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[Rudy Tamasz]

Why should you be concerned Rudy? Either way you are reimbursed your expenses. The fact that your per-diem previously covered more than your expenses was just bonus. Per-diem is not considered income and you could be subject to taxation on the difference.

Two things. I am not reimbursed all of my expenses. Just a part. Nobody told me the deal had changed. Had I known about it, I would have been spending more conservatively. E.g. I would have been using metro instead of taxi.

Second, I'm not a volunteer. I do my job, I get paid, I have a decent travel package. If they send me to an expensive city I need to have an acceptable standard of living.

What happened is not a disaster, though. It's still negotiable, and I might still get reimbursed. I'm just pretty sensittive when it comes to money.

[steveaki13]

Sorry to hear that Rudy and Storm. Wishing you both better luck.

Also sorry to hear you are having a bad time Gadjo.

[steveaki13]

I have so little time these days to be on the forum.

Kind of sad in a way, as I feel I am missing out.

Probably no one even notcied I am away.

[gadjo_dilo]

Probably no one even notcied I am away.

I admit I didn't.

[anfield5]

Better being too b busy, than not busy enough my friend

[D-Type]

I'm about to have a discussion with my travel office. For whatever reason, they decided to apply the option of the reimbursement of my actual expenses to my previous trip instead of the flat rate they normally use. In practical terms it means that normally I would get my per diem (pretty fat in this case) and use it the way I like. This time they would only reimburse what I actually spent, and what qualifies as necessary (meals and transportation). The difference is quite significant and I'm concerned...

When putting in your expenses, don't forget the gratuities. You are always a generous tipper, aren't you?
And taxis - the driver pulled a knife on you when you asked for a receipt.
And at the same time quote your actual hours worked, including reading paperwork in the evening in your hotel room. If they won't pay demand time off in lieu - you'll find there's something like that in your conditions of contract. Is Belarus in the EU? Or was this assignment in the EU? If so the EU directives regarding maximum working hours apply.

[steveaki13]

I admit I didn't.

Thanks

[Storm]

Probably no one even notcied I am away.

I did, since you haven't posted in the football thread either since the clasico....
but like anfield says its best to be busy with work than have free time to think about your failures

[anfield5]

I did, since you haven't posted in the football thread either since the clasico....
but like anfield says its best to be busy with work than have free time to think about your failures

I don't have enough time to think about all my failures, so I just have to select the best of the worst and tyhink about those

[Rudy Tamasz]

When putting in your expenses, don't forget the gratuities. You are always a generous tipper, aren't you?
And taxis - the driver pulled a knife on you when you asked for a receipt.
And at the same time quote your actual hours worked, including reading paperwork in the evening in your hotel room. If they won't pay demand time off in lieu - you'll find there's something like that in your conditions of contract. Is Belarus in the EU? Or was this assignment in the EU? If so the EU directives regarding maximum working hours apply.

No, Belarus is not in EU and will not be there in the foreseeable future. I actually work for a country, which is not in EU either. Now I physically work in a third country, and the per diem thing happened in yet another country. Quite complex, eh?

I'll be alright, though. I negotiated it. They amended my paperwork and I will get my reimbursement.

I also should mention that I do a lot of things pro bono. Once I couldn't concentrate on an important document in my office because of an incessant wave of petty taskers. I did it in two sleepless nights at home with Miles Davies in my ears. I did the follow-up to that doc on the balcony of a hotel during my vacation having a monster hangover, because I did not want to miss a deadline. I am also a generous tipper. I worked as a waiter for while, and I have sympathy for other waiters. one has to have a really bad attitude to not receive tips from me.