My boss just told me I need to do a 2,500 mile road trip this month.

Feb 2, 2023
10:16:53am

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It's an emergency situation for a coworker on maternity leave. The contractor we hired to fill in had to quit for family health reasons and they don't have time to get a new one before a project starts.

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My boss just told me I need to do a 2,500 mile road trip this month.

Mister P

2/2/23 10:16am

RE: My boss just told me I need to do a 2,500 mile road trip this month.

Marc Spector

2/2/23 10:17am

RE: My boss just told me I need to do a 2,500 mile road trip this month.

crack

2/2/23 10:18am

2,500 business road trip...interesting

CSoul

2/2/23 10:19am

RE: My boss just told me I need to do a 2,500 mile road trip this month.

Cougar-Duck

2/2/23 10:19am

Half of us would love that and half of us would hate that

DataMouth

2/2/23 10:20am

Hopefully you can go to Turo and get a really sweet car.

crack

2/2/23 10:20am

Yes. At the very least ask for a rental.

mobomanjoe

2/2/23 10:23am

I have a company vehicle. I'll be driving that.

Mister P

2/2/23 10:25am

Are you making stops along the route?

SWKTDweller

2/2/23 10:23am

Just for gas and food.

Mister P

2/2/23 10:25am

Why not fly?

SWKTDweller

2/2/23 10:28am

RE: Why not fly?

Mister P

2/2/23 10:28am

Seems like it would be cheaper to fly than do 2500 miles round trip

SWKTDweller

2/2/23 10:30am

Unless you're sleeping in your car...2500 miles is easily over 30 hours of drive

SWKTDweller

2/2/23 10:32am

2500 round trip. It's a construction project, so my truck will be handy.

Mister P

2/2/23 10:34am

Unless you need to bring your own tools I still don't think it is cheaper.

SWKTDweller

2/2/23 10:36am

My job requires driving from state to state on a regular basis anyway.

Mister P

2/2/23 10:39am

I'd be fine with it to, but "costs" seems like the wrong reason.

SWKTDweller

2/2/23 10:44am

It will cost them $1600 for you to drive your truck there, assuming they are

Ozymandias

2/2/23 10:38am

Company truck.

Mister P

2/2/23 10:39am

So it is still going to cost them around that much to make that drive.

Ozymandias

2/2/23 10:50am

Asking someone to travel that far and not providing a hotel to get some sleep

Scrog

2/2/23 10:34am

Yeah, I'll have hotels and meals, etc. No worries there.

Mister P

2/2/23 10:40am

Seriously. Is your boss expecting you to sleep in the car and eat PB&J?

squidmark

2/2/23 10:32am

RE: My boss just told me I need to do a 2,500 mile road trip this month.

Florwood

2/2/23 10:24am

Why can’t you fly?

Jeff Spicoli

2/2/23 10:24am

Cost. The project became bogged down with attorneys fees and

Mister P

2/2/23 10:27am

Do they value your time at all? Seems really odd to me.

TO11

2/2/23 10:34am

RE: Do they value your time at all? Seems really odd to me.

Mister P

2/2/23 10:34am

No kidding. How much cheaper can it be to drive 2,500 miles than to fly?

Ozymandias

2/2/23 10:36am

Not to mention hotel stays along the way.

Jeff Spicoli

2/2/23 10:47am

And whatever he costs per hour. Traveling time is time wasted.

mudpupper

2/2/23 10:53am

I have a Chevy Malibu you could take and drop off for me. Free trip!

byubyu

2/2/23 10:45am

I just crunched the rough numbers. It will be approximately $100

Mister P

2/2/23 10:52am

Are you factoring in wear on the company owned vehicle and the 2 oil changes

Ozymandias

2/2/23 10:54am

1 oil change (conventional oil anyway). 2500 round trip. 1250 one way.

SWKTDweller

2/2/23 10:59am

Also are you factoring in that they are paying you for 2-4 days to do

SWKTDweller

2/2/23 11:00am

Yep you’re right. I was thinking 2500 one way.

Ozymandias

2/2/23 7:10pm

Unless you count the increased liability the company has if you are injured in

Pick-Six Coug

2/3/23 10:55am

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