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this post was submitted on 16 Sep 2026
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I bought jewelry with a company card so my SO wouldn't see it on the statement. Paid that off immediately, no cost to the company. My boss was fucking LIVID and chewed me out later. I still have no clue why it mattered but I never did that shit again.
Edit: Damn, the corporate bootlickers really came out of the woodwork for this one. No harm no foul but chew me out again boss.
Bunch of people explaining why it matters legally and financially, your only takeaway is they're bootlickers. Yes, YTA.
It mattered because he could have fired you for cause on the spot, our entire legal/financial system is built on the assumption that you don't mix business money with personal money. Your company accountant(s) had to write a paragraph explaining to the auditors how you made an innocent misclick mistake and company policy is very clear that they don't do that, otherwise the auditors would have not signed your company's financial statements.
It matters because accounting has to ledger expenses and balance books. Its a super pain when an employee makes a non work expense and then maybe uses cash to pay off instead of the intracompany accounts, because then the outgoing and incoming doesn't zero out...usually needs a manual books adjustment to account for the discrepancies.
To add on to this: If your company is not tiny, then having properly managed accounts is literally a legal requirement in most countries and having people make random, not accounted for purchases raises questions.
It wasn't your money to spend?
It was a credit card. I paid it off with my money. I did not spend their money, only used the card.
Ever heard of paying with cash?
Credit card is money. Even worse, it is money lent to your company.
Accounting is a big problem.
And you can say it was jewelry for your girlfriend - but realistically it could have been literally anything else. I'm not saying illegal dugs - but it sounds really shady and it puts the responsibility on the company.
With prior communication it might had been okay with your boss, or he would have lent you his personal card for this.
Damn your drug dealer tales credit cards?? Fuckin righteous dude