Traveling expenses
At ICE, it is a corporate policy to have mileage & gas reimbursed for work trips when the employee is not using a company vehicle. Step-on-me frequently drives from her home to a nearby facility for classes. Work is further away from the facility, so it's easier for her to just drive from home. For these classes, ICE reimburses her for the mileage from her home to the facility. They would much rather her just drive from home to the facility, because driving from work to the facility means they'd have to reimburse her more for the extra mileage and gas.
Recently, Step-on-me went to a conference which was technically closer to work than it was her home--but only by a few miles. She drove from her home to the conference, because it would have been out of her way to drive to work first. As usual, she submitted her form for the mileage and gas--but this time, because it would have been closer for her to calculate it from work, she was violating corporate's TOS for traveling expenses.
Apparently corporate says that all traveling expenses must be calculated the distance from work to the destination. It makes sense really, when you think about it.
So Carol asked Step-on-me to recalculate her mileage & gas for the conference from work. Technically this wouldn't have been a problem if Carol would have been upset about the classes that Step-on-me had been calculating in the first paragraph. But Carol wasn't, because those were closer to Step-on-me's home than the office.
Step-on-me spent at least a half-hour recalculating everything (she's management, so this cost the company at LEAST $10 for her time) and then write a check to ICE for the difference (because they had already paid Step-on-me for her gas & mileage).
Now, common sense would lead us to ask, 'if Step-on-me has to reimburse the company THIS instance for a distance she didn't have to travel, shouldn't they have to reimburse her for the OTHER instances that she didn't have to travel?'
Nope. I love how my employer only enforces the rules that HELP them in the end, while I work hours that I am told to pretend don't exist.
Oh, and the check amount that Step-on-me had to reimburse the company: a mere $1.62
Go back to monitoring the dishwasher, Carol. I think I put a dirty fork in there on Friday.
Recently, Step-on-me went to a conference which was technically closer to work than it was her home--but only by a few miles. She drove from her home to the conference, because it would have been out of her way to drive to work first. As usual, she submitted her form for the mileage and gas--but this time, because it would have been closer for her to calculate it from work, she was violating corporate's TOS for traveling expenses.
Apparently corporate says that all traveling expenses must be calculated the distance from work to the destination. It makes sense really, when you think about it.
So Carol asked Step-on-me to recalculate her mileage & gas for the conference from work. Technically this wouldn't have been a problem if Carol would have been upset about the classes that Step-on-me had been calculating in the first paragraph. But Carol wasn't, because those were closer to Step-on-me's home than the office.
Step-on-me spent at least a half-hour recalculating everything (she's management, so this cost the company at LEAST $10 for her time) and then write a check to ICE for the difference (because they had already paid Step-on-me for her gas & mileage).
Now, common sense would lead us to ask, 'if Step-on-me has to reimburse the company THIS instance for a distance she didn't have to travel, shouldn't they have to reimburse her for the OTHER instances that she didn't have to travel?'
Nope. I love how my employer only enforces the rules that HELP them in the end, while I work hours that I am told to pretend don't exist.
Oh, and the check amount that Step-on-me had to reimburse the company: a mere $1.62
Go back to monitoring the dishwasher, Carol. I think I put a dirty fork in there on Friday.
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