Uber for Business introduces a new feature to give company managers more visibility into how and when their employees travel for work.
Uber for Business already allows companies to offer their employees a simplified way to expense ground transport while streamlining hundreds of Uber charges into one monthly bill. And while some companies have lightweight travel and expense policies, others need an added layer of oversight to ensure that employees are traveling within policy and spending responsibly when rides are billed to a central billing method, like a corporate card.
Introducing Trip Reviewers
A Trip Reviewer can flag irregular trips and ask riders for additional information if necessary. Trip Reviewers might be managers, who oversee the travel of a team of employees. Or they might be Executive Assistants, who manage travel for a small number of professionals. It’s easy for an account administrator to designate a Trip Reviewer – just follow these steps.
- How to set up Trip Reviewers
- Navigate to the People section of your Uber for Business dashboard.
- Select a rider, click ‘Edit Details,’ and add the email address of an organization-approved reviewer. Note: The reviewer does not need to be a member of your Uber for Business account.
Upon confirming their email address, the reviewer will receive weekly summaries of the rider’s Uber for Business trips.
- Weekly trip summaries
Every Monday, the reviewer receives an email containing a report of all trips taken in the previous week. Upon clicking "Review Trips” in this email, these trips can be inspected to ensure they are within company policy.
- Need to request more information?
If a trip looks like it may be out of policy, or you need more information, reviewers can “Request More Information” and prompt riders to provide more information about the specific trip, in the form of a free-text response. The rider receives a notification and is asked to resolve the question.
Summing up
Uber for Business streamlines your travel program, whether your travel policy is two pages or 20 pages long. With this new feature, Uber is giving businesses even more oversight over employee travel.
Posted by Daniel Chaparian
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