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What do you think is more likely? American software developers are put out by needing to buy up to $XXX/month in services which are reimbursed in their next pa

What do you think is more likely? American software developers are put out by needing to buy up to $XXX/month in services which are reimbursed in their next paycheck, creating a short-term loan, OR The same developers are not at all cash flow sensitive to $XXX/month and rather enjoy the credit card rewards they get to harvest from these reimbursements? If you work at a large corporation who forces the use of company cards over personal cards + timely reimbursements, the opinion is one-sided for the rewards alone. Much less the bureaucracy that usually accompanies the approval of using a company card. This is especially true when it comes to airline travel. Individuals far, far more prefer to book travel on their own rewards cards - often travel-based ones, netting significant benefits like Delta's AMEX MQD waiver. By the way, if it really matters to you, we will put Copilot and/or any other expenses on our own company rewards card if the cashflow is actually impactful. As I am sure most businesses would. It's just that employees vastly prefer the reimbursement methods for obvious reasons in today's rewards credit card environment.

number6 4y ago
Employer gives them a credit card they can use for their software tooling
TeMPOraL 4y ago
The only time I got a corporate card, the company used a third option: a corporate AMEX that you had to pay off on your own + timely reimbursements + rule against plugging your own travel reward cards to collect miles and bonuses. From employee point of view, this setup had all the drawbacks of using your own card, with none of the benefits. Well, OK - it saved you a tiny bit of time when doing expense reports, by automatically pre-filling the expense sheet with transactions pulled from AMEX statement. So there's that. As for software licensing, that same company had a system through which you could request software, and appropriate costs would be deducted automatically from somewhere (e.g. team budget, or more likely, your paycheck). So again, a third option.

number6 4y ago

Employer gives them a credit card they can use for their software tooling

TeMPOraL 4y ago

The only time I got a corporate card, the company used a third option: a corporate AMEX that you had to pay off on your own + timely reimbursements + rule against plugging your own travel reward cards to collect miles and bonuses. From employee point of view, this setup had all the drawbacks of using your own card, with none of the benefits. Well, OK - it saved you a tiny bit of time when doing expense reports, by automatically pre-filling the expense sheet with transactions pulled from AMEX statement. So there's that. As for software licensing, that same company had a system through which you could request software, and appropriate costs would be deducted automatically from somewhere (e.g. team budget, or more likely, your paycheck). So again, a third option.