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> This Airbnb retreat is not a normal business trip. It's a shared house... Yeah, that's what I was trying to get at in my last paragraph -- it's the 24/7 natu

> This Airbnb retreat is not a normal business trip. It's a shared house... Yeah, that's what I was trying to get at in my last paragraph -- it's the 24/7 nature that's the most off-putting. For a company that doesn't actually have a physical office, I'm not sure what the best solution here is, but it's possible "renting meeting space in a city we've all agreed on and giving everybody a hotel stipend" is a better approach. (Or if everyone's amenable and it's cheaper, rooms at the same hotel, but still, you know, separate rooms.) > Some people don't want any business trips at all. Ever. Well, that's probably something they're going to have to talk about during the interview process. I have been in many jobs where I haven't taken business trips, but I haven't been in any job where the idea of a business trip was completely off the table. I think in the case of "you're working remotely but you're expected to meet us all a few times a year for a week," that's something that should be made clear by the employer during the interview process. If it's a dealbreaker for the interviewee, so be it.

jackson1442 5y ago
Yeah, I would say the best model here would be rooms at the same hotel (works out cheaper for the company and makes logistics significantly easier) and booking a WeWork office space for a week (do they do that?) or even just having everyone work out of an AirBnB during office hours a la HBO's Silicon Valley. I personally prefer the traditional hybrid- work 2-3 days/wk in office, remote the rest.
alistairSH 5y ago
Well, that's probably something they're going to have to talk about during the interview process. Agree completely. As I've progressed up the corporate ladder, my travel went from zero (as a plain-old developer) to 2-3x/year for 3-5 days per trip (as an architect and now SDM). It's been a mix of conferences as a vendor, conferences as a consumer, and client site visits. Refusing those would be a sure-fire way to never land an interesting project in the future.

jackson1442 5y ago

Yeah, I would say the best model here would be rooms at the same hotel (works out cheaper for the company and makes logistics significantly easier) and booking a WeWork office space for a week (do they do that?) or even just having everyone work out of an AirBnB during office hours a la HBO's Silicon Valley. I personally prefer the traditional hybrid- work 2-3 days/wk in office, remote the rest.

alistairSH 5y ago

Well, that's probably something they're going to have to talk about during the interview process. Agree completely. As I've progressed up the corporate ladder, my travel went from zero (as a plain-old developer) to 2-3x/year for 3-5 days per trip (as an architect and now SDM). It's been a mix of conferences as a vendor, conferences as a consumer, and client site visits. Refusing those would be a sure-fire way to never land an interesting project in the future.