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Conference 7.286::digital

Title:	The Digital way of working

Moderator:	QUARK::LIONELON

Created:	Fri Feb 14 1986
Last Modified:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	5321
Total number of notes:	139771

4289.0. "Personal Credit for Business use? Travel expenses.\" by JOBURG::HARRIS () Thu Nov 23 1995 07:16

    Re: Travel expenses.
    
    When traveling between branches, we are responsible to pay for ALL
    expenses, this includes Hotel & Car Hire but exludes Airline fares.
    
    We do have the facility to have a travel advance deposited into our
    bank account.
    
    It does none the less create a serious cash flow problem when either
    the amount is not sufficient or the claim is not processed for a number
    of reasons. Also it becomes a personal administrative nightmare when
    two advanced are required in short succession.
    
    What happens in other subsiduaries? Is this an acceptable company
    global policy to be using our private credit facilities (For those that
    have) for business travel?
    
    This discussion will be most welcome to many of us.
    
    Ivan Harris

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
4289.1	We submit a claim	JOBURG::HARRIS		`Thu Nov 23 1995 07:18`	4
	I ommited that we then submit a claim and the balance owing is then payed out. Ivan
4289.2		QUARK::LIONEL	Free advice is worth every cent	`Thu Nov 23 1995 21:57`	3
	This is the way it is done in the US as well. I think it's outrageous. Steve
4289.3		STOWOA::PJOHNSON	aut disce, aut discede	`Fri Nov 24 1995 06:27`	13
	re: "...amount is not sufficient..." Estimate better. I see nothing wrong with cooperation between employer and employee in this area, versus the 'us versus them' attitude that is so prevalent today. This is not directed at you, but in general, one who doesn't like it is free to move on. Put yourself on the other side of the fence, and you'll see that the only fair position is on the fence, cooperating for the good of both. MHO, Pete
4289.4	A vote FOR the system.	WOTVAX::SHARKEYA	LoginN - even makes the coffee@	`Fri Nov 24 1995 06:31`	6
	Personally, I have never had a problem with the expenses dept paying out on time. The money has always been in the bank before my credit card bill arrives. Alan
4289.5		BHAJEE::JAERVINEN	Ora, the Old Rural Amateur	`Fri Nov 24 1995 07:48`	14
	re .4: �The money has always been in the bank before my credit �card bill arrives. Well, over here at least (in Germany) the credit card bills arrive real quickly - but we have the option for a 'corporate' Amex card where the bills are guaranteed to be delayed by some fixed time (I think 6 weeks). I have not opted for this, because I have enough cards as is and use my personal one(s) but then again, I don't travel terribly often nowadays, and you can always get an advance if you need one. Of course, the situation varies from country to country, as well as the processing speed of travel claims (seems to be at least 4 weeks here).