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Anyone travel for work?

Posted on 5/31/23 at 8:06 am
Posted by philly444
stuck in contraflow
Member since Nov 2008
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Posted on 5/31/23 at 8:06 am
Just got an offer with a 15k pay raise (nothing crazy) and I’d only have to be in the office 3x a week. The stipulation is I’d have to travel once a month for 1-2 days. I’ve never really traveled that frequently for work before and am not sure how I feel about that. Mainly considering leaving not for the money but because I do not like my current work environment. Any thoughts/experiences
Posted by beerJeep
Louisiana
Member since Nov 2016
34937 posts
Posted on 5/31/23 at 8:06 am to
Nope, no one.
Posted by AbitaFan08
Boston, MA
Member since Apr 2008
26537 posts
Posted on 5/31/23 at 8:08 am to
quote:

The stipulation is I’d have to travel once a month for 1-2 days.


That’s honestly not a lot of travel.
Posted by Thracken13
Aft Cargo Hold of Serenity
Member since Feb 2010
15921 posts
Posted on 5/31/23 at 8:08 am to
I have worked for a company for 20+ years and travel a week at a time about 1/4 or so of the year. I enjoy it personally, I do not enjoy commercial air travel, but it has afforded me a chance to visit places I would likely never have visited.

get a trip to HI for a week in July for work - no cost to me :)
Posted by The Korean
Denham Springs, LA
Member since May 2008
1612 posts
Posted on 5/31/23 at 8:08 am to
1-2 days once a month is nothing. If anything it's more of a sponsored vacation.
Posted by kengel2
Team Gun
Member since Mar 2004
30688 posts
Posted on 5/31/23 at 8:09 am to
quote:

I’d have to travel once a month for 1-2 days.


Like a minivacation every month.
Posted by jdd48
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2012
22062 posts
Posted on 5/31/23 at 8:09 am to
I used to have to in my previous job a bit. I actually enjoyed it. I got to see awesome places (Provo in Utah for example) I'd never likely go to on my own.

My dad always hated travel, but he's have to go to places like Midland and Odessa. He used to say living in a hotel out of a suitcase all the time sucks.
This post was edited on 5/31/23 at 8:14 am
Posted by OKTiger83
Norman, OK
Member since Feb 2013
3123 posts
Posted on 5/31/23 at 8:10 am to
quote:

travel once a month for 1-2 days


Those are some rookie numbers. If your family is good with you being gone for that short amount of time then go for it.
Posted by TheDeathValley
New Orleans, LA
Member since Sep 2010
17147 posts
Posted on 5/31/23 at 8:10 am to
I fly out of MSY every other week. I usually leave Monday morning after I take the kids to school and I am home Wednesday night before bedtime.

I did about 120 flights last year.
Posted by GetCocky11
Calgary, AB
Member since Oct 2012
51242 posts
Posted on 5/31/23 at 8:10 am to
quote:

The stipulation is I’d have to travel once a month for 1-2 days.


That doesn't seem bad.
Posted by philly444
stuck in contraflow
Member since Nov 2008
11344 posts
Posted on 5/31/23 at 8:10 am to
Wonderful input
Posted by Sun God
Member since Jul 2009
44874 posts
Posted on 5/31/23 at 8:10 am to
quote:

Anyone travel for work?

quote:

The stipulation is I’d have to travel once a month for 1-2 days

Posted by LSU alum wannabe
Katy, TX
Member since Jan 2004
26963 posts
Posted on 5/31/23 at 8:11 am to
Take it.

After making sure 1-2 days won’t stretch to 1-2 weeks.

That’s where you become a divorced alcoholic drinking beer in an Applebees because you have no idea where you are.
Posted by nicholastiger
Member since Jan 2004
42370 posts
Posted on 5/31/23 at 8:11 am to
I had a job when I was younger and had to travel one week every month, it wasn't bad when I was single and no kids

It would have been a lot harder to do that way

I enjoyed it for awhile but it did get old and you are guaranteed to have flight delays at some point

1/2 days out of town is not bad at all though
Posted by Abikaasa_Posti_Teel
Prairieville
Member since Jan 2007
2149 posts
Posted on 5/31/23 at 8:12 am to
I travel a good bit for work. Some more local Texas, Miss, Alabama. But sometimes Canada as well.
Are you young? Do you have a wife and kids?
I have a wife and 2 kids....they are 3 and 5. It's tough on her when I am gone for a week or more. And it's a tough on me missing out on times with the kids. FaceTime only does so much.
I enjoy seeing other parts of the country/world. I have been traveling for about 15 years now.
It's not even a question to do it young with no kids and wife. Absolutely do it!
But if you have a family, ask your company if you can do a 3 to 6 month trial basis and see how you feel about it.
This post was edited on 5/31/23 at 8:13 am
Posted by thegreatboudini
Member since Oct 2008
6444 posts
Posted on 5/31/23 at 8:14 am to
I don't travel for work, and I travel 1-2 days a month for work.

Point is, that's not enough to be considered traveling for work IMO.
Posted by philly444
stuck in contraflow
Member since Nov 2008
11344 posts
Posted on 5/31/23 at 8:14 am to
No kids. Just live with my gf. I’m 28
Posted by TomJoadGhost
Alabama
Member since Nov 2022
1003 posts
Posted on 5/31/23 at 8:15 am to
I used to. Not sure I could do it today as air travel has gotten to be such an awful experience.

But 1-3 days a month really isn’t that bad. I was on the rod 1-2 weeks a month.
Posted by REB BEER
Laffy Yet
Member since Dec 2010
16168 posts
Posted on 5/31/23 at 8:18 am to
quote:

I’d have to travel once a month for 1-2 days


That really doesn't seem like much. I'd go for it.

The first "real job" I had we travelled 3-4 times a month for 3-4 days at a time. Basically leave on Sunday or Monday and come home Thursday or Friday.
Posted by Abikaasa_Posti_Teel
Prairieville
Member since Jan 2007
2149 posts
Posted on 5/31/23 at 8:19 am to
Absolutely do it. She can take vacation sometimes and you can make a fun trip with her. My wife tells me all the time she misses just chilling at the hotel pool with a book while I am at work.
That option isn't available now.ha
I think it would be a good idea to do it.
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