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I had a friend whom an employer pulled back from a tropical vacation a day early for an emergency. They wanted him to fly somewhere directly from a beach to som
by dv_dt 8y ago
I had a friend whom an employer pulled back from a tropical vacation a day early for an emergency. They wanted him to fly somewhere directly from a beach to somewhere very cold. When he brought up the logistical problem that he wasn't ready for that climate, the answer was to expense a cold weather wardrobe sufficient for his stay. Abnormal, but legitimate situations come up all the time.
- ghaff 8y agoSure. Exceptional situations arise. And, maybe, if someone basically never travels and they have to make a one-off trip for a customer problem or whatever, maybe it makes sense for them to tell their boss they'll need to get a dogsitter or pay for a kennel or whatever and they'll want to expense it. (At which point boss probably looks at them funny, sighs, and says "whatever, sure.") I did work for a company once that had an "offshore inconvenience allowance" fr when we were on rigs and shipyards. It was mostly in the vein of living conditions aren't great and you're working long hours, so here's some extra money. So that's one relatively fair comp mechanism you can use. But mostly it's just baked into people's normal comp plans.