Work canteen purchases to come out of following month's pay packets

eamon

[Deleted User] wrote:

Hi,

ahh, they are going to shut the canteen.

If enough folks boycott the canteen, then in a few months the company will say it is losing money and has to close.

My thoughts exactly!

JReacher1

My maths may be wrong but you say you go to the canteen 2 days a week and spend £4 a time so that's £32 a month taken out of your pay packet. It doesn't seem a huge amount.

If money is tight then It seems relatively straightforward to just put £4 into a pot everytime you have a canteen lunch and then at the end of the month deposit into your bank account.

It seems like one of those things that is not really an issue but people get worked up about it!

[Deleted User]

Hi,

anonymous1234567 wrote: »

My employer is introducing a cashless system for our new canteen. All spends will then be taken out of the following month's pay packet.

anonymous1234567 wrote: »

The money never reaches my bank account to earn interest.

Voltaire7 wrote: »

The money you would use for paying lunch is still sitting in your account earning interest.

So an interest free loan, you will be lunching this month and paying next month.

No such thing as a free lunch.

Voltaire7

[Deleted User] wrote:

Hi,


So an interest free loan, you will be lunching this month and paying next month.

No such thing as a free lunch.

It's utterly bonkers that the majority of the employees are against it.

One would hope it's not a bank or financial institution of any sort.

[Deleted User]

Hi,

if company had said, 'were going to close canteen', there would, no doubt've been uproar.

As I said in previous post, if staff boycott canteen, then in a few months time it may close as losing money.

Then company can say. 'well you didn't use it'.

Company saves more money.

Poppie68

Sounds like a good idea for those that lack budgeting skills and less hassle than taking money out of the atm ...

Hedgehog99

It'd be tempting for some to over-spend if the money is limitless.

Better to have a pre-payment card that budgeters could decide to put £x on per week & after that, it's packed lunch.

If the majority of you don't want the proposed system, just take packed lunches. Is there a microwave & kettle for you to use as well?

I'm used to taking my own lunch because of dietary requirements and money-saving. The canteen's sandwiches & traybakes are a rip-off.

dotdash79

I used to have this at work and it was a god send towards the end of the month knowing I would at least have one good meal a day, before I got good at managing my money.

corbyboy

Is there an actual reason you are against this? Nothing you have posted so far is much of an explanation why.

As for budgeting, surely this makes things easier as you know right at the beginning of the month how much of your wages are going to go towards lunch?

I am really struggling to understand why you are against this.

[Deleted User]

Hi,

when you see how much it is costing you each month, coming off in a single payment, it may make you more inclined to pack a bap.

OP, is the canteen subsidised by the company?