Room sharing on business trip - options when I dont want to??

Undervalued

pinkshoes wrote: »

I disagree. I don't think being made to share a room with someone who is not your partner is reasonable at all.

On a personal level I agree. However I very much doubt an employment tribunal would find it to be an unreasonable management instruction.

ReadingTim

Undervalued wrote: »

On a personal level I agree. However I very much doubt an employment tribunal would find it to be an unreasonable management instruction.

Because if they did, the armed forces for one, would be rather stuck....

Deep_In_Debt

Wyndham wrote: »

I think it's reasonable to share rooms up to, say, the age of 18 or so. I did it on trips with school or youth clubs. But once you get past a certain age, it should not be expected. I'm now 48, snore loudly, often get up in the night due to being menopausal and am basically a pain to share a space with overnight. I wouldn't wish me on anyone, but also don't want to have to put up with anyone else's night habits - whatever they may be!

I'm similar.

I'm also an early waker and often up or reading my Kindle at 5am so I would be a pain to share with.

financegeek

I think it very much depends what industry you're in as to whether it would be deemed as acceptable. the army for instance you know what you're getting into when you sign up, however most industries where overnighters are less common it's less clearly stated what the status quo should be.

If you feel uncomfortable sharing a room i'd put my foot down and refuse to go unless they stumped up for a single room.

It may seem petty to some, but sharing a room with a colleague i barely knew is not something i'd feel was acceptable for my employer to give me no option in doing.

do you have a union you could speak to about the legality of it?

TELLIT01

[QUOTE=Craighoy;75069346
Costs are being watched theres probably 500-600 people so the chances of getting the spare room is remote. Its also in a very expensive location so covering the full room will cost - lots!
Happy not to go frankly - but its whether the company insists....[/QUOTE]


Costs clearly aren't being watched very closely if the event is being held in a very expensive location.
I'm with the OP in that I would not be happy sharing a room, irrespective of whether I knew the other person well or not. The only exception might be if the other party was a close social acquaintance, not just a work colleague.

What the practical options are if the company insists that rooms must be shared, and they won't even permit paying the extra for single occupancy, is difficult to know.

JReacher1

Gleeful wrote: »

Not really a cool thing to lie about these days

As a matter of interest which days did you think it was ok to lie about this?

What is there about 2018 which makes this unacceptable when in previous years you seem to think it was fine?

Comms69

Surely most people, atleast who have been with the same employer for a while, have one or two colleagues they get along with and would happily share with?

elsien

Deep_In_Debt wrote: »

I'm similar.

I'm also an early waker and often up or reading my Kindle at 5am so I would be a pain to share with.

If I shared with you I would probably have to kill you.
OP is your employer insured for employeecide?

duchy

I can think of all sorts of reasons not to share , having a colostomy bag for example , insomnia, sleep apnea, sleep walking, snoring , night terrors.

My ex husband's company insist all their professionals share below a fairly senior level. (There's always an event for everyone in Cannes and another in Orlando for some) HR quietly made provision for several people with genuine need and medical evidence but ignored everyone who just didn't like the idea. (I worked in their travel dept so knew about it)
A lot of the issues are caused because most of the event planning staff are only a couple of years out of uni rather than older and can't see why it would be a problem as they are accustomed to student sharing and house shares so don't budget for those exceptions as it's not on their radar.

duchy

Comms69 wrote: »

Surely most people, atleast who have been with the same employer for a while, have one or two colleagues they get along with and would happily share with?

Getting along with people in an office environment and sleeping and washing in the same space is a different level of intimacy for most people. I can't think of any work colleagues I'd want to share my home with for several days let alone my bedroom !! Why would I want to do it just because the company fancy a Beano to Monaco ? (I bet it's an IT company )