Evening meal allowance - London
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QuartzDad said:
vikingaero said:
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When you submit your expenses, if a manager approves it up to £500, you get the amount the same day. If they fail to approve it within 72 hours and it is below £500, you are automatically paid.
Sigh. My last employer was like that, my current one has recently moved to Concur for expenses. I got paid today for a chunky claim that was submitted on 8th April.When you submit your expenses, if a manager approves it up to £500, you get the amount the same day. If they fail to approve it within 72 hours and it is below £500, you are automatically paid.
basherX said:
Don’t people get given corporate credit cards…?
I book my transport and accommodation on Concur- costs charged to my corporate card either when booked (travel) or on check-out (hotel) and receipts emailed to Concur. And then almost everything else gets paid by corporate card during the trip, receipts scanned and uploaded by mobile Cobcur app as I go. Concur’s mostly pretty good at matching receipts to credit card payments.
I guess I’m lucky in that it’s rare for me to cover work expenses with my own cash.
i'd rather get the personal credit card points thoughI book my transport and accommodation on Concur- costs charged to my corporate card either when booked (travel) or on check-out (hotel) and receipts emailed to Concur. And then almost everything else gets paid by corporate card during the trip, receipts scanned and uploaded by mobile Cobcur app as I go. Concur’s mostly pretty good at matching receipts to credit card payments.
I guess I’m lucky in that it’s rare for me to cover work expenses with my own cash.
TwigtheWonderkid said:
QuartzDad said:
vikingaero said:
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When you submit your expenses, if a manager approves it up to £500, you get the amount the same day. If they fail to approve it within 72 hours and it is below £500, you are automatically paid.
Sigh. My last employer was like that, my current one has recently moved to Concur for expenses. I got paid today for a chunky claim that was submitted on 8th April.When you submit your expenses, if a manager approves it up to £500, you get the amount the same day. If they fail to approve it within 72 hours and it is below £500, you are automatically paid.
So i would say its not Concur at fault as mine will be paid in a week.
I do voluntary charity work that involves me incurring expenses, maybe to a max of £400. We use SAP Concur and I get paid about a week after submission. Works very well.
QuartzDad said:
vikingaero said:
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When you submit your expenses, if a manager approves it up to £500, you get the amount the same day. If they fail to approve it within 72 hours and it is below £500, you are automatically paid.
Sigh. My last employer was like that, my current one has recently moved to Concur for expenses. I got paid today for a chunky claim that was submitted on 8th April.When you submit your expenses, if a manager approves it up to £500, you get the amount the same day. If they fail to approve it within 72 hours and it is below £500, you are automatically paid.
We process staff expenses weekly so you get paid in as little as 3 days if your line manager approves them.
Concur is actually very good and much more user friendly than the competing modules from Workday and Oracle. As said the delay in payment is not the system. It will be the approvals and batch runs. A well set up system from any of the providers should send reminders to managers after a couple of days and escalate to manager plus one if someone is out of office.
I'm sure the platform itself is fine and as you say it's the process and the way we have configured it.
Tried claiming £20 for a weeks public wifi access on client site where their wifi was woeful.
Choosing 'internet expense' as the expense type creates a hard stop on anything over £12, our daily limit.
Splitting the £20 across five days gets it rejected as claim date /= transaction date.
The official advice was put it through as coffees. Yes, I have the email saved.
Tried claiming £20 for a weeks public wifi access on client site where their wifi was woeful.
Choosing 'internet expense' as the expense type creates a hard stop on anything over £12, our daily limit.
Splitting the £20 across five days gets it rejected as claim date /= transaction date.
The official advice was put it through as coffees. Yes, I have the email saved.
QuartzDad said:
I'm sure the platform itself is fine and as you say it's the process and the way we have configured it.
Tried claiming £20 for a weeks public wifi access on client site where their wifi was woeful.
Choosing 'internet expense' as the expense type creates a hard stop on anything over £12, our daily limit.
Splitting the £20 across five days gets it rejected as claim date /= transaction date.
The official advice was put it through as coffees. Yes, I have the email saved.
The finance person who set that up was an idiot Tried claiming £20 for a weeks public wifi access on client site where their wifi was woeful.
Choosing 'internet expense' as the expense type creates a hard stop on anything over £12, our daily limit.
Splitting the £20 across five days gets it rejected as claim date /= transaction date.
The official advice was put it through as coffees. Yes, I have the email saved.
You should have a sundry expenses expense type specifically for the times when "Computer says No".
Countdown said:
QuartzDad said:
vikingaero said:
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When you submit your expenses, if a manager approves it up to £500, you get the amount the same day. If they fail to approve it within 72 hours and it is below £500, you are automatically paid.
Sigh. My last employer was like that, my current one has recently moved to Concur for expenses. I got paid today for a chunky claim that was submitted on 8th April.When you submit your expenses, if a manager approves it up to £500, you get the amount the same day. If they fail to approve it within 72 hours and it is below £500, you are automatically paid.
We process staff expenses weekly so you get paid in as little as 3 days if your line manager approves them.
Countdown said:
QuartzDad said:
I'm sure the platform itself is fine and as you say it's the process and the way we have configured it.
Tried claiming £20 for a weeks public wifi access on client site where their wifi was woeful.
Choosing 'internet expense' as the expense type creates a hard stop on anything over £12, our daily limit.
Splitting the £20 across five days gets it rejected as claim date /= transaction date.
The official advice was put it through as coffees. Yes, I have the email saved.
The finance person who set that up was an idiot Tried claiming £20 for a weeks public wifi access on client site where their wifi was woeful.
Choosing 'internet expense' as the expense type creates a hard stop on anything over £12, our daily limit.
Splitting the £20 across five days gets it rejected as claim date /= transaction date.
The official advice was put it through as coffees. Yes, I have the email saved.
You should have a sundry expenses expense type specifically for the times when "Computer says No".
borcy said:
What do you do in the business, why the difference in policy?
I work as an IT consultant visiting clients. I have no idea why the difference in policy, other than sales are seen as gods as they bring in the money and we are seen as an easily replaced resource.You would not believe the amount of times I have booked my crappy Travelodge through Concur (which should pay automatically) and been asked to pay the bill on my card when I arrive as it has not been paid.
ThingsBehindTheSun said:
borcy said:
What do you do in the business, why the difference in policy?
I work as an IT consultant visiting clients. I have no idea why the difference in policy, other than sales are seen as gods as they bring in the money and we are seen as an easily replaced resource.You would not believe the amount of times I have booked my crappy Travelodge through Concur (which should pay automatically) and been asked to pay the bill on my card when I arrive as it has not been paid.
ThingsBehindTheSun said:
borcy said:
What do you do in the business, why the difference in policy?
I work as an IT consultant visiting clients. I have no idea why the difference in policy, other than sales are seen as gods as they bring in the money and we are seen as an easily replaced resource.You would not believe the amount of times I have booked my crappy Travelodge through Concur (which should pay automatically) and been asked to pay the bill on my card when I arrive as it has not been paid.
Understandable that some people may have company cards and some not due to different volumes of travel, but not with regard to actual policy.
(I'm also another who avoids company cards wherever possible and instead gathers the points myself. As well as booking flights and hotels via TopCashback wherever possible and pocketing that loot, too
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