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Default Five days in El Lay

sf > wrote:

>On Mon, 28 Jun 2010 18:46:32 +0000 (UTC),


>> They did not use per-diem's when I worked for T.I., and this
>> was as recently as siz years ago.


>Wow. I thought they all watched their bottom line. Were you given a
>list of approved hotels and restaurants to choose from or could you
>have dined and slept in the Presidential Suite at the Ritz?


No. Instead, they had two rounds of layoffs each year, and
the engineers who overspent on their business trips were
more likely to get cut. :-)

Steve