Reply to People who travel for work, do you bill your time?

Forum Index » Jobs and Careers

Reply to "People who travel for work, do you bill your time?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]I definitely bill my travel time in a manner that is consistent with company policy.  I work for a government contractor.

Our rules are officially, if you are traveling during the normal working hours you bill it.  If it is outside normal working hours, it is manager discretion, but usually not billed.

For example, I am on travel right now -- too early to start working out here on the left coast...I flew out on Sunday.  Time was not billed.  I fly on on friday.  Time will be billed.

The project/customer wants me at another location.  That is part of the cost of business -- getting me to where they want me.  And it is a contract cost.

The only exceptions to the rule on billing is when I fly a red-eye.  I can not work the day after a red-eye, so I will bill the time.  But, I only take red-eyes when there are no other options (e.g, travel to Europe, or back from Hawaii).

I also charge time driving between customers sites.  If I have to go from my office to a customer's site, that is billible time.

Obviously, my commute time is not billable.  Where it gets grey is a customer is very close to my house, and 40 min from work.  I admit, I try to schedule meetings at 3:00 PM -- not to get paid for travel home, but to avoid rush hour.

I should add, I typically am working 50-60 hours per week...but I only get paid for 40 (usually), and the company typically only gets paid for 40.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics