Originally Posted by
KurtVH
Do you also have your employees they have to buy their own office supplies? "Really, trust me, it's built in to your compensation." (And why stop there? Why not have employees pay for the office utilities and build that in to their compensation? They are, after all, the ones using up all the heat and A/C.) Not very many high end people are going to want to do that anymore than they're going to want to be told that they're on their own for meals while traveling for the company.
All of these are factored into the overall cost of doing business and DO affect employees compensation.
At the end of the day nothing happens in a vacuum,and wildly unpredictable travel expenses means the business has wildly unpredictable expenses.
Do you think employers should pay for meals of all their employees? How is it any different or "unpredictable" than paying for meals when they travel?
At the end of the day a per diem IS part of the overall compensation and a lot of people would rather have cash in their pocket and would prefer to decide what they want to eat.
It's no different than restaurant employees having to buy their uniforms, flair, shoes, or anything else.
It's up to potential employees to decide whether or not the expenses of working are worth the job.