Like all growing companies, Talented attempts to minimise expenses as much as possible in order to extend our financial runway as much as we can. Most of our expenses—over 80% typically—are people-related: salaries, external consultants and benefits.
If you need to expense something during the course of work for a client, just ask one of the team leads who will most likely already have a business credit card.
To facilitate your efforts effectively and ensure smooth operations, we have outlined reimbursement guidelines for expenses incurred during these activities.
Reimbursement Details:
Out of town official work:
- Food: Reimbursement for meals during client meetings will be provided as per actual expenses incurred, up to a maximum of Rs.400 per meal per person.
- Airport travel expenses will be reimbursed based on receipts up to a maximum of Rs. 1000 per one-way travel to/from airport.
- In-city travel expenses at destination (e.g., taxi fare, public transit), will be reimbursed based on receipts submitted, up to a maximum of Rs. 500 per day.
- Further expenses if anticipated can be pre-approved with your team lead before making the spend.
Home location official work:
- Travel expenses such as transportation (e.g., taxi fare, public transit), parking fees, and toll charges will be reimbursed based on receipts submitted up to a maximum of Rs. 500 per day.
- Further expenses if anticipated can be pre-approved with your team lead before making the spend. This includes far-off meeting locations.
Production Shoots for Clients:
- Food: If food is not provided at shoot, reimbursement for meals during production shoots will be provided as per actual expenses incurred, up to a maximum of 400 per meal per person.
- Travel expense policies for production shoots will be applicable as mentioned in above sections depending on geography.
Learning and Development Allowance:
You will be provided an annual learning allowance up to Rs. 30,000. This can be spent towards online courses, programs, coaching, mentorship programs, books, subscriptions, or anything else that you feel will provide necessary learning experiences.
Post your compatibility period, a base amount of Rs. 10,000 becomes active for all employees by default. There are opportunities to top-up this allowance to Rs. 30,000 per year by sharing your learnings with your colleagues at Talented through presentations and workshops conducted by you. More information on how to top up your allowance is available with the Talent team.
Please refer to the Learning Allowance for complete details.