$30 is NOT enough for a meal
$30 inclusive of fees is basically $20. You can’t get shit for $20. Not to mention it also includes tip because those fucks won’t pick up your order unless you tip. Bullshit.
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Which app do you use? If you get a monthly subscription, you save on delivery and service fees and can order worth ~24-25 with a 3 dollar tip.
My bank uses seamless
You are definitely a fat fuck if you don’t think it’s enough to eat on
Fatass
Some of us are blessed with a high metabolism and a tall height. So we have to consume like a beast.
Sorry but as a 6’4 guy with a fast metabolism, $30 gets you a lot of food.
Lol yeah you got a slow ass metabolism if you’re putting on major pounds from the typical dinner stipend
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Damn bro, you must be blowing up your bathroom
Nah I fast, skip breakfast and don't eat until 12:30-1 most days then fast again until the dinner arrives at ~7pm, which at that point I'm starving. The trick is targeting pure protein with light carb meals because your body actually burns calories digesting protein. It's almost impossible to gain fat eating pure lean protein which is why I like getting that Panda meal. Haven't gained any weight since starting.
Bro, if that is your diet on IB hours and you’re not eating any fiber, you will be blessed with Grade 4 hemorrhoids in 2-3 years.
Shiti bank is still at $25 and it’s absolutely not enough
Hopefully they will increase this after the efficient reorganization.
I’m sure increasing the meal stipend is the first item on the Jane Fraser To Do List!
More in London, plus we don't have to tip 😏
we get paid like half as much though
Ozymandia I wanted to tag you in this thread since, correct me if I am wrong, you worked in the food service industry before finance. Thoughts?
Also - That should be plenty enough for meals.
I did not. That being said $30 seems like plenty for a basic meal...
Why do analysts need to spend 30 every night for dinner?? I’d recommend not spending that to buy dinner because it could lead to you gaining weight and becoming unhealthy - nobody needs to eat that much, analysts can meal prep and bring a box of pasta or salad to the office for dinner every day instead
This reads like cope lol does your group even have a dinner stipend
Ours does, but it’s less than half of what most places get and we need to stay in office until very late. Point is, people are so entitled these days it’s mind boggling
working 80 hours a week to meal prep pasta in little boxes no thanks
30 dollars it not a lot. Haven't ordered from seamless in years but back in 2019 when ordering a 12 dollar salad, after fees and tax that same salad would come out to 24-27 (this is without tip). 2024 that same salad is probably 16 and the fees are jacked up.
pasta is not healthy. nice cope for not having a stipend
Why don’t you just Sweetgreen every night?
Delivery sweetgreen with tip can actually be more than $30. My normal salad is like $20 before tip and delivery and god forbid I treat myself to a seltzer once in a while.
A harvest bowl is $18, add in tax, tip, and delivery and you get damn close to $30. That is unhealthy? Banks don't pay for our meals because they appreciate us, it is so we dont waste time meal prepping or cooking and can keep working. Sorry your stipend sucks I guess?
Wtf type of place do you work at?
At least you have a meal stipend
Imagine being at Citi and having $25...
what is wrong with the US bro in London dinner stipends easily cover the cost what are you ordering which is that expensive
my go to is a nice pasta dish (circa 800 cal) and garlic bread (circa 500 cal) from an italian restaurant which is around £15 all in and with fees its max £20 and 1300 calories which is more than enough for an evening meal.
Hey fat boy maybe you don’t need to supersize every meal. A burrito is like $15, so is a salad.
Maybe this is why everyone who works in this industry is 20 pounds overweight
I’ll eat whatever the fuck I want
And you’ll gain however much weight biology wants. GL
The fees add a ton. Chipotle meal with guac hits the 30 dollar limit on ubereats
Touch grass. Please touch grass. 99% of the US doesnt need more than $30 per meal.
Idc about what the 99% does. I want a higher stipend
yeah sure, but claiming its not nearly enough for a meal is idiotic
who gives a fuck about what 99% of humanity needs? 99% of humanity isnt required to order delivery from restaurants in midtown manhattan
Everyone else has figured it out, including OP's coworkers
I recommend getting a subscription membership to minimize the amount of fees that you have to pay (worth it if you do take-outs often at home).
In Manhattan, 30 dollar gets you a bowl of ramen with dry noodles and old meat. Nothing more. You need 100 dollar to have a proper, nutrition-balanced, freshly-made meal. If you want awesome taste, rare meat, and good service, it can easily go upwards to 500 dollar.
NYC is that expensive wtf, I thought I had it bad in London lol, used to get a fat Shawarma plate for £25 in Mayfair and that was expensive in my books
He is being sarcastic
get your bands up
Just send the analyst to pick up the food.
Oh, wait.
You are a fatty bombatty
our spot gives us a measly $23 in midtown manhattan, i have found that is more than plenty to get any type of food.
suck it up and go pick up your food, it takes 10 minutes out of your 800 minute workday.
Don’t listen to the people above telling you to pick up your food every night - order off ubereats or grub hub during the winter if you’re in NYC/CHI/BOS (7 months).
You realize people used to live outside full time right?
And you can’t walk 3 blocks in a Canada goose to grab your meal?
Criminally soft
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It’s bizarre how many people who have never worked or lived in NYC are commenting with zero frame of reference to food prices.
yes a chipotle burrito with fees and delivery is very close to $25 on seamless.
you probably have to pick up your dinner to get under $25 limit for dinner, which can be a pain with some of the NYC office locations.
Lol
I have Dash Pass in New York City which is $8/mo (I pay yearly) but it probably saves me like $50/mo and more importantly allows me to get enough food on the stipend 4-5 nights a week. At Chipotle on DoorDash, a burrito bowl and a bag of chips with salsa comes out to about $18 subtotal. After fee and tax you get to about $21 total. Add a $3 tip and I’m at $24. I’ve ordered all kinds of food and never struggle to stay below the stipend limit.
These clowns are clearly obese and ordering multiple entrees from chipotle
As a broke college student, give me $20 and I'd feast
Better get ready to dance on OnlyFans lol
Ok fatass
Agree it’s not enough. However, will it kill you if you pay $3.78 out of pocket, rather than stressing about it every day and night? We are fortunate enough someone will pay for our food while other industry has to earn their lunches and dinners.
You can absolutely order lunch for $30 lmfao. Fire up seamless right now, preorder the chicken pesto salad from Soma, and try to hit that 2024 goal of low teens bodyfat %. You’ll thank yourself in a few years.
this is why you go somewhere with breakfast/lunch/dinner catering
$35 at my bank is perfect amount to get a good meal but not so much that my juniors pass out from the carb/protein load.
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