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Am I wrong for not wanting to share a room with a coworker I barely know? I want to pay for my own room. I don’t want to sleep in a room and share a bathroom with someone. I don’t want anyone to know if I snore or if and when I have to get up in the middle of the night to pee. What if I have stomach issues? I’m not being unreasonable.
I'd never share a hotel room with a co-worker. It would be odd for a company to even suggest that.
I travel quite often for work, but I was never asked to share a room with co-worker. Ever.
The company always paid for separate rooms even when several workers of the same gender were traveling.
Is your company not paying for your room? Did they ask you to share room with others? This is very odd.
I never paid for any expenses out of my pocket when I traveled for my company. Got company card to cover all my spendings.
I once worked for a company that required we share hotel rooms. The most absurd occasion was being sent for training, with the training location only 10 miles from my house, although the other trainees were from all over the country.
I told the corporate travel agent I did not need a room, as I would just travel from home. Training contacted me, cc’ing my boss and HR, that I was required to stay in the assigned hotel room with my assigned roommate. Something about teamwork, building connections, blah, blah blah.
I dutifully went to my room at night, chatted with my roommate for 10 minutes, wished him goodnight and went home. I had about 4 business trips a year with this company, and they always required double occupancy. I never did buy into the corporate koolaid of this employer, and left about 2 years later.
I thought it was weird then, and still do. Every other employer I have been with allowed their employees the appropriate dignity of separate rooms.
With very few exceptions and situations, such as a hurricane not allowing travel back home and only one room being available, this is unprofessional of the employer to expect this.
Besides they're opening themselves up to liability for various HR issues (i.e. sexual harassment claims, etc.).
Am I wrong for not wanting to share a room with a coworker I barely know? I want to pay for my own room. I don’t want to sleep in a room and share a bathroom with someone. I don’t want anyone to know if I snore or if and when I have to get up in the middle of the night to pee. What if I have stomach issues? I’m not being unreasonable.
I always had my own hotel room on business trips. I wouldn't accept anything less than that, and I never had to pay for it. You shouldn't have to pay for this. Hotel rooms aren't that expensive, no reason the employer shouldn't cover this without issue.
There is no such thing as wrong or right? Since when? Are you saying you can't tell the difference? Or make a choice which is wrong or right?
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