[philwelch]

Big companies have legal, HR, and compliance departments who know that it's not worth nickel-and-diming on petty shit.

[magduf]

Yep, exactly this. HR can be evil at times, but here their evilness is actually a good thing, because it's cold, hard rational logic: "nickel-and-diming on petty shit" is bad for the company's bottom line.