Employer says I have to pay back for cancelled hotel room

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DVardysShadow wrote: »

But the logic still stands. He did not cost them any more than they were prepared to pay. Or if he did, how much more than they were prepared to pay did he actually cost them???

They paid for a service they did not receive.

Weird logic. Time to admit you got it wrong, rather than dragging it out!

[Deleted User]

It would of cost them more If I had gone, as they would of paid petrol and evening meal on expenses.

redcard wrote: »

Well, I'm sure they'll go back into administration if their staff throw away £70 on a regular basis cos they can't be arsed driving.

Oh, and I knew someone would add that the £70 lost is the fault on the company finances!

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Deleted_User wrote: »

It would of cost them more If I had gone, as they would of paid petrol and evening meal on expenses.



Oh, and I knew someone would add that the £70 lost is the fault on the company finances!

It's certainly one of them. The people tasked with running your company aren't going to be pleased when they get an invoice for a hotel room that no-one used, no matter how small the amount.

DVardysShadow

redcard wrote: »

They paid for a service they did not receive.

Weird logic. Time to admit you got it wrong, rather than dragging it out!

If the OP had gone to the hotel, the employer would still have paid for a service they did not receive. And they would have been happy to pay for it.

You have convinced me not one little bit that I am wrong on this.

What if the second employee had been available to go? And a third employee went instead, who did use the hotel? Would you be arguing that the OP should be liable for the hotel in that case? Because the hotel would very definitely have been used.

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bristol_pilot wrote: »

it would have been better to say that he had undertaken a risk assessment for the journey taking into account conditions at the time and concluded that it was not safe to travel.

This was basically what I told them. Due to the bad weather conditions and very high winds that afternoon and evening, I didn't feel confident in doing that long drive in those conditions. My own safety comes before that of my employer.

Jinx

In my opinion I'd accept you didnt make a good decision and pay the money. I'm surprised the company are only asking for this and not going for any disciplinary action.... If the trip was optional, you could have said no when asked initially instead of last gasp.

tomstickland

I think the OP is a bit of a div for pulling out at the last minute. However, no extra cost has been incurred by the company. The other person could have used the hotel, but didn't.

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DVardysShadow wrote: »

If the OP had gone to the hotel, the employer would still have paid for a service they did not receive. And they would have been happy to pay for it.

You have convinced me not one little bit that I am wrong on this.

What if the second employee had been available to go? And a third employee went instead, who did use the hotel? Would you be arguing that the OP should be liable for the hotel in that case? Because the hotel would very definitely have been used.

Wow. I can't believe you're not getting this. You gotta be trollin'

If the OP had gone to the hotel, then they would have received a service :huh::huh:

Let's stick to the facts, rather than bringing 'whats' and 'ifs' into the discusssion.

The facts are that his company are paying for a hotel room that no one slept in. That's it. The end.

Let's use this little example. You visit McDonalds, make your order, pay your money, and they don't give you any food. You just walk away, right? I mean, you were willing to pay for the food anyway. You didn't make a loss.

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tomstickland wrote: »

I think the OP is a bit of a div for pulling out at the last minute. However, no extra cost has been incurred by the company. The other person could have used the hotel, but didn't.

If the other person had been asked to go in the first place, then they wouldn't have needed a hotel room.

DVardysShadow

redcard wrote: »

Wow. I can't believe you're not getting this. You gotta be trollin'

If the OP had gone to the hotel, then they would have received a service :huh::huh:

Let's stick to the facts, rather than bringing 'whats' and 'ifs' into the discusssion.

The facts are that his company are paying for a hotel room that no one slept in. That's it. The end.

So effectively they are upset that the bed did not get slept in. They need compo perhaps?

redcard wrote: »

Let's use this little example. You visit McDonalds, make your order, pay your money, and they don't give you any food. You just walk away, right? I mean, you were willing to pay for the food anyway. You didn't make a loss.

Could you make your point without bringing "what's" and "ifs" into the discussion as you don't want others to do this?