expense report Archives

June 26, 2025 at 11:15 pm

Employee Tried To Save The Company Money By Booking At A Nearby Airport, But When His Expense Report Was Denied, He Started Booking At An Airport Further Away

Forty minutes is not walking distance.

June 10, 2025 at 6:46 pm

Company Delayed Employee’s $268 Expense Reimbursement For Weeks, Then Only Paid $84 Of It, So He Took Long Breaks And Slacked Off

Person figuring their expense report on the table

That’s one way to collect.

June 6, 2025 at 10:35 pm

Management Tried To Cut Expenses By Limiting Tipping, But One Defiant Employee Found A Clever Loophole That Ended Up Costing His Company

man holding out a bill to put in a tip jar

When the rules limit kindness, people always find ways to push back.

April 28, 2025 at 1:46 pm

A New Finance Guy Came In To ‘Pinch Pennies’ And Made It Difficult To Manage Travel Expenses, So This Team Gamed The New System To Get What They Needed

Stepping over a dollar to pick up a dime.

March 15, 2025 at 9:22 pm

Company Travel Department Changed The Rules, But They Didn’t Realize They Would Cause Business Travel To Be Much More Expensive

The travel department clearly didn’t understand travel expenses very well!

March 14, 2025 at 7:49 pm

Boss’ Strict Expense Report Rules Made Travel More Difficult, So One Employee Followed Them To The Letter And Cost The Company Even More Money

This boss probably just should have left well enough alone.

February 23, 2025 at 6:21 pm

When His Employer Kept Denying His Expense Report, He Decided To Get Compensation From Them By Slacking Off

Sometimes slacking off is the best revenge.

January 1, 2025 at 12:32 pm

Consultant’s Flexible Meal Spending Gets Scrutinized, So He Ensures Every Penny Of The Daily Limit Is Utilized

Source: Reddit/Malicious Compliance/Pexels/Nano Erdozain

What a waste of company funds.

October 13, 2024 at 1:47 am

Company Wanted More Details In An Employee’s Expense Reports, So He Came Up With Some Interesting Cab Descriptions For Them

Source: Pexels/Ono Kosuki/Reddit/Malicious Compliance

This is such a silly case of malicious compliance.

December 19, 2023 at 2:47 am

Company Tells Him They’re Not Paying For A $25 Phone Card, So He Racks Up A $1K Bill

This story is wild to me.

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Employee Tried To Save The Company Money By Booking At A Nearby Airport, But When His Expense Report Was Denied, He Started Booking At An Airport Further Away

Company Delayed Employee’s $268 Expense Reimbursement For Weeks, Then Only Paid $84 Of It, So He Took Long Breaks And Slacked Off

Management Tried To Cut Expenses By Limiting Tipping, But One Defiant Employee Found A Clever Loophole That Ended Up Costing His Company

A New Finance Guy Came In To ‘Pinch Pennies’ And Made It Difficult To Manage Travel Expenses, So This Team Gamed The New System To Get What They Needed

Company Travel Department Changed The Rules, But They Didn’t Realize They Would Cause Business Travel To Be Much More Expensive

Boss’ Strict Expense Report Rules Made Travel More Difficult, So One Employee Followed Them To The Letter And Cost The Company Even More Money

When His Employer Kept Denying His Expense Report, He Decided To Get Compensation From Them By Slacking Off

Consultant’s Flexible Meal Spending Gets Scrutinized, So He Ensures Every Penny Of The Daily Limit Is Utilized

Company Wanted More Details In An Employee’s Expense Reports, So He Came Up With Some Interesting Cab Descriptions For Them

Company Tells Him They’re Not Paying For A $25 Phone Card, So He Racks Up A $1K Bill

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