Originally Posted by
cordelli
You should not even waste their time. The job includes 25% travel and before the interview you are already trying to figure out how to get out of the travel, without even knowing the purpose of the travel.
It's wasting your time and it's wasting their time, even if they did hire you, I'm betting you would hate it.
I would like to comment that I do enjoy travelling, but I would prefer to travel from my home airport (Delta/American only), and I would prefer....to stay in hotels that at least offer some sort of desk to work on. But like someone else said, just get the offer and then ask for a copy of the travel policy and ask questions after I have seen the policy.
I don't hate travelling really at all (I am on Flyertalk....). But if this requires making the 1 hour commute to the larger airport nearby, or staying in a buncha Motel 6's....yeah this could get old. Especially if I am not reimbursed for say...the mileage to the airport 1 hour away. My last job required me to commute to the datacenter afterhours with no mileage reimbursement for if there were say...any problems afterhours. I think that is the kind of stuff I am trying to avoid. Where I live we have gasoline in excess of $4.20+ a gallon and I am not running a charity here. I should also add, this datacenter was a 100 mile roundtrip commute. So obviously I just want to have a certain level of quality in accommodations and proper reimbursements. I had a job while finishing up my degree that was very liberal with their reimbursements for travel and miscellaneous fees.
Hell, earning status is something I want to do
, and 25% travel might get me into some of the lower ranks on AA or Delta.