Norman, ?ÿI can't help but wonder how many folks know what a pyrrhic victory even is.
If they don't know, they can Google it.
If the crew finished up early, did good work and earned themselves a bit of RnR, last thing I want them remembering about that trip was a lame parking ticket I made the PC pay, which I would see coming off as a bit petty. I'd pay the ticket for them because I might win that battle but it wouldn't help the war cause any. Second ticket would get handled very differently if they didn't want to own it.?ÿ
Parking ticket is on the owner of the vehicle.?ÿ Speeding ticket is on the operator.
Traveling employees represent the company. A parking ticket doesn't rise to the level of anything worth getting worked up about. If the driver brought it in I would approve payment and tell them park careful next time.
On the flipside, if there is more to the story I might handle it different. If the driver hid the ticket hoping admin would just pay it, things are going to escalate. Good employers and employees look out for each other. As usual, it depends...
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This should be covered by policy. If I was the one that had the ticket, I would expect to pay (especially as it is off hours). If it was done in furtherance of the job or project (parking downtown and took the chance due to circumstances), then I think the boss should pay and take that into consideration as far as assessing the employee. (Was it good judgement or not?)
About 12 years ago I worked for a large (by Montana standards) engineering firm with offices in multiple states. Surveying work in Montana was slow in early winter, so myself (as a party chief) and another technician got sent to one of the company's Arizona offices to assist them for 6 weeks. Before leaving, my boss gave me a nice long lecture on making sure to secure all of our equipment against theft. Upon arriving in Tempe after driving for two days straight, we checked into our hotel which conveniently had a Denny's restaurant next door. I asked the desk clerk if it mattered where in the shared parking lot that I parked, and was told anywhere was fair game. I did what any responsible person would do, and backed the work truck into a spot near my ground floor room, unloaded the GPS and TS, and hit the hay early so we could hit the ground running the next morning. My alarm goes off at 5am, I roll out of bed and on the way to the bathroom peak out the curtains to check on my truck, which was NOWHERE in sight. Thinking that maybe the tech had made a late evening store run, I call his room and ask him where he parked. His bleary response was "WTF are you talking about, you're the one who parked the truck!". Needless to say, I felt rather sick to my stomach. Got dressed quickly, went outside to the lot, and right where I parked were two nice skid marks from the back tires. Turns out, that the tractor-trailer that delivered food for Denny's at 2 a.m. couldn't get backed up to the door because of my truck and two other cars. So what did the night manager do? Instead of walking across the parking lot and asking the desk clerk to contact the owners of the vehicles, he simply called the local tow company and had all 3 rigs impounded. It took 6 hours to track the vehicle down, and cost almost $1800 to cover the cost of the tow and the impound. In the end, even though Denny's should have ultimately paid the bill, my company ended up eating the cost. Best Western of Tempe and Denny's never got another dime of my company's business. Other then some good natured ribbing from my boss about "losing" the truck, there was NEVER any question about me paying for any of the fees.
And since no one else has said it:?ÿWho's not whose. ?????ÿ
I can't believe this would even be an issue. If any of the crew members I worked with or myself had a ticket or needed a tow out of the mud (not because the truck broke down) we'd have covered it ourselves, no questions asked. You pull a boner you take care of it. I'm soooo glad I don't have any employees any more. The employees and companies always want to nickel & dime every thing. Right before I went to work for myself we had one guy who'd just started try to drive the Suburban 100 feet off the road into a plowed field after a soaking rain, right after I told him the 4 wheel drive was acting up. Got it buried but good and the farmer wasn't too thrilled and charged him $50 bucks to pull him out. Had the nerve to come in and want the company to reimburse him. I did but then told him he wouldn't be need anymore. If you're that big a moron what else are you going to screw up?
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That desk clerk would have heard from my attorney.
?ÿIf whoever was driving is stupid enough to ask and expect the company to pay I'm thrilled they don't work for us.
If one of my employees gets ANY kind of moving violation in a company vehicle they are automatically terminated.
Must be nice to have such a large candidate pool to choose from. Are you saying you would term a person for a $40 photo ticket?
