Originally Posted by
SeattleDavid
Also, be aware that even if you accept a job with a company that allows J travel, they can change that policy at any time without warning (I've had that happen twice). Would you then be serious about quitting because they took away your J travel?
I have seen people negotiate J travel as a clause in their contract of employment. Not where I work, but elsewhere.
Also, I don't think that leaving a job because the employer changes the working conditions for the worse is such a radical idea.
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If the employer will allow the employee to book J, but cover the cost of Y, and there is a further £2k in it, it might be a reasonable compromise. In the UK the Y-J travel differential would also be tax-deductable.
If it is simply, "we book whatever is cheapest" and you are the kind of person who likes to exercise some control over his travel schedule, it could get miserable pretty fast.