Anonymous wrote:I have to think troll because no one is this dumb. Right?

+ 1.

Anonymous wrote:Do it- we need to shave off chaff right now- staff and consultants, I'm guessing you're likely the latter or a troll. With the upcoming cost reduction targets, in fact, only a moron would think like this and post here, unless they are really trying to provoke and malign the institutions for some other reason.

+1

Seriously. Given the education requirements to even be allowed to fart in the vicinity of these firms, must be a troll

Do it- we need to shave off chaff right now- staff and consultants, I'm guessing you're likely the latter or a troll. With the upcoming cost reduction targets, in fact, only a moron would think like this and post here, unless they are really trying to provoke and malign the institutions for some other reason.

Its fraud. Dont do it - unless you want to lose your job.

When there were per diems, that is what could happen. Now no per diems for hotels.

The only way this could work out and be ok is of you were given a per diem each day to be used for all expenses including hotel. They Yu would just pick a cheap hotel and keep what was let over.

I have to think troll because no one is this dumb. Right?

Jesus, if I knew what department you were in I'd come kick your ass

Submitting receipts for expenses you did not actually incur is fraudulent and as such unethical.

Now, some employers do hotels (and even more commonly meals/incidentals) on a per-diem basis, and if you want to stay in a hostel and collect the difference, then there's no fraud.
Likewise, if you eat like a bird, you still receive the full meals/incidentals per-diem.

There's a big difference between allocating per diem as you see fit and submitting fraudulent receipts. One is OK and the other is, well, fraudulent.

Pocketing the difference is fraud!!!!

Well, what you are proposing is illegal and unethical.

Moreover, you will be audited, found out, and fired.

The wages at the IFIs are good, and it is in order to avoid this kind of nonsense.

if you prepay - at say hotels.com or the like, then you are asked to provide proof that you stayed at the hotel - a bill with incidentals will work as long as it shows the check-in or check -out date or if no incidentals you need to ask for a "receipt" at check out that shows the dates you checked in and out. travel claim will not get process without this.

I am sure it would be fraud

Stupid and reckless. I am sure this would be highly frowned upon. I say this as an employee at the IMF but it doesn't take an insider to know this is a bad idea.

Are you really that hard up for money? These places pay pretty well.

I travel often for the above and am put in fancy hotels. Had a thought that I could somehow book and pay for the hotels myself in advance, get receipts, then get a refund and stay in a cheaper place, in order to pocket the difference. Crazy, stupid, and criminal, or acceptable?