customer who sent us their orders with a higher price than they were supposed to, so to my mind it is their fault, but I think we were supposed to have something in place to catch that, but NOT MY BACKUP'S FAULT is good) but the orders came in around my vacation, not during.


amyth - Oct 14, 2015 11:35:45 am PDT #7062 of 30003
And none of us deserving the cruelty or the grace -- Leonard Cohen

Woo, Brenda!


Lee - Oct 14, 2015 11:37:32 am PDT #7063 of 30003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

YAY Brenda!

The only reason I have my own work credit card here is that I am the only librarian here. SF has to share one, and sometimes they borrow mine when theirs isn't working.


meara - Oct 14, 2015 12:46:06 pm PDT #7064 of 30003

Yay Brenda!!

Not having a company card is really awkward for anyone who has financial issues. If you can't afford to charge on your own card and wait for reimbursement, or you only have a debit card??