This newsletter is an educational resource and can likely be expensed through your manager or your company's learning and professional development budget.

Below are templates to use when asking your manager.

Templates

For Individual Contributors

Hi [name of manager],

I’d like to expense a subscription to The Launchpad. It’s a weekly newsletter for professionals designed to help me grow in my role.

Subscribers receive in-depth issues with actionable advice every week to improve on the job. The newsletter covers topics like onboarding to a new role or project, taking on new challenges without overwhelm, and building productive working relationships.

Since the newsletter is an educational resource, I hope it can be expensed. It costs $180 for the whole year, which is valuable considering the insights and learnings it offers.

Please let me know if this is okay.

Thanks,

[Your name]

For Managers

Hi [name of manager],

I’d like to expense a subscription to The Launchpad. It’s a weekly newsletter for professionals that can help me improve as a manager.

As a subscriber, I receive weekly issues with actionable advice on topics like onboarding practices, writing good job descriptions, making meetings efficient, and fixing dysfunctional employee relationships.

Since the newsletter is an educational resource, I plan to expense it. It costs $180 for the year, which is reasonable for the insights and learnings I will get.

Let me know if it’s okay to reimburse this learning resource.

Thanks,

[Your name]