Forced to share a hotel room by company?

Question

Everytime we go on a company retreat or off-site training session, our company insists we share a room with another employee (same sex). Since we are a nationwide company almost always it's someone we have never met before. I understand the costs issue, but I'm just really beyond the "sleepover" situation. Last conference, a bunch of employees got drunk and their roomates got to spend all night dealing with them getting sick. Others had horrible snorers in their rooms. Do you think that a company should make employees share a room?

The company is aware of the drinking issues so they always issue a "please be responsible" statment. Doesn't seem to matter because once the daily training sessions are over you are considered "off work" and the company says they aren't responsible. Last year one woman had to deal with her roomate bring a guy back from the bar, she was totally freaked out to wake up to a strange man in the room.

Answer 1

Sadly, most companies do this. Your only other option to not make waves and show your are a "team" player, is to learn to sleep in the bathtub when your roommate goes on a bender and snores to wake the dead, or quietly search online for a better room rate and pay for your own room. Hotwire.com and Priceline.com are good sites to search if you need to find last minute rooms at a fraction of the price (many times, less than $35, a bargain for a good night's sleep and privacy!)

Answer 2

In today's world business needs to be financial viable and have the staff trained to enhance performance. Saying that;

Companies do this all of the time. It just makes sense for business. It is a tremendous hassle for the employee. There might be a way out of it, but it is going to take some work from you;

What was the rating of the hotels you stayed over the last time? Take the rating and the fee for the expedition it cost the company to let the employees stay [food included, ex travel]

Find out rates of other establishments. Take this whole calculation to the people within your company that makes the reservations and start negotiating. Best of luck!

Answer 3

Only if all employees at all levels of the company do. Does the CEO share a room when he or she travels? I had a company try to insist on this before and simply booked my own room and submitted the cost for reimbursement (as did the other individual going to the conference). I don't think they liked it but they never said a word.

You could offer to pay for one half the cost of a private room. That may be reasonable.

Answer 4

There are pros and cons but understanding that they probably want people to meet and get to know other people within the same organization in different parts of the country. Its more of networking and stuff. When that time comes when you need to bounce something off of someone, most likely you would call someone outside the situation for advice.

A lot of companies do this especially for annual conference and so one. People that get sick because they party it up... need to realize that they are at a company function.

Answer 5

No they should not. Its terrible cheap of them.

However, there is nothing legal that you can do about it as long as they are the same sex. I guess you could complain that your roommate is keeping you up and you are not getting a proper night sleep. But that could make things even more complicated for you.

The farther you work your way up the company ladder the less likely you will be to have this situtation in the future. So for now just hang in there.

Answer 6

join the military, then you can share a room with 50 to 70 people you have never met. doing it for just a few days i would not complain about. in Germany we bunkers that we had to sleep in during exercises and chemical warfare, the smallest held 75 and the largest 150 men and women in the same bunker, we did not complain.

Answer 7

I used to work with a company that required this. That was one of the main reasons I changed jobs. Perhaps you should bring this up with your HR department? Are they aware of the last drunk fest? Remind them nicely to "wake up and smell the liability." Perhaps they will reconsider their roommate policy.

Answer 8

I can't imagine what I would have done to wake to find a strange man in my room!

Use that example - don't give names - explain that you would be happy to pay the other half, but insist on your own room. (At the very least, you would think they would let you CHOOSE who you would be okay staying with!)

Best of luck!

Answer 9

I don't think they should, but it's their money. You could always pay for you own room, i guess.

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