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I'm curious what justification you use for a daily allowance of $1,000. Are you renting ferraris, eating fabulous lunches and dinners, and staying in a plush ho

I'm curious what justification you use for a daily allowance of $1,000. Are you renting ferraris, eating fabulous lunches and dinners, and staying in a plush hotel? Or do you not mean per diem in the literal sense?

fixxer 12y ago
I hate going on-site. It is a waste of time. It is a "go away" price. EDIT: And companies routinely pay for it.
- viggity 12y ago
  care to share your line of business?
  - fixxer 12y ago
    in between software engineer and ds these days
    - viggity 12y ago
      ds = data scientist?
      - fixxer 12y ago
        Correct.
tomjen3 12y ago
Careful, you are thinking in terms of cost plus here. Don't. If companies are willing to pay him 1000 usd per diem then he should demand 1440 and haggle from there.
- weaksauce 12y ago
  I wasn't really thinking in terms of cost plus but I have never heard of a per diem being anything more than something to cover expenses while traveling. My understanding of a per diem is not meant to be a daily bonus. If they pay it then it's all the better for the op. I was more curious how much blowback the gp has gotten on a large per diem like that and how they would go about countering it for my own personal use.
  - gohrt 12y ago
    If I'm going to travel to someone's site to perform, they want every minute offsite to be completely stressless and relaxing, so I can focus my onsite time on work, not on sleeping. That means good hotel and air accomdations, car service, luggage handling, ...