Originally Posted by
Science Goy
Right, but many people are like that. If one prospective employee says "I won't be productive unless my company buys me $10,000 plane tickets," and the other is grateful to have a job and travel in Y, which should the company hire? As I said before, everyone is replaceable, and any company that buys their employees anything other than Y is flushing money down the toilet.
Well, all I can say is that I'm glad you don't write the travel policies for my company.
Let's take a further look at my upcoming trip (times are MST (GMT-7) / CEST (GMT+1))
06:00 / 14:00 Wakeup
08:00 / 16:00 Arrive at office to bill six hours before leaving for airport
15:00 / 23:00 Leave for YYC
15:30 / 23:30 Arrive at YYC
17:40 / 01:40 +1 day Flight for FRA leaves
03:15 +1 day / 11:15 +1 day Flight arrives in FRA
07:35 +1 day / 15:35 +1 day Flight leaves for TXL
08:45 +1 day / 16:45 +1 day Flight arrives in TXL
09:30 +1 day / 17:30 +1 day Baggage claimed & rental car picked up
12:30 +1 day / 20:30 +1 day Arrive at hotel
Now, if you want to spend three hours driving on the autobahn after 27 hours without sleep, you're more than welcome to do so. Please PM me, though, so that I can make sure I'm nowhere near the area when you're making the attempt.
I, on the other hand, think it's
dangerous. And, as much as I like my employer, risking my life on the autobahn so that they can save our client a couple of thousand dollars in travel costs ... well, I don't like them that much. And if they can find someone to replace me who's willing to take that risk, so be it.
But, maybe I'm just a fragile flower.
TB-ES