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Re:Amoma.com is a scam (2017) by RHSeeger on Friday May 24, 2019 @11:36PM (#20006957)
The thing I find the most interesting is

> On July 20th, I got a call from my boss. I needed to be in San Francisco on July 23rd.

> I had a hotel budget of $280 a night

> here is what I saw on my company’s internal travel site (bookings for double the budget)

At this point, I would reach out to my boss and ask "Do I book it at twice the budget?". If my boss says yes, the company covers it. If my boss says no, then I don't go. It's as simple as that.

Re:Amoma.com is a scam (2017) by PhantomGremlin on Saturday May 25, 2019 @01:06AM (#20007209)
If my boss says no, then I don't go.

That's the right decision, is he supposed to cover the difference out of pocket?

And it gets worse. This also happened: I adjusted the filters and looked everywhere. After about 3 hours searching I couldn’t find a hotel for under $280 anywhere in the city.

Now there's a productive use of employee time! How much did that cost the company?

Re:Amoma.com is a scam (2017) by oceanghost on Saturday May 25, 2019 @01:22AM (#20007274)
This is one of the most fantastic things about corporations.

My last employer thought nothing of asking people to travel on a moments notice. We had 500 million in revenue, and they'd fight you over a few dollars for travel while eschewing any responsibility for the situation it created.