Company refuses to reimburse job interview expenses

xapprenticex

Stylehutz wrote: »

Maybe you could reimburse him and then he will

Ok have OP meet me at the park at 6pm, you be there too to witness the transaction. See you later on today.

stator

usefulmale wrote: »

If you had bothered to read the OP, you would see that he has already been reimbursed by two of the companies. The OP has been b1tching over a few quid for over a year.

Two out of three leaves 1/3 unpaid
Out of principle I would expect them to pay up. They agreed to pay the full amount and then end up only having to pay 1/3 of the amount and they refuse. And they didn't offer the job anyway. No sense

itchyfeet123

usefulmale wrote: »

If you had bothered to read the OP, you would see that he has already been reimbursed by two of the companies. The OP has been b1tching over a few quid for over a year.

Again, "a few quid" in your world seems very different than "a few quid" in mine.

Stylehutz

xapprenticex wrote: »

Ok have OP meet me at the park at 6pm, you be there too to witness the transaction. See you later on today.

What park? No need for either of us to be there. Just pm him for bank details and you can pay him. Bank transfer or cheque. Simples.

ThemeOne

usefulmale wrote: »

Somehow, I bet this 'job' is some chair-warming number on a six-figure salary. It certainly won't be for a NMW job where the poor sods there have to pay to get to the interview, pay for the uniform, pay for a pointless DBS check and then do hard graft that actually matters, you know, carers, cleaners, binmen (and women) where people would notice within days if such work stopped.

Stop whining about a miserable few quid.

This forum has sunk to a new low if we're only giving advice to people who have certain kinds of jobs, particularly as the OP doesn't say what his job is or how much he's paid.

Of course he cares about a few miserable quid - that's the whole idea of a money saving site isn't it?

xapprenticex

Stylehutz wrote: »

What park? No need for either of us to be there. Just pm him for bank details and you can pay him. Bank transfer or cheque. Simples.

Where were you? OP and I was at the park waiting for you to show up you lazy sod. Should have known better, bloody flakes.

yours3lf

Sorry guys about the late reply, I thought I'd get email notifications.
Thanks for all the replies!

If company Y and Z have already roughly split the expenses costs, are you considered "out of pocket"?

Company X still owes me ~400 GBP (cost of flying to the UK)
Company Y and Z only covered the cost of flying back and the accomodation.

Also, what industry sees competitors split expenses "roughly equally" when one of them will have absolutely no benefit in it?

It's the tech industry. I don't want to name the companies, but they all have tons of money so 400GBP is nothing to them.

Is Company X in the UK?

Yes, all of them.

Have you billed the company for £133?

No, they owe me 400GBP not 133. I did not bill them for 400GBP either, I've been asking for it through the recruiter.

Who says they know the OP was attending other interviews?

The recruiter asked me, and I told him. Obviously he told Company X.

Somehow, I bet this 'job' is some chair-warming number on a six-figure salary. It certainly won't be for a NMW job.......Stop whining about a miserable few quid.

It is a chair-warming job, but not a six-figure one unfortunately (not a NMW either though). 400GBP is not a few miserable quid for me right now.

OP, I assume you have emails where the company agrees to pay. Do they specify any conditions, like not interviewing elsewhere? Do they have a HR website with a policy on this kind of thing? Assuming not, I would send a letter before action.

There are emails in which the recruiter alleges that Company X agrees to reimburse the flight costs, but there have been no conditions specified. They do have an HR website, but I couldn't find any policies related to this. I would notify them of course before actually taking legal action.

So it seems like legal action (suing them) would be my option. Is there any UK law related to this so I can do a bit of research before actually going forward with sueing them?

stator

You need to write a letter before action.
IF that fails you take them to small claims court

yours3lf

Small claims court seems like a cheap and convenient way to settle this, thanks!

Manxman_in_exile

A few points OP:


1. Apart from what your recruiter has told you, have you any evidence company X agreed to pay travel expenses? Will your recruiter be willing to give evidence to that effect in court if necessary?


2. I'm still not understanding what you are claiming. Are you saying company X agreed to pay all your travel expenses (outward and return flights plus accommodation) or just your outward flight (the £400)? If the former, are you saying the other two companies have actually reimbursed return flight and accommodation and you are only waiting on company x for the outward flight? If you want to make a legal claim you'll have to be much clearer.


3. How did the other two companies become involved in the expenses claim if company X had agreed to pay?


4. Why did your recruiter inform(!) company x you were attending other interviews? Wasn't that confidential?


I can understand that if you are attending multiple interviews the expenses "ought" fairly to be shared between interviewers, but I'm not sure you (or your recruiter) has approached this the best way.