http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/chuck-schwab-speaks-to-us/ Everything About Money You Were Too Polite To Ask Thu, 20 Jun 2013 13:26:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/chuck-schwab-speaks-to-us/#comment-8106 cherrispryte Tue, 26 Jun 2012 15:51:39 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=6824#comment-8106 @stuffisthings I know lots of ridiculous per diem stories. As this is the internet, I shall not tell any of them, but your comment does not surprise me in the least. @stuffisthings I know lots of ridiculous per diem stories. As this is the internet, I shall not tell any of them, but your comment does not surprise me in the least.

]]> http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/chuck-schwab-speaks-to-us/#comment-7825 ennaenirehtac Sat, 23 Jun 2012 17:01:14 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=6824#comment-7825 Surprisingly funny and dead on. Surprisingly funny and dead on.

]]> http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/chuck-schwab-speaks-to-us/#comment-7575 stuffisthings Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:17:13 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=6824#comment-7575 @cherrispryte When I was in the Peace Corps, our (Federal) per diems for the two and a half days we were in DC were bigger than our living allowance for the first three months we were in country. @cherrispryte When I was in the Peace Corps, our (Federal) per diems for the two and a half days we were in DC were bigger than our living allowance for the first three months we were in country.

]]> http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/chuck-schwab-speaks-to-us/#comment-7569 redheaded&crazy Fri, 22 Jun 2012 03:09:59 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=6824#comment-7569 i've watched the burger one probably five times and it hasn't stopped making me laugh. i’ve watched the burger one probably five times and it hasn’t stopped making me laugh.

]]> http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/chuck-schwab-speaks-to-us/#comment-7561 Reginal T. Squirge Thu, 21 Jun 2012 22:28:39 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=6824#comment-7561 "Max, ah, one more thing. Ah ... who am I dropping this off to? Who gets their hands on this?" "That's your per diem." "Yeah, that's <i>my</i> per diem. And who do I give it to? Who do I drop it off to?" “Max, ah, one more thing. Ah … who am I dropping this off to? Who gets their hands on this?”
“That’s your per diem.”
“Yeah, that’s my per diem. And who do I give it to? Who do I drop it off to?”

]]> http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/chuck-schwab-speaks-to-us/#comment-7544 cherrispryte Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:16:18 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=6824#comment-7544 I haven't watched the videos, but where I work, per diem is money you get per day (hence "per diem") to cover your expenses when you travel somewhere for work. The federal government sets how much per diem is, based on cost of living in your destination, or, at least, it sets what per diem is for government employees, and depending on your profit margin/how quasi-government your job is, how much you get at your job varies. The tricky bit is, sometimes per diem is the maximum you're allowed to ask for in reimbursements, and sometimes it is how much money you get per day, regardless of what you actually spent. Per diems tend to be higher than necessary, so if you're somewhere known to be expensive and can do it on the cheap, (travelling to Paris for work and staying with a friend rather than a hotel) you can wind up with some extra money. So, yes, per diems for everyone! I haven’t watched the videos, but where I work, per diem is money you get per day (hence “per diem”) to cover your expenses when you travel somewhere for work. The federal government sets how much per diem is, based on cost of living in your destination, or, at least, it sets what per diem is for government employees, and depending on your profit margin/how quasi-government your job is, how much you get at your job varies. The tricky bit is, sometimes per diem is the maximum you’re allowed to ask for in reimbursements, and sometimes it is how much money you get per day, regardless of what you actually spent. Per diems tend to be higher than necessary, so if you’re somewhere known to be expensive and can do it on the cheap, (travelling to Paris for work and staying with a friend rather than a hotel) you can wind up with some extra money.
So, yes, per diems for everyone!

]]> http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/chuck-schwab-speaks-to-us/#comment-7542 Megano! Thu, 21 Jun 2012 19:11:22 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=6824#comment-7542 A per diem is like, a daily allowance that the person you're working for gives you for food and stuff. I'll let Murray explain it (at 2:05):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8ZyVAhe_2A A per diem is like, a daily allowance that the person you’re working for gives you for food and stuff. I’ll let Murray explain it (at 2:05):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8ZyVAhe_2A

]]> http://thebillfold.com/2012/06/chuck-schwab-speaks-to-us/#comment-7538 myrna.minkoff Thu, 21 Jun 2012 18:38:39 +0000 http://thebillfold.com/?p=6824#comment-7538 This is a fantastic way to endear me to bankers. Good work, Chuck! This is a fantastic way to endear me to bankers. Good work, Chuck!

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