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Originally Posted by ID67goat
Some jobs that pay a car allowance usually state that you must drive a car that is less than X years old....at the last company I worked at you were supposed to have a car newer than 4 years old, but it was the managers discretion to enforce it...so if you had a well kept car that was older nobody would bother you about it. The guys driving junkers would be talked to like this email/letter.
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I was going to say before reading your post, that the only way a company could get away with sending a letter like that is IF they were paying for the vehicle.
If you are being given a reasonable monthly payment for a vehicle, then the company has a reasonable expectation that you are using that payment towards said vehicle and not just pocketing the money.
Without that caveat, sending a letter like the one shown would make the employer vulnerable to a lawsuit.
At the start of said letter, the company refers to doing credit checks as part of the hiring process. This is quite common. They claim they don't do them, but say they feel the practice is justified.
Unless the employee is using his vehicle for the purposes of calling on or transporting customers, the age/condition of a commuter vehicle is of no importance to the employer.
Assuming financial distress is outrageous because a person doesn't drive a vehicle that is "newer and more appropriate looking".
What's next? Home inspections?
So unless the employer is providing a reasonable car allowance, they have no input on what the employee drives.