Originally Posted by
Segments
Didn't you start another posting because your former company always flew you up front? And you needed advice because you didn't even know what the coach section even looked like?
... Is your business the Marie Antoinette Cake Company?
Nope, wasn't me. I rarely fly for work, and when I do it's out of my own pocket.
I really don't see why people don't see or refuse to see a per diem as nothing more than part of their compensation.
Would you rather have meals reimbursed or more cash in your pocket?
Nickle and diming IS part of life, except maybe to the folks that think the US government losing a trillion dollars that can't be accounted for is part of life.
The degree to which companies nickle and dime is up to them, if they can get away with it they will, if they can't the market will respond accordingly.
If your company says you can get reimbursed at certain restaurants, you can either start job hunting or deal with it.
You're entitled to what you can negotiate, if you suck at negotiating or want meals reimbursed instead of cash in your pocket that's all on you.
Originally Posted by
Auto Enthusiast
[I]There's a long line out the door of people with PhDs clamoring for any minimum wage job, some money is better than none, it avoids the unemployment office, and it gives the employee something to do, right?
Not sure if really sarcastic or being serious, but my company hires entry level work at twice the minimum wage and we get people with PHDS and masters that ARE willing to work for the wages we offer.($12-14 an hour is hardly what I assume most PHDS and people with masters degrees would want to work for)
The job market sucks, even for the highly "skilled" and I doubt most travel jobs are irreplaceable.