Shared Hotel Rooms for Work
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You've never even met the guy? An even bigger **** no from me.
It might be worth just telling the foreman hey I don't wanna do this. The foreman I worked for when I traveled usually didn't care if we got another room so we didn't have to share. They then explained it to the office. I think since covid though they abandoned the policy. At least I haven't shared a room.
Worst comes to worse. Do it for a night or so and then say it won't work.
Can't believe companies would do this. If they are doing it today, when there's a worker shortage, I can't imagine what they would do when jobs are hard to find.
I would get the heck out of that company even if they get rid of this policy. **** family culture. Cheap ass POS bosses.
I would get the heck out of that company even if they get rid of this policy. **** family culture. Cheap ass POS bosses.
some good points here you could use as fodder
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The Pros and Cons of Employees Sharing Rooms When Traveling
Should employees share rooms on business trips, attending training or conferences, or making sales calls? Read about the pros and cons of this practice.www.thebalancecareers.com
This was very helpful. I honestly think the medical card is the easiest one to play. I could honestly say "I'm not able to share a hotel room with someone due to some private issues I have." If they want to push it, I'm sure I could go visit a therapist that would give me a note that says I have too much anxiety around sharing a room with another person.
I'm certain everyone in our company is talking about this all last week and this week. A coworker and I talked about it for a couple hours last week, plus I've spent far too much time worrying about how to get out of it over the last 5 days. That's probably $2000-$4000 worth of time right there. So, just by reinstituting the policy, they cost themselves 15-25 "nights" of room savings. And that's just two employees. Amplify that over the other 698 people and I'm sure they've cost themselves tens (maybe hundreds) of thousands of dollars.
Company I used to work for rooming with someone else was their policy. I thought it was strange. Problem was when it came to by boss he seemed immune to it.
I had to room with a service guy that would wake up in the middle of the night and start yelling in his sleep. Told my boss this and if this policy wasn't changed I was leaving. I also stated when I go to bed at night, I sleep with my wife, not with a guy in the bed next to me. He then told me I could circumvent the policy as I was his top sales guy.
I was at a show once and had share a to room with by boss in Chicago. He didn't tell me his wife was coming with him!! I It really wasn't that big of deal since we've all stayed in an RV at various NASCAR tracks before, so it was really wasn't a big deal. His wife isn't going to win any beauty contests or anything so it was all on the straight and narrow.
I had to room with a service guy that would wake up in the middle of the night and start yelling in his sleep. Told my boss this and if this policy wasn't changed I was leaving. I also stated when I go to bed at night, I sleep with my wife, not with a guy in the bed next to me. He then told me I could circumvent the policy as I was his top sales guy.
I was at a show once and had share a to room with by boss in Chicago. He didn't tell me his wife was coming with him!! I It really wasn't that big of deal since we've all stayed in an RV at various NASCAR tracks before, so it was really wasn't a big deal. His wife isn't going to win any beauty contests or anything so it was all on the straight and narrow.
I mean, it wouldn't be truthful, but we could get real awkward, real fast if my boss were to push it.
"I'm gonna be honest, I do some weird stuff in my sleep. I've been known to strip naked and piss in the corner of the room while asleep. You want to deal with that HR complaint?"
I'd sleep in my car before sharing a room with a colleague.
My company would allow coworkers to share a room but they coworkers would get to split the money of what the 2nd room would cost. I liked having my own room so I haven't taken advantage of it.
This hits home - traveling next week for work and I had a male coworker in his 30's ask if we wanted to share a room. I initially laughed as I thought he was kidding... He wasn't.
Travel is part of my job and while we don’t travel as much anymore, I still travel maybe 8 weeks a year. There’s no way they’d make us share rooms.
Ask a manager website has a lot of info on this topic and could provide some arguments you could make.
Ask a manager website has a lot of info on this topic and could provide some arguments you could make.
Pre-COVID I typically traveled 1-2 times a year for a week. I haven’t traveled since COVID.
I’ve never shared a room when on business travel, even when traveling with friends who I shared rooms with before when not on business travel.
Sharing a rental car, meal times, and maybe being seat mates on flights is enough, even when it’s with coworkers I like.
It is unacceptable to push it to hotel rooms when there are different sleep habits, potential liability, television viewing, and just need some privacy when calling back home, etc.
I’ve never shared a room when on business travel, even when traveling with friends who I shared rooms with before when not on business travel.
Sharing a rental car, meal times, and maybe being seat mates on flights is enough, even when it’s with coworkers I like.
It is unacceptable to push it to hotel rooms when there are different sleep habits, potential liability, television viewing, and just need some privacy when calling back home, etc.
I work in a department at my company of just women, so I can't wrap my head around this. But, if I were to put myself in the shoes of the OP, OH HELL NO would I be on board with room sharing. I have friends with 10+ of history with that I would not be comfortable sharing a room with. I would be an awkward turtle for sure if faced with a scenario posed by the OP, sharing a room with someone I've never met in person especially, I would have to tell my boss to kindly f--- off.
Oddly enough, I think this has changed over time for me. If you would have asked me in my late teens/early 20s I would've been on board to save money and to 'help the company'. I think I just have a general assumption that people get weirder as they get older and maybe more private is a better word than 'weirder', but that's definitely a change I've noticed in myself. I also have a pretty slanted/jaded view of corporate culture, so am not really inclined to 'do what's best for the company' anymore, because rarely in my experience does it work the other way around.
Oddly enough, I think this has changed over time for me. If you would have asked me in my late teens/early 20s I would've been on board to save money and to 'help the company'. I think I just have a general assumption that people get weirder as they get older and maybe more private is a better word than 'weirder', but that's definitely a change I've noticed in myself. I also have a pretty slanted/jaded view of corporate culture, so am not really inclined to 'do what's best for the company' anymore, because rarely in my experience does it work the other way around.
Sharing a room with a coworker can create a hostile work environment, spending basically zero time to yourself on the road and all of your time with someone else is awful. You are traveling and cant talk to your family without going into the lobby of the hotel and even that isnt private. I would just say I have a really bad snoring issue and no one wants to stay in a room with me.
Yes. Our CEO made the argument in his announcement that this is extra money that goes back to the bonus pool so everyone benefits from it on their paycheck. So, if I bunk up and save the company $10,000 next year...divided amongst our 700 employees is $14 extra on my bonus. F THAT
