re: How Would You Handle? Employee spends too much on company card. But is top producer...

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You think I am bitching about this if he is with a client? No. He's eating alone or with some random he picked up.

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Yeah, maybe tonight he was. Did you ask him? Maybe he was at a bar and met a potential client or 2 and they ended up having a great dinner and he’s gonna produce a lot from that.

Or maybe he’ll do that next week.

You are trying to apply little fish rules to a big fish.


Find out the facts first

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You think I am bitching about this if he is with a client? No. He's eating alone or with some random he picked up.

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I'd get one warning for a solo meal that large, then I'd be on my way out the door. With clients, no problems. It's not fair to compare revenue between various industries, but the sales I oversee are on the order of 10's of millions a year and a 250 dollar personal dinner would set off alarms real quick.