[Yellefan]

Originally Posted by peter12

Dear CP Brain Trust,

I was recently an employee of a large EPC. I left on July 6. Previous to that, I was a field supervisor, working long hours away from home, and paying expenses with a company credit card. In the month before I left, the company online expense system went down a few times, and I was forced to use my personal credit card to pay for hotels, per diems for a day or two. Given the scope of work, this amounted to over $1600. Before I left, I got the expenses approved by a superviser, filed my expenses, and scanned my receipts.

It is typical company policy to place a hold on employee expenses. I was told that period was a standard 7 business days. At this point, I have not received my payment, and it is well passed the 7 day period. This is a large company, with mainly global interests, and this isn't a cash flow problem.

I place a daily call to the expenses department, and I keep being told that the payment would come through today - the mid month cheque run- but obviously, it hasn't.

Do I have any recourse? Resources?

I work for this same company and once waited 4 months for them to reimburse me. Good luck to you, just keep harrassing them is all I can say, you will eventually get your money, but it's still unacceptable that it has to be that hard.