Possible Termination

[map4822]

I live in Virginia and I a sales representative for a large building material company. My supervisor is requiring me to get a personal credit card to pay for my monthly expenses for which I am reimbursed for. But I'm in a situation where I cannot be approved for a credit card. Is this something that I may be terminated over? This was not discussed in the hiring process. I was just told that I would have to pay for my own gas and be reimbursed for that each month. Any advice would be helpful.

 

[swalsh411]

There is no law which says you cannot be terminated for this reason.

If you are termianted, file for unemployment while you look for another job.

 

[TheGeekess]

I live in Virginia and I a sales representative for a large building material company. My supervisor is requiring me to get a personal credit card to pay for my monthly expenses for which I am reimbursed for. But I'm in a situation where I cannot be approved for a credit card. Is this something that I may be terminated over? This was not discussed in the hiring process. I was just told that I would have to pay for my own gas and be reimbursed for that each month. Any advice would be helpful.

You can purchase any type of pre-paid credit card. I've got a pre-paid Shell card floating around somewhere. I've also had a couple of pre-paid Visa cards from Wal-Mart. Put what you think you'll spend for the first month on it and then when you start receiving reimbursement, place that on the card.

 

[eerelations]

Again though, if you don't get a credit card, pre-paid or otherwise, and your supervisor fires you, this would be a legal termination.

 

[Beth3]

Is this something that I may be terminated over? Yes, although it would be a dumb reason to terminate you.

As suggested above, why don't you see if you can get a pre-paid credit card? If that is not feasible, then you need to explain the situation to your supervisor and see if some solution/resolution is possible.

 

[Antigone*]

Get a secured card.