to want my expenses put back into my account quickly?

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I started a new job earlier this year which involves a fair bit of travelling to different parts of the UK. For longer distances I usually use the train to save my company money (I always check which is cheaper - the train or the milage rate to drive).

I pay for the tickets myself and claim back (which stupidly I did agree to). I was told expenses get paid into account on a weekly basis but on occasion it might take 2 weeks. It is now getting beyond a joke and is sometimes taking 3 weeks. This would be ok for a small amount but I am currently owed over £250 which I really need right now. I have emailed my finance department to hurry them up and they said it would be in my account by Friday. Friday has now come and gone and it's still not there. This is 3 and a half weeks later. I know we had a bank holiday weekend but it is not even in my account this morning.

AIBU to expect to get expenses back quicker than this? I have never had a job where I have to have so many expenses for travel and I am away from the office for much of the week/month so I don't get to see my boses or finance department much to talk to them about it.

I also worry about months where my finances are tighter e.g. around xmas and whether I can afford to pay for train tickets upfront and claim back without going overdrawn. I like my job, I love my colleagues but this is starting to annoy me and get me down.

YANBU. Go in and request a meeting.

Why don't you get a credit card and only use it for work expenses, you can pay it off everymonth when you are reimbursed.

Well Friday was Good Friday so the first day it could go in is today

I have to wait weeks sometimes too, it's very hard especially when you need that money ASAP. I would ask for a petty cash allowance tbh

I don't particularly want another credit card and I can't get one from the company as it's against their policy.

I will ask about a petty cash allowance.

Thank you.

Everywhere I've ever worked has paid expenses monthly. You submit a claim form at the end of the month and get the money on about the 19th of the next month.

I use a personal credit card and pay it off when the expenses get paid so I don't pay any interest

I'd say that's pretty good in terms of expenses getting paid to be honest - monthly is the norm.

I'd just get a separate cc for work expenses.

YANBU - I would definitely look into petty cash or even if you're not allowed your own credit card, someone who does have one could book your tickets for you.
Alternatively, use your own credit card (something like M&S so you get the reward points) and then you have a month to pay it.

CR xx

My oh's company work in exactly the same way. He has always been given a company credit card but the way this companies expenses work is ridiculous. His expenses are about £800pm and wit takes weeks to get them back. He even has to pay for a week long hotel stay on America once a year.

Thanks everyone.
I don't understand how people who get expenses monthly manage it! I guess they are more well off than me!

Maybe use one of your existing credit cards and designate it for work expenses only - to keep things simple and if you don't want to get another one.

The good thing about credit cards (especially if you pay them off every month) is that some of them have interesting perks, e.g. cashback, points, airmiles, etc. so you'll gain something along the way.

Next time you're asked to go to Aberdeen, say "I'm afraid I can't this week. I haven't had my expenses reimbursed from my last three trips and I can't afford to keep subsidising the company out of my own pocket"

It's all very well for some people to tell the OP how lucky she is, because they get their expenses monthly, but the OP was told one maybe two weeks by her company, and they should honour that. If she'd known it was going to take up to a month she might have reconsidered the role or at least her mode of travel.

I don't think many, if any, people who get expenses paid monthly will be paying them out themselves. They will be using a credit card so in most months they probably get the expenses reimbursed before the payment date for the card.

Do you mind me asking why you are so against getting a credit card just for work expenses? If you bring it up with your HR dept I think they would ask you the same question.

It isn't easy for you but its probably the least inefficient way for your employer to work.

DH has had to get accredit card for work expenses as he often has to pay for hotel bills which can be as high as £700-£800 plus car hire. He gets it middle of next month.

Another one here that doesn't understand why you just dont get a CC that you only use for work.

pigletjohn - if someone that worked for me said that I would be very

YANBU to expect them to put it in when they say

YABU to be complaining too much when monthly is the norm

YAB silly not to use a credit card so that you don't actually need to have the money - even if expenses were paid at the end of the month you would get them before you needed to pay off the credit card so you would not incur any interest.

If they didn't put in in writing (repaid within 2 weeks) then OP won't get much out of them.

I use a designated credit card for expenses. My company is appalling at getting them paid on time. When they are late I pay the minimum payment and I add the interest on to next months claim. They initially questioned it but my boss told accounts to pay it and they have never questioned it again.

Ok, but how about if the OP can;t get a credit card for whatever reason? should she have to explain to the company who stipulated 1-2 weeks repayment time that she can;t get a cc for work?

It seems unfair as the company told op this time scale, perhaps she may have reconsidered if she was told it would be longer or repaid monthly.

I cant get a cc becasue my ex left me with lots of debt, which I am repaying but i still couldnt get a cc or most types of credit, despite regular payments paid.

ButHeNeverdid, if someone said that to me, I would make damn sure they had a cash advance against their expenses the same afternoon.

All companies have ways and means of making emergency payments, even if they usually can't be arsed to use them.

ButHeNeverDid "pigletjohn - if someone that worked for me said that I would be very"

Even if it was true, you mean?

My company pay our expenses monthly and you have to get it in by the first week of the month to get it paid at the end of the current month.

My expenses are only ever £2 bus fares around town so it's fine. I know other people have a separate credit card as other posters have suggested. Why don't you get one of those cashback credit cards? Then you can make a profit on your expenses. Also if you ever fly, you'll get to keep the airmiles.

However YANBU to expect them to pay it back in two weeks if that's what they promised you.