When you take direct reports out to lunch, who pays?
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Anonymous
| Obviously I don't expect them to pay, particularly when I've initiated the lunch. But I was wondering if at larger companies managers get a budget for this or if it's always out of pocket. |
Anonymous
| At the companies I've been with, the senior (position not years) person always pays. |
Anonymous
| I'm a SVP, I pay with corporate credit card. I don't expect managers to pay out of pocket unless its excessive or frequent. |
Anonymous
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Most senior by title pays. It's actually policy for us.
That's assuming its a formal event, if its a "hey wanna grab lunch" that's different and each person pays for their own meal. |
Anonymous
| My company (6000+ employee) used to have money for this but not anymore. On the rare occasion that lunches now occur, everyone pays their own way. |
Anonymous
| The company should pay, not the manager out of his or her pocket. |
Anonymous
| If its an official lunch, like a review, birthday, adminstrative asst day, etc., then the manager pays and puts in for reimbursement with the receipt, or puts it on a company credit card if they have one. If its lets get lunch at Panera, everyone pays for their own meal. |
Anonymous
| At our company, the most senior person is supposed to pay. It's spelled out in our expense guidelines. |
Anonymous
| My company has the same policy guideline, the most senior person is expected to expense the lunch. |
Anonymous
| I'm a Fed, and I pay out of pocket every single time I go out with junior colleagues (if it's for an occasion). |
Anonymous
That's nice. I've been a fed and the bosses don't pay in my experience. Which I'm okay with, it's not like they're making millions. I think there are ethics rules limiting this. |
Anonymous
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I always pay for junior staff. If it is work related in an official capacity (annual reviews, promotion, etc) I use my corporate card. If it is a casual reason (just catching up, birthday, graduation from grad school) I pay out of pocket.
This is the general rule/culture of my firm. I do have a staff person who insists on buying me a coffee every other time we go to starbucks. I appreciate his gesture and accept it. |