Travelling for work - not daily commute

FBaby

Indeed, don't understand why you can't travel in the morning. Early start but feasible.

The question is whether this is expected to be a one off or a regular occurrence. If one off, and the fact that you opted for a hotel stay, then I would keep quiet. If it becomes a regular request though, I would ask about rules.

Tabbytabitha

74jax wrote: »

If you only live in London, why don't you travel on the morning?

I thought that, it's only an hour - plenty of people commute from Oxford to London.

Having said that, I agree with the earlier poster about making it work for you. Most people enjoy a night in a hotel with a meal paid for and, even if you didn't want to make a weekend of it, I'd catch a morning train on Sunday and enjoy a day in Oxford at my employer's expense. (Doesn't work so well if you have caring responsibilities but I think the OP hasn't.)

trailingspouse

You don't have to come across as moaning or complaining. And in fact, as you're new, that's the perfect time to be asking these questions - it's when you've been doing it a while that it gets harder.

Just say to your boss something like 'Hi boss, you know this trip to Oxford next week? Just wanting to get things straight in my head - do I get paid for the travelling time? No? OK, just needed to check.'

Gavin83

AubreyMac wrote: »

I work in social services and travelling from London.

I have to ask. As you work in social services and therefore for a London Borough why are you being asked to go to Oxford, presumably on a regular basis?

However it’s not for everyone. I’ve twice turned down well paid jobs because they involved significant travelling, although admittedly a lot further than London to Oxford.

AubreyMac

The location of my meeting in Oxford is still a while from the hotel. It starts at 9am so it does make life easier if I start the day from Oxford. But this means most of my evening on the sunday before eats into my own time. We can only book selected hotels that already have accounts set up (long winded but typical of public sector).


As part of my work I need to go to see family members (main client is in London) for a viability assessment to see if oxford family are suitable to care the London client.


It will be an all day event as I have to meet the Oxford based professionals that same afternoon.


Tomorrow I will ask a colleague instead of manager. I'm not a social worker so this isn't something that will happen often.


I live 15 mins walk from my work office (main reason why I applied for the job). Door to door (my door to central London station then to hotel then to Oxford client's home and back again) will amount up to about 5 hours including waiting time.

IAmWales

I live 15 mins walk from my work office (main reason why I applied for the job). Door to door (my door to central London station then to hotel then to Oxford client's home and back again) will amount up to about 5 hours including waiting time.

So 2.5 hours each way?

You're choosing to travel on the Sunday, you don't have to. You shouldn't expect any additional payment for your choice.

w06

if you object to losing your sunday evening I suspect the response will rightly be well go and come back on Monday then. London to Oxford is hardly a huge trek.

By the way you should probably edit out the information that you've given of why you're going to Oxford

Sanne

Expected at my current place and anywhere I've worked before.

I have sometimes left at 6am in the morning (normally walk to work as well) to travel across the country for a meeting, other days I haven't been back until 11pm. And yes, the expectation was to be in the office again at 9am the next day.

We would certainly also be expected to travel that Monday morning and also to travel back that evening if we're talking London - Oxford.

I'm a senior manager (albeit in an SME) and it's just part of the job, though it's usually no more than three or four times a month for me max. And it's a taking and giving; I know if I've had too much I can just "disappear" for an afternoon or if I have an appointment somewhere go and attend it.

Lavendyr

Same, pretty much expected in every job I've done (from start-up to employer of 15k+ and everything inbetween). Personally I'd much rather get somewhere the night before and have a more relaxed start than to be rushing around in the morning.

AubreyMac

w06 wrote: »

London to Oxford is hardly a huge trek.

It is Oxford this time.


Next time could be Newcastle, Belfast or Aberdeen.