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mon37
mon37 Posts: 416 Forumite
edited 14 May 2013 at 11:58AM in Employment, jobseeking & training
I hope you will be able to give me some advice. I have been unemployed for a while now and going for interviews is quite costly. I am chasing my job interview travel expenses for the job interview which I had on 15 March. It was at the council. When I received invitation and I asked if they could reimburse my travel expenses and they said yes they can and sent me the form. I submitted the form straight after my interview, sent it by 1st class stamp. Two weeks later, I contacted the person who invited me for the interview and she said that she has not received it and asked me to re-sent it. I resent it and waited for another two weeks. Then I contacted that person and got automatic reply that she has gone on maternity leave. I contacted HR dep and they said I have to contact the interviewing manager. I contacted him last Wednesday and he said that he sent it through to accounts dep and it should be with me by the beginning of this week. Still no cheque arrived and on Monday I sent another letter to the Manager. He replied yesterday saying "Hi, Apologies for this. I have sent an e mail to chase it. I was told it was sorted". He did not say anything else.
Could someone advise what to do next? I doubt it was sorted.


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  • AP007
    AP007 Posts: 7,109 Forumite
    Did you get the job? If not keep chasing it
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  • Dogger69
    Dogger69 Posts: 1,183 Forumite
    They might not do a payment run every day, so it could have been sorted in the sense it has been input onto the system, but the cheque/ bank transfer instruction has not yet been actioned.

    Give them another week. Councils and the like are not known for being the most efficient!
  • mon37
    mon37 Posts: 416 Forumite
    AP007 wrote: »
    Did you get the job? If not keep chasing it


    Thank you for your reply. No, I did not get the job. I am thinking who else to contact as both HR dep and the interviewing Manager are not helpful at all.
  • AP007
    AP007 Posts: 7,109 Forumite
    mon37 wrote: »
    Thank you for your reply. No, I did not get the job. I am thinking who else to contact as both HR dep and the interviewing Manager are not helpful at all.
    Send in an invoice instead :)
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  • Funky_Bold_Ribena
    Funky_Bold_Ribena Posts: 2,256 Forumite
    I'd go for the accounts payable dept.
    Sanctimonious Veggie. GYO-er. Seed Saver. Get in.
  • mon37
    mon37 Posts: 416 Forumite
    Funky_Bold_Ribena wrote: »
    I'd go for the accounts payable dept.

    I asked HR to give me account dep contact details but they referred me to Manager.
  • Funky_Bold_Ribena
    Funky_Bold_Ribena Posts: 2,256 Forumite
    Call up and ask to speak to 'accounts dept'.
    Sanctimonious Veggie. GYO-er. Seed Saver. Get in.
  • mon37
    mon37 Posts: 416 Forumite
    Funky_Bold_Ribena wrote: »
    Call up and ask to speak to 'accounts dept'.


    I have HR and manager's numbers but no contact details for the account dep. HR did not give me contact number when I asked. if I ring HR number will they put me through to accounts dep? Sure they will ask who I am and why I am calling. Will they put me through? Everything seems so secretive.
  • Funky_Bold_Ribena
    Funky_Bold_Ribena Posts: 2,256 Forumite
    mon37 wrote: »
    I have HR and manager's numbers but no contact details for the account dep. HR did not give me contact number when I asked. if I ring HR number will they put me through to accounts dep? Sure they will ask who I am and why I am calling. Will they put me through? Everything seems so secretive.

    Good grief. Call the main switchboard and ask for the accounts dept.

    Pre-empting the next question - try google.
    Sanctimonious Veggie. GYO-er. Seed Saver. Get in.
  • AP007
    AP007 Posts: 7,109 Forumite
    mon37 wrote: »
    I have HR and manager's numbers but no contact details for the account dep. HR did not give me contact number when I asked. if I ring HR number will they put me through to accounts dep? Sure they will ask who I am and why I am calling. Will they put me through? Everything seems so secretive.
    the council yes? call up the main line and ask for accounts payable if they ask who is calling say anything and you are chasing an invoice
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