Originally Posted by falc1

At the company I work for, here is what I get for travel:

-$15/day per diem - that is a flat rate, and doesn't change whether I am in one place for a month, or just 2 days. They refuse to raise it.
-Hotels generally have to come in around 50-70 a night regardless of the location, and the manager books it through a third party site - the company gets to keep all the free nights, and I no longer receive any hotel points, and therefore don't get status at any of the hotel brands, or any free nights.

I used to be able to keep the hotel points, but they recently changed that. I'm quite angry over it, as to me, it's essentially giving me a pay cut - they get to save more money, but I of course don't see a dime. I'm usually on the road for 9 months a year, often for weeks and months on end, including weekends. I read about people getting $50 per diem and $150 for hotels, and I get jealous!

Really crappy travelling for them, as you can tell, but they just won't budge on the constant cost cutting, bottom line stuff (even if it is making me not want to work nearly as hard as I would if they would even pretend to care that my comfort mattered at all).