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Get a travel agent and never worry about travel again. Fixed overhead to not worry about the problem. I still think the most-complained-about reduction in bene
by larsberg 16y ago
Get a travel agent and never worry about travel again. Fixed overhead to not worry about the problem.
I still think the most-complained-about reduction in benefits when I worked at MSFT was when they changed over from a corporate travel agency to this hideous book-yourself model. The agency used to also give you the options for your personal travel, if you asked nicely.
Of course, it was just a rank and file issue. Once I was high enough in the org to have an administrative assistant, I stopped having to book my own travel again. Then, I understood why none of the people who travel frequently complained when the agency was removed. After all, who cares if it takes your developers three hours on the company clock to book their travel? owait...
- ghaff 16y agoFor me personally, have to disagree with you. A lot of "self-service" stuff can be annoying but for the most part I really like having self-service travel. I see the options and can quickly make the tradeoffs that are important to me. Sure, you can waste hours micro-optimizing everything but you don't have to. But that's more an issue of self-discipline than self-service per se. (Obviously if you an admin who knows how you like to do things, that can work pretty well too but my general experience dealing with corporate travel departments vs. just going to Expedia usually favors the latter.)