No meat on expenses - forced vegetarianism?
Discussion
21TonyK said:
If they voted for it then so be it. No big deal, its only meals on expenses. Its irritating that some people think its their responsibility to save everyone else from themselves but that's about it.
Say I was a member of staff that didn't vote to support this, and I am on a work trip for 10 days, and can only claim vegetarian meals on expenses? Sod that.21TonyK said:
If they voted for it then so be it. No big deal, its only meals on expenses.
This.Last time I checked being reimbursed for a meal isn't a human right and every company I've worked for has had rules regarding reimbursement.
Also, if you have an issue with company policy, you have options to redress said issues and not the least of those options is resigning and working at a different company.
Absolutely no one is being forced to do anything, contrary to the thread title.
However the professionally offended here just want to be offended by a company they don't work for.
abzmike said:
21TonyK said:
If they voted for it then so be it. No big deal, its only meals on expenses. Its irritating that some people think its their responsibility to save everyone else from themselves but that's about it.
Say I was a member of staff that didn't vote to support this, and I am on a work trip for 10 days, and can only claim vegetarian meals on expenses? Sod that.abzmike said:
21TonyK said:
If they voted for it then so be it. No big deal, its only meals on expenses. Its irritating that some people think its their responsibility to save everyone else from themselves but that's about it.
Say I was a member of staff that didn't vote to support this, and I am on a work trip for 10 days, and can only claim vegetarian meals on expenses? Sod that.And no-one's being forced to eat vegetarian - they can eat meat, they just won't be able to claim for it.
captain_cynic said:
21TonyK said:
If they voted for it then so be it. No big deal, its only meals on expenses.
This.Last time I checked being reimbursed for a meal isn't a human right and every company I've worked for has had rules regarding reimbursement.
Also, if you have an issue with company policy, you have options to redress said issues and not the least of those options is resigning and working at a different company.
Absolutely no one is being forced to do anything, contrary to the thread title.
However the professionally offended here just want to be offended by a company they don't work for.
It's a discussion we're having, not a bloody EDL march!
I disagree regarding it not being an issue because of having the option to resign.
You could apply that to absolutely any whimsical policy that an employer may dream up, but it wouldn't make those fair and right, either.
The point is, this policy isn't like 'no alcohol on expenses' nor is it even like a 'no meat on expenses because there's a proven link to bowel cancer and we're making a concerted effort to encourage better health' policy.
Has anyone covered the 'entertainment' question yet? If I were vegetarian and was taking a client out to lunch (no matter what the cost) and he ordered a bacon sandwich or a fillet steak, would I be expected to cover that cost out of my wages (or have I not read the article fully?).
JM
JM
'Development surveyor Kate Marfleet, 28, is head of the firm's values team and persuaded staff to go vegetarian last year, to reduce its environmental impact. The idea was put to an internal vote and passed, with a few dissenters.'
I can just imagine the emails and company meetings now, with normal people like you and me just saying 'yes whatever' just for an easy life.
I can just imagine the emails and company meetings now, with normal people like you and me just saying 'yes whatever' just for an easy life.
Zetec-S said:
In the article WeWork said:
WeWork cited research suggesting going vegetarian was "one of the biggest things an individual can do to reduce their personal environmental impact" and estimated its change would save 16.6 million gallons of water, 445.1 million pounds of CO2 emissions and 15,507,103 animals over five years.
That's a very specific number, I suspect plucked from someone's arse as a way of making them feel good about themselves. And it won't "save" 15m animals. They are bred to meet demand, if demand drops then suppliers will breed fewer.Bussolini said:
bad company said:
It can’t be difficult to get a receipt for lunch or whatever which doesn’t itemise what was ordered / eaten.
If I don't have an itemized receipt, I don't get my expenses.KarlMac said:
is head of the firm's values team
Get in the f
king sea with your bullst non-job.
Isn't she employed as a surveyor of some kind, with this values bit as an extra bit of work? Get in the f
king sea with your bullst non-job. Still, makes me laugh. Values. Like Stewart Lee's sketch about the values of the Carphone Warehouse. I hope this caring approach applies to every transaction and every interaction they make on every project and isn't some wafer-thin veneer of bulls
t. They say they want to treat people like adults. Then why propose taking away the choice to make their own decisions?
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