I travel 60-100 nights per year for work and I’d quit if they made me share a room with a coworker.
Shared Hotel Rooms for Work
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Damn this would be terrible.
- Stinky night farts
- Morning wood
- Post coffee toilet destruction
Making a direct connection between sharing hotel rooms and your bonus is BS.
This is sounding more like a boss that is really out-of-touch with reality and projecting his own perspective on everyone else. Hope he does better at other aspects of running the company! Makes me wonder what other bone-head moves he is making.
Frankly, I'm surprised at how easily he gave you an out. Perhaps he does have some sense of reality.
That's a **** answer from the boss.
Out of touch and puts the company at risk.
Everyone hates it but it's critical to the culture? Sounds like a rapey sex cult thing.
As an HR professional, there is absolutely zero way I would even sign off on a policy / practice like this……too much risk and the downside far outweighs any possible “positives” that could come from this practice.
FWIW, As bad a practice as this is, I experienced one that was worse…..
My boss was a real tight wad……took things to extremes that I never thought were possible (worked in an office environment (in Iowa) all summer w/o air because he didn’t want to pony up and pay to fix the A/C). No windows to open to get a breeze, nothing, just sweltering in 95 degree heat and high humidity, all summer.
But I digress……what took the cake for me was a trip to Chicago that we both travelled together to attend the same meeting. Well, he grew up about half way to Chicago, and his elderly mother still lived in the house he grew up in. The meeting started first thing in the morning so it made sense to travel at least half way and get up early to get to the meeting (and hotel rooms in Chicago are expensive). So where do you think we stayed? With his mother in the house he grew up in! She was a nice lady and all, but it was super creepy and awkward.
I went along to get along, but needless to say that didn’t happen again. The next time I stayed at a local Super 8 (which was easily the worst hotel I stayed in in my time with that company - we generally stayed in nicer upscale hotels).
FWIW, As bad a practice as this is, I experienced one that was worse…..
My boss was a real tight wad……took things to extremes that I never thought were possible (worked in an office environment (in Iowa) all summer w/o air because he didn’t want to pony up and pay to fix the A/C). No windows to open to get a breeze, nothing, just sweltering in 95 degree heat and high humidity, all summer.
But I digress……what took the cake for me was a trip to Chicago that we both travelled together to attend the same meeting. Well, he grew up about half way to Chicago, and his elderly mother still lived in the house he grew up in. The meeting started first thing in the morning so it made sense to travel at least half way and get up early to get to the meeting (and hotel rooms in Chicago are expensive). So where do you think we stayed? With his mother in the house he grew up in! She was a nice lady and all, but it was super creepy and awkward.
I went along to get along, but needless to say that didn’t happen again. The next time I stayed at a local Super 8 (which was easily the worst hotel I stayed in in my time with that company - we generally stayed in nicer upscale hotels).
So actual hotel rooms with like 2 queen beds or a hotel room that is actually a suite with 2 separate bedrooms and a communal living room, kitchen area? The 1st one I wouldn't be a fan of the 2nd one I could live with. Especially since it isn't the majority of your road time. Does make it harder for you to expense report off hookers if there is someone else there.
This sounds like a pretty rational way to present your case. IMHO
I don’t care really. If it was an attractive female, I would be more than fine sharing a room with her.
Agreed. For cultures sake I need to develop it with her.
There were jobs in my life where I had to share hotel rooms with coworkers. On custom wheat harvest and in the oilfield. At the time I was young and I didn't really care. But now in a professional (civil engineering) job I would never.
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The "critical part of our culture" is a really, really weird line when it comes to sharing hotel rooms. I would 100% rather have just heard "we're trying to save money" instead of a BS line like that
Once on a trip, a female coworker and I got accidentally booked into same room. The hotel was full, We had been drinking and… let’s just say we shared rooms many times.
Seems more of a complaints go up type response.
I’d start looking for a new job but you could see how it goes. I just wouldn’t have the confidence it wouldn’t cause issues down the road.
