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Sure, we've got a problem but we don't really want to spend any money on the tech guy you're sending to fix it

Vometia Munro Silver badge

Not quite that, but I have been compelled to work on site where the customer didn't want to pay for my travel time nor accommodation and my employer didn't want to pay me overtime, so they decided amongst themselves that I would do the travelling in my own time and cover any costs over and above the rather threadbare expenses offered for overnight stays out of my meagre salary, which was about 10% of what I was being hawked out at. Of course the people who made these decisions got to travel during work hours and had all expenses paid while I was waiting for the tardy expenses department who would take weeks to bounce an entire claim over the most innocuous thing.

I've also been variously shouted and sworn at over the phone by managerial and admin types for not being compliant enough with their cosy arrangements.

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