Director 1 has a company credit card and sometimes uses it for personal purchases. Upon his instruction these get added to his loan, or occasionally deducted from the subsequent month's pay, but mostly added to the loan.
Director 2 has asked for a breakdown of credit card statements and has noticed the personal purchases and the loan and said nothing else is to be added to the loan - hasn't told director 1 this - only the bookeeper - me.
So, I'm posting this months credit card statement and there are more personal purchases. I tried to get diretcor 1 to have these deducted from next salary, I emailed saying, "unless you advise otherwise I will deduct from pay", hoping he'd just go along with it, but he has advised otherwise and told me to add to loan.
Director 2 has already told me not to.
Arrghh!! What do I do? Send one email to both directors telling them to sort it out and when they come to a decision let me know, or tell tales on one to the other - I'm erring on the first option.
They're my only client and I don't want to lose them .
I'd go with your first option, phrased politely, asking for some guidance and how they agree it should be treated. Ultimately, it's not your decision on how the expenses should be treated but theirs and you're equally responsible to both of them.
hth
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Tony
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The 'no nonsense' thing to do is send one email to both of them, explaining that one of them told you to do this and the other told you to do that, and that it is impossible to do both.
Thanks for the replies. I did that and it actually turned out OK.
It was so different when I worked for a big firm, I always had my bosses to turn to for help with these things, now I not only have to do the work but deal with the personal side head on also. Interesting and challenging!
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