Employers have been going to extreme lengths to retain employees during the so-called Great Resignation, even putting up with some outrageous expenses claimed by employees, many of whom were forced to work from home for much of the past 18 months.
Emburse, a developer of spend management software, has identified the most unusual and outlandish expenses that were approved in 2021 after sending a survey to its more than 100,000 users. Some of the more outlandish expenses include $1,000 for tattoo removal for an incoming employee, $1,250 for pet-sitting care for an employee’s horse with separation anxiety, $25,000 for a car after a new hire visited a dealership and charged it to his corporate card, and a relatively modest $85 to repair lawn damage caused by a visiting coworker attending a private dinner party.
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