Allowances in the private sector....

Doom

Lots of talk of the 800 odd allowances in the public sector, I work in the private sector and have some allowances, so let's be honest....here are mine.

lunch €8.00- I'm on the road so no canteen, other co-workers in the office have a subsided canteen.
Overnight allowance €80.00 (to cover b&b and evening meal)
Company mobile- no personal calls.
I have a company car with benefit-in-kind, private mileage is allowed but must be reasonable and logged.
I also travel to UK now and then and I don't get any extra allowances for this.
Do any of you have some in the private sector?
Be honest....;)

Jim2007

Doom wrote: »

Do any of you have some in the private sector?
Be honest....;)

In a word NO!

But then we have no employment law either - an employment contract is no different to any other: an employer can give you notice and go out the next day and hire someone new to take your place.

danthefan

I do under certain circumstances. I get mileage if I have to use my own vehicle for work purposes providing my line manager approves it. I get an overnight allowance if I'm away overnight and a daily allowance if I work more than 12 hours in a day. Also have a work phone, they don't seem to care about personal calls, but I only use it in a jam.

mikemac1

In my last job

Annual bus & Luas pass. Or train if that's what you needed

We got an ipod nano one year after some target was hit. Company brand on it, I still have it somewhere

They brought in food for peak periods. Pizza or maybe you order off a menu like pasta or salad or whatever.
But that wasn't generous, they just wanted us to eat at our desk and not leave until about 9pm.
12 hour day with barely a break and zero chance of a lunch hour, hurray. Feeling dizzy around 7pm was normal. Or maybe that was just me


Taxi fare when going home after 8pm. One girl lived in Portarlington, the taximen would be mad keen to get her fare from Dublin

Canteen fridge had beer, longneck bottles of the main brands. No lie. It's common in German and Dutch companies.
Staying late some evening, grab a Heineken or three and drink at your desk. After a 12 hour day and you tired and probably dehydrated you'd be pissed after 3 beers :pac:
They hired a new Irish HR manager who put an end to that
Liability of drunk staff getting hurt on the premises bla bla. That was missed


Unlimited soft drinks, I'd be taking home cans of lucozade some nights
My waistline didn't thank me

Football tournaments, sending teams off to Amsterdam and putting them up in hotels.
When times got tough that was the first thing to get cut. No loss

Golf society but that was more a buddy buddy thing for managers then anyone else realy. Few enough of the lowly staff in it

Despite all this, huge turnover of staff and morale was shocking low

Doom

Jim2007 wrote: »

In a word NO!

But then we have no employment law either - an employment contract is no different to any other: an employer can give you notice and go out the next day and hire someone new to take your place.

What country are you in, we have employment laws. People need to educate them selfs with it too.....

Procrastastudy

My fave was working for a company with mainly Muslim directors; under NO circumstances where any allowances to be used for purchasing alcohol.

Sat in restaurant on night one of the auditors pulls out a load of blank taxi receipts and writes one up for our bar bill...

Those were the days

Eoin

From what I read, there's a bit of a difference to the perks/expenses that have been mentioned so far, and a lot of the 1000 allowances (that aren't being cut).

For example, some staff get an allowance for changing a toner cartridge as it's not strictly their job. Some receptionists get an allowance for franking the mail.

But anyway:

I have a company mobile, but I don't use it for personal calls. I don't think they'd have a problem if I did (within reason), but I prefer keeping my work and personal phones separate.

I think we get the civil service rate for mileage.

Travel expenses are pretty average - think it's about 25 a day for all meals (if abroad). But if you're away for a few days, you tend to be out of pocket one way or the other.

Jim2007 wrote: »

But then we have no employment law either - an employment contract is no different to any other: an employer can give you notice and go out the next day and hire someone new to take your place.

That's not really true though.

T-K-O

No I dont get an allowance for refilling the printer with paper

daenerysstormborn3

No allowances. We all get a bonus in line with our contribution during busy court times but I think that is partial compensation for the crap salary and no overtime pay (if we work overtime we get it back as time off but you could be waiting a few months to get that time). I've never had to claim for travel but I think it's 50cent a mile. To be honest a lot of what you get where I work depends on whether you're in the good graces that week or not.

TheRealPONeil

Eoin wrote: »

.... For example, some staff get an allowance for changing a toner cartridge as it's not strictly their job. Some receptionists get an allowance for franking the mail. ...

Source ?? Newstalk !!

Eoin

Yes, which links to this page:
http://per.gov.ie/review-of-public-sector-allowances-and-premium-payments-business-cases-submitted-for-review/

which links to this page:
http://per.gov.ie/wp-content/uploads/CSO-BC-Extra-Duties-Allowance.pdf

and here's the franking one, in case you don't believe me:
http://per.gov.ie/wp-content/uploads/CSSO-BC-Franking.pdf

StillWaters

I got much more perks when I was working in the private sector, share options, free canteen, team building days, free Christmas parties, health care. Of course that was with a big multi national.

Now in the public service, no allowances, but I do know how very lucky I am to have a secure job.

Mannix80

Im in the private sector.
I get mortgage/rent allowance of €400 a month.
Meal allowance on €100 a month.
Commuter ticket fully paid for.
VHI for family.
10% of salary put into pension by company.

I consider all that part of my salary tbh.
These were the things the company offered me as payment for my job when I started. They had their own reasons for giving x salary + y allowances.
To me it all means the same thing.

Crazyivan 1979

Private sector worker.

3 days out of the office (on the road) per 5 day week.

Get lunch paid for if out of the office.

Drive the company van, have company mobile.

Work 12 hr days some days, if on the road, no overtime pay.

That's about it really.

Honey-ec

I wouldn't consider mileage or per diems allowances, tbh, they're reimbursing you for out-of-pocket expenses. People in the public service get all these as well as the actual allowances mentioned by Eoin.

And just to give you all a laugh, the mileage rate in my company is 12c per kilometre, regardless of engine size. Barely worth claiming.