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Accepting perks question
« on: Aug 11th, 2006, 8:49am » |
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Does anyone feel funny accepting perks from a supplier/vendor?
I'm going on an all expenses paid fishing trip tomorrow on Lake Michigan, my boss told me to go but I still feel funny about accepting it. I think its because I know its not my money that paid for the supplies, it was company money.
We do not have a policy against it, but are told not to take it to extremes. It is on a Saturday so I guess I don't feel that I'm doing it on their time. Just seems strange to me being on the other side of the fence for the last 8 months, not being the business owner. 
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Re: Accepting perks question
« Reply #1 on: Aug 11th, 2006, 9:00am » |
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Take it and run. Where I work this goes on a lot. Although I don't get my fair share. Some even get Packer tickets, Brewer tickets, golf outings, dinners,ect.
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Re: Accepting perks question
« Reply #2 on: Aug 11th, 2006, 9:30am » |
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Don't be silly, enjoy the trip.
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« Reply #3 on: Aug 11th, 2006, 9:35am » |
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No worries, if the boss said it was ok its ok.
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Re: Accepting perks question
« Reply #4 on: Aug 11th, 2006, 10:47am » |
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I have always struggled with the ethics of excepting perks from suppliers but as long as it is one you do business with and don’t let it sway your purchasing and hold true to what’s best for the company then I say, have a great time and don’t think about it to much, hell they want to do it, just consider it a thank you for past purchases.
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Re: Accepting perks question
« Reply #5 on: Aug 11th, 2006, 11:06am » |
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Quote:Does anyone feel funny accepting perks from a supplier/vendor?
I'm going on an all expenses paid fishing trip tomorrow on Lake Michigan, my boss told me to go but I still feel funny about accepting it. I think its because I know its not my money that paid for the supplies, it was company money.
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Let me help you with some relief from any guilt.
Refer him over to me!
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Re: Accepting perks question
« Reply #6 on: Aug 11th, 2006, 11:43am » |
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on Aug 11th, 2006, 8:49am, jimmers wrote:Does anyone feel funny accepting perks from a supplier/vendor?
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Re: Accepting perks question
« Reply #7 on: Aug 11th, 2006, 11:46am » |
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Run with it! I have a company Amex just to take care of my customers (I'm a vendor).
I have no problem with taking my customers to dinner, clubs, golf. It's called doing business!
Have fun and enjoy yourself!
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Re: Accepting perks question
« Reply #8 on: Aug 11th, 2006, 11:50am » |
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Have fun and enjoy yourself. It's just a business expense to them... And if you really feel bad about it -- and Don's not available -- have them call me. I do perks very well ...
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Re: Accepting perks question
« Reply #9 on: Aug 11th, 2006, 11:53am » |
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If it were anything but fishing.
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Re: Accepting perks question
« Reply #10 on: Aug 11th, 2006, 12:00pm » |
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I worked for the gummint for a long time. (...and we're here to help you...). Over on the dark side, it's a bright line--no way, no how. I wouldn't even accept a paperclip from anyone.
In private business, though, it's a different matter--if your company has no policy against it, and you're not out soliciting goodies as a kickback (I've seen it happen) I see nothing wrong with it at all. As was stated before, look on it as a thank you for past business. Don't let it become part of your decision-making process in the future.
I think it's fine.
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Re: Accepting perks question
« Reply #11 on: Aug 11th, 2006, 11:34pm » |
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Looks like it will be a beautiful day to be out on Lake Michigan. Have fun!
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« Reply #12 on: Aug 11th, 2006, 11:39pm » |
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Re: Accepting perks question
« Reply #13 on: Aug 12th, 2006, 2:35am » |
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Nice perk. Enjoy it.
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Re: Accepting perks question
« Reply #14 on: Aug 12th, 2006, 8:10am » |
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on Aug 11th, 2006, 11:39pm, Jonny wrote:Dont be a fag!!
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Re: Accepting perks question
« Reply #15 on: Aug 13th, 2006, 10:07am » |
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Fishing was a little slow, but I did manage to catch a 36" 20 pound Salmon. I'll post pics as soon as I figure out how!
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Re: Accepting perks question
« Reply #16 on: Aug 13th, 2006, 10:47am » |
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Re: Accepting perks question
« Reply #17 on: Aug 13th, 2006, 11:28am » |
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Re: Accepting perks question
« Reply #18 on: Aug 13th, 2006, 6:16pm » |
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The only time I think accepting perks isn't right is if it compromises the way you treat your customer (ie you steer them to worse product/value because fo a perk) or the way you do your job for your employer. Many doctors wont accept anything from drug reps (except samples and cupons for their patients) because their is a belief that the samples can alter the decision making proccess for their patients.
In my past jobs I have been on the recieving and giving side of perks. I have hats, shirts, golf balls, rounds of golf, dinners, and many other "perks" from prior jobs. None of them changed how I treated my customer or how I did my job.
I went to a sales conference with a ton of vendors in which 1 vendor had a "cash cyclone" machine where people could get in and grab all the cash they could in 30 seconds. Honestly, I avoided that because it was a bit weird getting cash
Anyway, enjoy the perk. It is just like advertising for the vendor (so they get their money's worth).
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Re: Accepting perks question
« Reply #19 on: Aug 13th, 2006, 7:23pm » |
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Hey Jimmers,
I, like you have a difficult time with things like this.
The only thing I can say is, that if your boss knows and is telling you to take it, then enjoy it without guilt.
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Re: Accepting perks question
« Reply #20 on: Aug 13th, 2006, 9:12pm » |
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I've one experience from the '83 - '86 when I got hired to run what was then the entire IT dept of a 800 mil dollar company out of college, a lot back then. Thirteen offices all over Houston with 180 computers in all. We ran a lot of paper and supplies and were one of Moore Paper's biggest accounts. My first year the rep would wine and dine the lunches, some top of the Galleria nightclubbing, get to meet their president and Roy Huffington, other Houstonites and with top floor offices, invited to do pheasant hunting with some good old boys.
It bothered me, nobody's ever been this nice to me before, so I sat down and collected records from storage from the last five years, four before I got there, and found he overcharged us over $18,000 a year.
The next lunch I fired his ass from our business but beforehand looked far and wide for another supplier who could deliver the quantity we needed on order. Moore had a pretty good monopoly on the town with big business at the time I found.
After two months with another supplier he called, we went to lunch and I renewed our business with him for $17,500 less a year. Bonus and raise for me from my boss but I never had another offer for lunch with the Moore rep again, the handshake was fine.
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