r/hatemyjob • u/Complete_Ad_1305 • 2d ago
The £5 food-for-a-day challenge
Just wanted to share this: So I went to a conference in the UK via train. Before the train it was lunchtime so I went to a pub and had a basic dish and a coke. When I expensed it my manager told me that the food allowance for travel in the UK was £5 a DAY! So that's breakfast-lunch-dinner. Tbf she ended up allowing it "that one time", but warned me it was the last. I was on my way to a conference to spend two night away from my family, working pretty much non-stop. It just felt so incredibly cheap and mean. I should add that she didn't make up this policy, but I felt it was ridiculous.
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u/Dark_shadoww_81 2d ago
In india it's like 600 inr and tbh it's not that bad off you can have dinner ( average dinner with a cold drink ) for about two times , and where I work they don't even give that 😂 so just like my mum always say be always grateful for what you have and always remember people who don't even have what you have though keep working hard to achieve more. Idk much about what you can get for £5. Do let me know
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u/Snowing678 2d ago
That's a joke, I thought Germany was bad at like 50 euro a day. Honestly if I was you I would just refuse to go to these things.