Percent Travel

Started by deanwebb, April 19, 2017, 02:40:03 PM

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burnyd

#15
April 21, 2017, 01:55:52 PM
Quote from: deanwebb on April 21, 2017, 10:26:28 AM
Quote from: that1guy15 on April 21, 2017, 09:55:39 AM
Im 5'9 with a 28" inseam on my pants. Im lucky if my feet touch the floor on the plane :D

Here, let me help you fill up that seat, please scoot over after lifting up the armrest...
hahaha

SimonV

#16
April 27, 2017, 01:14:20 PM
I've been traveling around Europe for the last year doing standardizations. I'd say between 20 and 50 percent per month on average but there've been a couple of months where I was just doing designs and making orders.

The travel itself is great, but too much of it starts to weigh on your personal life. All the home work piles up so you have to make up for that in the weekends. And I have two small kids so it takes a lot from them and the wife.

For dinner, we get a fixed budget of €30, multiplied by 1.2 in more expensive countries. Except for some countries like Sweden (expensive for drinks) and Switzerland (just expensive overall) this buys you a very royal dinner, especially in Eastern Europe. That took its toll on my health though, at one point I was 10kg heavier than the year before... 5.6" and 75kg though  :whistle: 

deanwebb

#17
April 27, 2017, 02:19:45 PM
Quote from: SimonV on April 27, 2017, 01:14:20 PM
5.6" and 75kg though  :whistle: 

Here let me also help you to use the rest of your seat!
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

deanwebb

#18
June 14, 2017, 12:07:46 PM
Saw one job that said 30% travel but talked to a buddy of mine who works there who said it's closer to 90-100% due to shortages and growth. They'd *like* it to be 30% travel at some point in the future, but they ain't there yet.

I'm thinking 100% travel would be a bit much, especially if it's to different client sites every other day/week.

Now I want to see this movie:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbbXGW5czKo
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

deanwebb

#19
June 16, 2017, 08:23:27 PM
OK, so I watched "Up in the Air", a movie about getting fired and 100% travel.

I already knew I didn't want to get fired.

Now I'm sure I don't want 100% travel or anything close to it. Just seeing airport after airport... that hit home hard. Doing that every day, every single day... if my whole life fits in a suitcase, where is there room for the people I love? Not for me.
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

deanwebb

#20
April 05, 2019, 08:38:53 AM
EPIC GRAVEDIG

Well, I'm doing 100% travel for this month, although it comes out to something like 30% - 40% for the YTD. Bracing myself for impact and doing a laundry load on the road...
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

icecream-guy

#21
April 05, 2019, 09:06:30 AM
Quote from: deanwebb on April 05, 2019, 08:38:53 AM
EPIC GRAVEDIG

Well, I'm doing 100% travel for this month, although it comes out to something like 30% - 40% for the YTD. Bracing myself for impact and doing a laundry load on the road...

when I was a renter, there was a pub right next door to the laundry place,  made for easy laundry on weekends.  Place made hand squeezed screwdrivers and had good food. yum, those were the good old days....

:professorcat:

My Moral Fibers have been cut.

deanwebb

#22
April 05, 2019, 11:30:33 AM
This wash will be done in the Scranton Homewood Suites, should anyone want to book travel to visit me on Laundry Day. :P

At least, as a fan of The Office, I'll get to check out Steamtown Mall, Cooper's Seafood, and Alfredo's Pizza Cafe (the GOOD pizza place in Scranton!).
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

Dieselboy

#23
April 12, 2019, 01:39:09 AM
I go to our Sri Lanka office every now and then. That is fun because of meeting people and the evening meals / drinks. But it's not fun because we're expected to leave 9am Sunday morning to get there Sunday night / Monday morning around 2am local time to start at 8/9am local time. The return trip is usually Friday afternoon and land late Saturday night / Sunday morning so it takes its toll.

In the past I've usually left for somewhere, sometime from Monday and then I'm back home Friday night latest. This is very manageable because you get your downtime at the weekends. For example I was working at the mining sites and so I was sitting on a plane at 6am about to take off on Tuesday and I was returning home Thursday late afternoon.

It makes it even easier when the Financial dept. arrange the hotel, meals and transport which is kind of expected to arrange the hotels and secure them with the company credit card. It's not fun having to use your own credit card and then put in a expense form when you return to claim it back. By then, you will probably be charged the monthly interest fee for using the card, which I've not managed to claim back.

deanwebb

#24
April 12, 2019, 06:05:33 AM
I prefer my own card, even though expenses are a hassle. I like the points for my hotel loyalty, as those turn into places to stay when I do self-inflicted travel for vacation. :)
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

Otanx

#25
April 12, 2019, 09:35:10 AM
I typically prefer my own card, and doing my own booking. My company will reimburse me for the trip before I leave if the charges are done before. So I can print out the flight, hotel, and rental car stuff when I book, and submit that. I also just get per-diem for food so I don't need to submit receipts for that, but I have to wait till I get back. I also get my 2% back this way.

Working on Cisco Live approvals now, and am asking for mileage, and driving out instead of flying. There is some nice diving in San Jose area so I want to drive and take all my SCUBA gear.

-Otanx

deanwebb

#26
April 13, 2019, 11:53:49 AM
Got a video up on IT travel, made 7 this morning because late check out...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9VDReZ11-L0

In which I reveal that I carry a purse!
Take a baseball bat and trash all the routers, shout out "IT'S A NETWORK PROBLEM NOW, SUCKERS!" and then peel out of the parking lot in your Ferrari.
"The world could perish if people only worked on things that were easy to handle." -- Vladimir Savchenko
Вопросы есть? Вопросов нет! | BCEB: Belkin Certified Expert Baffler | "Plan B is Plan A with an element of panic." -- John Clarke
Accounting is architecture, remember that!
Air gaps are high-latency Internet connections.

Nerm

#27
April 15, 2019, 08:54:21 AM
I too like the expense report option. I earn enough points that my wife and I rarely pay for a flight or hotel anymore as long as traveling in the US.

Dieselboy

#28
April 18, 2019, 01:02:19 AM
Quote from: Otanx on April 12, 2019, 09:35:10 AM

Working on Cisco Live approvals now, and am asking for mileage, and driving out instead of flying. There is some nice diving in San Jose area so I want to drive and take all my SCUBA gear.

-Otanx

Side note, I'm a qualified wreck diver (PADI) with nitrox cert. Dont think I'd ever do a wreck dive and penetrate, very scary  :mrgreen:
I love diving, dived egypt, australia, indonesia. Do you dive on your own? I want to try out the re-breathers they have now. They use the underwater jet-ski things here in australia.

Otanx

#29
April 18, 2019, 09:27:39 AM
I got Master Diver last year with SSI. My wife and I go out together as often as I can. Even if it is just a shore dive from the swim beach at the lake. I am with you on the penetrations. No plans to do that or cave. I am eventually going to go tech with the final goal of a long dive on the USS Oriskany. I want to drop down to see the props at 210', and spend some time swimming around the flight deck. The rebreathers are pretty cool. A couple friends got them. I just can't drop 8 to 10 grand on one.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Oriskany_(CV-34)#2004_%E2%80%93_artificial_reef

-Otanx
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