I am working for a UK based startup from India (remote job). I am fresher having experience of ~6months so do not know how to approach on few things. I have been invited by company for 2months trip to London to work on some projects. Although this has been mentioned in the invitation letter that ...
I think it's going to come down to whatever their existing policies are. What I would say is that it sounds like an amazing opportunity for you as a fresher. Do you have other colleges in the same boat?
Transport and rent in London are the most expensive. Find out the address of the accommodation and workplace. If you need to get the London underground then the cost of commuting must be included. If it's walking distance and the company is in the centre of London, you have it made, avoid inner city restaurants if you want your pay to stretch. Most takeaway and fast food restaurants are reasonably priced š
@GregoryCurrie Providing stay and meal allowances may not be enough. A person doesn't only need Food, Shelter, and work in life. While he stays there, it's his right to go out and visit a few places on weekend or whatever he wants. While he is in India, he can do that with his salary.
Usually, companies have all of this written down in the travel policy or policies (e.g. cash advances, travel allowances, reimbursable expenses, even credit card policies)
@BitFlip 100% agree, which is why I asked exactly which expenditures the OP is concerned about. "While he stays there, it's his right to go out and visit a few places on weekend or whatever he wants." I've been in lockdown for the past 6 months, that sounds fantastic.
@BitFlip By the way, I holidayed in the UK a couple of years ago. Accomodation, fuel (travel) and meals were most of my expenses. You can experience a country without spending big.
"Although this has been mentioned in the invitation letter that the company will take care of all the travel & accommodation for the trip but I personally feel London being an expensive place" if it's mentioned in the invitation letter, why don't you just refer to this letter?
@ypercubeįµį“¹ that's true for everywhere - but compared with continental Europe where almost all museums charge an entrance fee, UK is far budget-friendlier in that aspect
@BitFlip I'm absolutely baffled by this. I've never heard of "entertainment" being a reimbursable expense, except when the headline is about someone being prosecuted for tax evasion after claiming that personal expenses were actually corporate expenses. The most I would expect in this direction is if the company arranges for some team outing.
@JulianaKarasawaSouza some museums, including some good ones are free; not all
@Rahul while a question of the form "what are some free things to see in London?" is probably off-topic at travel.se, you can still get some advice there - a search on London will show some good ideas I'm sure
"Some kind of daily allowance [or budget]" is pretty much how companies handle miscellaneous expenses on business trips (outside of "direct" business expenses like paying for dinner with a client). Although there are different ways this can work and the first step would be finding out what they'll already provide to you.
@user3067860 (Personal) "entertainment" may not directly be reimbursable, but they may still provide a daily allowance that accounts for that. You can't expect an employee to just sit in their hotel room staring at a wall for the how-many-ever hours of free time they have, you can expect entertainment to generally be quite a bit more expensive than entertainment where they live and, if they're not spending excessively, it doesn't seem particularly reasonable to expect employees to cover this difference (because that would make being sent on a business trip both a financial and a time burden)
@user3067860 I've heard of reasonable entertainment expenses (directly or via a per diem) for business trips that span a weekend or two. You can't necessarily expect the employee to just sit in a hotel room and if they were home they'd have a lot more options, and potentially more affordable ones. And you're typically not paying them for the hours on the weekend. But I would not expect it. And two months is not an ordinary business trip.
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