What is Deloitte’s alt-travel policy?
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Do you find that your team members in India take more sick days than US? On my team in the US, we work from home if we get a cold but are generally still able to work. Being too sick to work happens to each of our US team maybe 1-3 times a year. My team in India takes 1-2 sick days per month. Are they actually too sick to work and that level of illness is more common? Or is there a cultural difference that you don't work if not feeling well?
Instead of flying back from client site Thursday evening, you can fly somewhere else and they will credit you the cost of your usual travel back to your home office. You just have to pay lodging and make sure you get back to the client site Monday. Great perk.
Awesome thanks D2, it’s one of the few perks I love at my current firm wanted to make sure y’all had something similar :)
Considering an offer not a current employee
If on a travel engagement you can book a ticket somewhere else assuming it’s the same or less $$ then your normal flight. (I’ve also booked a more expensive flight and paid the difference) The policy clearly states there is no “alt travel pool of money” so while people on here will say you can spend the difference (if you find a cheaper flight) on other items, it’s not actually in policy. Also you’re supposed to code it as alt travel and then its taxed as a benefit. All in all I love it but I came from industry so have no perspective on if this is a good policy.
Depends on whether you’re staffed / on vacation
Depends on project manager and client but for the most part you can use the cost of your weekend travel to go somewhere else instead of flying back home
It’s worth noting that unlike some firms on here, the main use case (weekend travel of employee to location other than home), while taxed, is grossed up at Deloitte so you aren’t materially affected by it (flying someone to you, however, is not grossed up and you’ll pay tax on that out of pocket)
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