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I recently read an article online about things one shouldn't do whenever a company is footing the bill for travel expenses (in regards to things like traveling for job interview).
Some of the things mentioned include extraneous items on the bill such as extra hotel charges (movies, food, etc.). The reason being, regardless if you pay or not for those extraneous items, it doesn't give a good impression to those at the company if they see those items on the bill.
The reason why I mention this is because of a job interview I had 4 years ago. It was a job on the Maryland east coast (I was living in California). A good friend of mine's was working at the company as a manager, and thought it would be a good opportunity for me. This guy is well liked at the company, so as a reference he was as golden as it gets.
The company paid for all my travel expenses, the plane flight as well as taxi to the job site. I thought I did pretty well for the interview panels, and one person even mentioned that since I was referred by my friend, that was good enough for him. Overall, I thought I did good, and would be getting a job offer.
Well, after one week, then 2 weeks, I heard nothing. After 3 weeks, I wrote it off, and assumed they were no longer interested. I wasn't that upset because deep inside I really didn't want to move to the east coast. It was more that I was tired of where I was working at than anything. But I was curious because solid references, especially one that's working with the company you're applying for, are valuable. I never did ask my friend why I never got an offer, and just let it go at that.
Anyways, after reading that article, I thought back and I did upgrade the flight to first class seats both to and from the east coast. I upgraded at my cost using my credit card, but it might have shown up on their end as an upgrade. I'm not saying that's the reason why, but might have been one factor.
And I think it just has more to do with the impression you're making. Using an extreme example, let's say you were expensing it later, and you were submitting your CC statement for the airfare, having a dinner charge at Hooter's or an adult PPV on your statement may not be desirable.
If the company didn't pay for the upgrade, I highly doubt that was a factor. If you had put a ton of stuff on your hotel room and billed the company, well that is an entire other story.
You are thinking way too much into this. Most companies only care what you do with their money. It was four years ago and probably had nothing to do with your first class upgrade that you paid for.
They did all that and you never got any kind of response from the company or friend? I think that seems realllly weird they would do all that and not even follow up, even with a rejection.
When I travel for work I obviously put travel related expenses on there, not leisure, I.e. Movies lol. I put about 50% of my meals on there because I eat very well, and when you can't cook it is not cheap. If I was getting $5 meals I'd put them all on there, but not all of my $15 meals. I also check a bag on my company card which I would not normally do as well.
My uncle is a vp at a big company and we put over $2000 in one night at a strip club on his work credit card. I'm pretty sure he paid it back though haha.
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