Transportation / Mobile Phone Allowance

[Zen]

Hi

Some companies offer "Transportation Allowance" and "Mobile Phone" for their sales staff. What would be a reasonable average monthly "allowance" provided to an ordinary sales executive in Bangkok for petrol and mobile phone? Supposing this sales executive does not go to other provinces for work.

Thanks!

[jdinasia]

my partner used to get between 4k and 6k a month for a car allowance and the company just paid his mobile phone bill monthly (it is either that ot buy a phone for an employee and restrict it to business use only ... and if they lose it .. buy another etc.)

I could see the car allowwance going MUCH higher than that if the employee was in sales AND drove customers anywhere.

[teejay]

Just one reply?

Aren't there like 1000 expats on TV on huge 200k+ expat packages? Surely they must have a say or is the transporation allowance such a pittance that they can't' be bothered?

b.s.

[thaihome]

Transportation allowance is 800 USD a month; that pays for new Fortuner and driver(with OT). Mobile phone billed directly to company. The bill us usually around 5k baht a month, but can go up over 20k if out of the country for extended time.

TH

Edited June 24, 2007 by thaihome

[laxman1960]

Transportation allowance is 800 USD a month; that pays for new Fortuner and driver(with OT). Mobile phone billed directly to company. The bill us usually around 5k baht a month, but can go up over 20k if out of the country for extended time.

TH

We used to lease a toyota van for around 900 a month then had a driver for around 10k amonth. Mobile bill with unlimited gprs runs around 3k a month in country.

[Prudent_rabbit]

Typically companies provide a milage allowance, 7.5 baht per km being about the norm, plus tolls. Phone allowances are 2 to 3000 baht a month, some companies want to see actual phone bills, some just pay it out

[bendix]

As mentioned, my place just pays out a mileage allowance based on km travelled. No specific mobile phone allowance - my bills are paid in full upon receipt by the company.