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At my last shop, we had similar problems. We got around it by including extra equipment we wanted in our server orders. Accounting never bothered asking why w
by rootusrootus 5y ago
At my last shop, we had similar problems. We got around it by including extra equipment we wanted in our server orders. Accounting never bothered asking why we needed nice keyboards and big monitors for rackmount servers. But god forbid you try to buy those directly. At one point management started to get wise, so we just had the vendor include the extra equipment in the same line item as the servers instead of broken out, just increasing the per-server cost to account for it.
Shenanigans like that shouldn't be necessary just to get the stuff you need, but big corporations are so dysfunctional sometimes.
- 908B64B197 5y agoJust expense them on the corporate card. They should have a budget for office stuff anyways.
- Macha 5y agoDo accounting not get a record of everything you purchase on the corporate card and require an explanation (or else repayment)?
- 908B64B197 5y agoYeah. Keyboards, headphones, mice, monitors, desk chairs purchased for software engineers... Pretty self explanatory.
- Macha 5y agoHere's how that'd go in the last two companies I worked for: Purchase declined. Not valid under T&E policy. Please follow IT acquisition policy for computer equipment and real estate acquisition policy for furniture. Card payment is due by xx/xx to reimburse for invalid expense.
- 908B64B197 5y agoThat sounds a little too... bureaucratic? Anyways, final approver should be somewhere between you and the CTO.