Travelling for interview - compensation?

jozi

I recently had a interview for a job in Cork which meant a 720km/450mile round trip (give or take) from Cavan and about a dozen tolls along the way. Unfortunately I wasn't successful but that's neither here nor there.

Someone (family member) told me I should go into social welfare and enquire about getting some form of compensation for the cost incurred to travel to and from the interview. A rough estimate would be about 80-90euro between fuel and tolls, and I guess drink/food on top of this, which was quite a fair chunk of my social welfare allowance.

Is it viable I might be compensated or should I not bother?

wmpdd3

I think the relitive meant applying for an exceptional needs payment from the community welfare officer. It may be worth a try but as you've already paid it they might say no compared to if you had asked before you went.

omen80

No I can't see why they would compensate you for this? Did they force you to go to Cork?
Also, you have to notify them when you leave the county, did you do this?
I wouldn't bother wasting my time queueing and filling out forms, and then probably having to get the interviewer to fill out a form etc etc.

gustafo

jozi wrote: »

I recently had a interview for a job in Cork which meant a 720km/450mile round trip (give or take) from Cavan and about a dozen tolls along the way. Unfortunately I wasn't successful but that's neither here nor there.

Someone (family member) told me I should go into social welfare and enquire about getting some form of compensation for the cost incurred to travel to and from the interview. A rough estimate would be about 80-90euro between fuel and tolls, and I guess drink/food on top of this, which was quite a fair chunk of my social welfare allowance.

Is it viable I might be compensated or should I not bother?

This must be the craziest post iv seen in a while, are you for real? u want people to pay for your petrol/food and drink for u to go look for a job haha.

cmon grow a pair of balls and take the hit, jesus u have to laugh at some people in this pit hole of a country.

Balagan

omen80 wrote: »

No I can't see why they would compensate you for this? Did they force you to go to Cork?
Also, you have to notify them when you leave the county, did you do this?
I wouldn't bother wasting my time queueing and filling out forms, and then probably having to get the interviewer to fill out a form etc etc.

You certainly don't have to notify the SW when you leave the county for an interview or trip such as this! The country, yes.

jozi

Since when can you not leave the county without permission

So really the family member was making things up which is fair enough, I won't waste hours queuing up in the office for nothing.

gustafo wrote: »

cmon grow a pair of balls and take the hit, jesus u have to laugh at some people in this pit hole of a country.

I took the hit by agreeing to go to the interview and knew full well it was going to cost me quite a bit but there was a chance of a job so I deemed it worthy.

mikom

jozi wrote: »

I recently had a interview for a job in Cork which meant a 720km/450mile round trip (give or take) from Cavan and about a dozen tolls along the way. Unfortunately I wasn't successful but that's neither here nor there.

Someone (family member) told me I should go into social welfare and enquire about getting some form of compensation for the cost incurred to travel to and from the interview. A rough estimate would be about 80-90euro between fuel and tolls, and I guess drink/food on top of this, which was quite a fair chunk of my social welfare allowance.

Is it viable I might be compensated or should I not bother?

Being self-employed I recently travelled to meet clients to quote for a few jobs.
Unfortunately I wasn't successful but that's neither here nor there.
Someone (family member) told me I should go into social welfare and enquire about getting some form of compensation for the cost incurred to travel to and from the quote sites.
A rough estimate would be about 80-90euro between fuel and tolls, and I guess drink/food on top of this, which was quite a fair chunk of my megre monthly profit.
Is it viable I might be compensated or should I not bother?

jozi

You forgot your quote tags...

I think we've already established it's not going to happen, I've avoided wasting my time and the of the social welfare workers, harsh but both of us have to suck it up, which is what I did from the moment I sent a CV to Cork knowing I would have to travel down. At least I got a mini road trip out of it and to see Cork for the first time.

omen80

jozi wrote: »

Since when can you not leave the county without permission

You can leave the county, but you have to notify them that you are leaving. Ring them up and ask them, then get back to us.

mrsbyrne

omen80 wrote: »

You can leave the county, but you have to notify them that you are leaving. Ring them up and ask them, then get back to us.

You certainly dont have to notify SW that you are leaving the county. Let that be an end to it.

omen80

mrsbyrne wrote: »

You certainly dont have to notify SW that you are leaving the county. Let that be an end to it.

Maybe it's only when you stay overnight then, but they told me before that I was supposed to notify them when I left the county to go home. That was only last year so I presume that's still the case.

rainbowdrop

I left Co Limerick today to go visit my friend in Fermoy, Co Cork. I'm really worried now, should I have informed the SW. Will my money be stopped?


:rolleyes:

mrsbyrne

omen80 wrote: »

Maybe it's only when you stay overnight then, but they told me before that I was supposed to notify them when I left the county to go home. That was only last year so I presume that's still the case.

I presume this is some kind of a wind-up. Either that or your confusing county and country. Whatever, other posters are getting anxious because of completly incorrect information being persisently peddled as fact by someone who has been told several times, politely, that they are completly wrong!:( at the risk of repeating myself, SW do not need to be contacted when you leave the county. How ridiculous.

omen80

mrsbyrne wrote: »

I presume this is some kind of a wind-up. Either that or your confusing county and country.

No it's not a wind up, I'm only telling you what I was told by my hatch in the SW office last year. And yes I do know the difference between county and country. One has an "r", the other doesn't.

mrsbyrne

omen80 wrote: »

No it's not a wind up, I'm only telling you what I was told by my hatch in the SW office last year. And yes I do know the difference between county and country. One has an "r", the other doesn't.

OK omen80, you must be right;) so every single SW recipient in any part of rural Ireland who decides to go, lets say, shopping in Dublin, or Cork or Galway or Kilkenny must get permission form SW first. Or if Im in Tipperary, Im having a heart attack and the ambulance has to take me to Limerick, i must get permission form SW first. Or i want to visit my granny in Ennis and i live in Galway, must get permission first from SW. Or i want to go to my great aunts funeral in Leitrim an Im in Roscommon, cant go, i havnt got permission from SW. Or im living in Newport, Tipperary and Im going to UL every day, do i have to get permission every day or can i get a pass for the week? tell me, are many people refused?:p

omen80

mrsbyrne wrote: »

OK omen80, you must be right;) so every single SW recipient in any part of rural Ireland who decides to go, lets say, shopping in Dublin, or Cork or Galway or Kilkenny must get permission form SW first. Or if Im in Tipperary, Im having a heart attack and the ambulance has to take me to Limerick, i must get permission form SW first. Or i want to visit my granny in Ennis and i live in Galway, must get permission first from SW. Or i want to go to my great aunts funeral in Leitrim an Im in Roscommon, cant go, i havnt got permission from SW. Or im living in Newport, Tipperary and Im going to UL every day, do i have to get permission every day or can i get a pass for the week? tell me, are many people refused?:p

Like I said, I'm telling you what I was told by SW. And I never said anything about getting permission if you read my posts, it's a free country, you can travel anywhere you want.

bbbbb

Some times an employer will pay interview travel expenses, but this would be agreed in advance.
Would normally apply when there are flights or hotels involved.