Originally Posted by
IggySD
Actually it’s a sign of a good employer when they care about their employees but that is sadly rare these days. An employer who prevents employee choice over a matter like this would certainly not be one I would work for.
When does caring about employees slide into intrusive, and inappropriate, behavior? Should an employer be monitoring how many reward points an employee has earned
on company paid travel, check their path to elite status, and then ask about their family vacation plans? Or does the employer's responsibility and right-to-know stop at providing a certain level of accommodation
at company expense for the employee when the employee travels on company business? I suspect most companies where travel is a regular part of the job have defined policies on where employees can stay, and do not offer them complete freedom of choice on company paid travel.
If the OP wants to set policy at his company based on this, well, I've heard far worse reasoning on FT.