Originally Posted by
serioustraveler
Nope, wasn't me. I rarely fly for work, and when I do it's out of my own pocket.
Ohhhh, that explains it, you are being screwed, have some kind of stockholm syndrome going on and expect others should suffer too? Unless your the boss/owner, then that is even weirder.
Originally Posted by
serioustraveler
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.
Because it's not.
Originally Posted by
serioustraveler
Would you rather have meals reimbursed or more cash in your pocket?
That makes sense to you? They equal the same thing. Either the company is paying for the full cost of travel (win) or paying you some obscure amount more so you can pay part of all of the cost of travel (complicated for no reason except for the reason of being complicated).
So... I would rather be compensated for the amount agreed upon before being hired then to have my company cover all travel related expenses as agreed upon before working
Originally Posted by
serioustraveler
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.
Ummmm....
Originally Posted by
serioustraveler
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.
And yet you have to pay to fly yourself................
Originally Posted by
serioustraveler
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.
It actually doesn't suck in my market.... Just sounds like you are in a bad position and think it is OK...