Communications -
Free wirelsss phone line is a great perk, tho it's because they have a bundled service through the service providers which gives us limited customization..
e.g., I could not get Assurion coverage on my purchased Smartphone, as my name was not directly associated with the account.
The basic phone from their bundled deal with T-mobile gave me a 'free' POS Blackberry-style phone that short circuited after my sweating on it less than a month after getting it.
Mileage -
While a company-porovided van was once available, I had to buy my own car (Toyota Matrix) and submit mileage expense reports that reimburse me @ $0.48/mile, but onliy after the first 15 miles of each day.. The justification for this is that it's not fair to those workeres who commute to their offices.
There is also a 30-day window to submit your mileage expense reports.
Unfortunately, I've been so busy trying to keep up with the workload; up at 3am updating tickets online in my PJs, that I rearely get to submit the reimbursement requests in time.. given the price of gas the the miles i drive, I'm therefore slowliy going into debt maintaining this job.
210k miles in 5 years. My poor car.. but it's finally paid for!
