Yeah it never ends, one crises to the next. The massive corporations are the worst. 

😤"You cant have a raise. It's a bad year financially"

🤔"...🧐But we made 6 billion dollars in profit this year...?!?"

😡"Yes, but we made 6 billion in profit last year and we told investors that we would make 6.1 billion this year... So you see... we are practically bankrupt."  

Meanwhile the top execs always find ways of paying themselves millions in bonuses. Finances never seem to be an issue in those cases. Owners of companies often treat their businesses like a personal piggy bank as well, even when it's a publicly traded company. 

CEO: "hmmm...If I ask an employee to dinner I can expense that fancy dinner for my daughter through the company." Thats how my wife and I got invited to a 2 star Michelin restaurant in Paris 😆

Or even better when the same CEO that makes $13 million in salary each year (not including the billions of dollars in stocks ownership) expenses $24 dollars in gas for driving to the airport....🤣 

That's why you should never feel bad for expensing legitimate claims, all the executives do it simply because they can not because they need to.

Good for you for pushing back 👍