Shared Hotel Rooms for Work

[Gonzo]

Agreed, If you among friends in college, I see no problem with it so long everyone knows before hand. When ISU played at Arrowhead against KSU, a couple friends and I got a hotel room right by the stadium (the one that's adjacent to the stadium). I think there were 5 of us and we all shared a room, there were two beds with two people per bed. But that was understood going in, and we were all friends.

Way back in the day, 19th century, it was the norm for men who were traveling and/or working together to share a bed.

 

[dosry5]

Way back in the day, 19th century, it was the norm for men who were traveling and/or working together to share a bed.

It also used to be the norm to use lead paint

 

[keepngoal]

The simplest solution, if they want to cut hotel costs is per diem. Give us all up to $X a night for hotel. You want to sleep in your truck snd pocket the cash? Go ahead. You want to stay at the Ritz and spend some of your own money? Go for it.

This crap just makes me angry because is disingenuous. If you want to save money, there are better ways than this.

I am a big fan of Per Diem for travel... especially for food.

 

[MeanDean]

Haven't slept in the same bed with someone who's not a SO (or hook-up) since probably age 10 and we had elementary school sleepovers.

So, no I wouldn't have been good with those college sleeping arrangements, two dudes to a bed.

 

[Gonzo]

It also used to be the norm to use lead paint

I'd drink lead paint from the can before sharing a bed with Larry from research.

 

[dosry5]

I'd drink lead paint from the can before sharing a bed with Larry from research.

Is that Cyclone Larry?

 

[CascadeClone]

Late to the thread, but there's only one non-garbage rationale for this policy: trying to show solidarity between workers and management by taking away an obvious management perk. I could see how an older boss, or one that came up from the ranks, might look at it thru that lens.

That said, the obvious solution is letting people choose, regardless of crew or engineer or manager. Give everyone a per-diem and if 2 guys (or 6 guys) want to share a room and pocket the extra, then they can. If a guy wants his own room, then he can do that too. Plus if Bill from Accounting's Crank is on display, the company has no (less?) liability since you chose to room with him, they didn't force you to.

Seems like this is a way better policy, and the "bonus" money will likely end up in the hands of the guys who want/need it more.


Maybe rather than "complain", you could propose this policy to your boss as a solution to something that no one seems to like very much.

 

[JM4CY]

Is that Cyclone Larry?

Guarantee that guy wet's the bed.

 

[simply1]

I wonder if CW ever had to bunk with Deace.

 

[erikbj]

If your company is this cheap - I would look for somewhere else.

You should have privacy on the road while you talk to family or whatever you do in your room.