Author Topic: People that travel a lot for work... (Read 6709 times)

Mrs. Gooch · « **Reply #25 on:** November 11, 2015, 07:56:37 PM »

I have technical meetings via GoToMeeting all the time. Works great.

chum1 · « **Reply #26 on:** November 11, 2015, 08:06:25 PM »

I've only made a couple of trips ever. When I was fairly fresh out of school, I tried to get a job knowing that it required monthly travel to DC. I got the job and was super excited, but before the travel ever started, I was reassigned due to business needs. More recently, there were all of these plans and arrangements for me to travel to NYC every one to two months. The week before my first trip there, a senior person in my office decided that it would be easier for the NY people to regularly come to us and that was that.

Mrs. chum, on the other hand, worked for the state of Florida and traveled around the state every other week. They visited several geographic areas per trip and always made sure they scheduled such that they could stay in a hotel on the beach.

renocat · « **Reply #27 on:** November 11, 2015, 09:30:23 PM »

I travel all over ks to all size of cities training and love it. Meeting people of all types

slobber · « **Reply #28 on:** November 11, 2015, 09:33:21 PM »

Quote from: chum1 on November 11, 2015, 08:06:25 PM

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Mrs. chum, on the other hand, worked for the state of Florida and traveled around the state every other week. They visited several geographic areas per trip and always made sure they scheduled such that they could stay in a hotel on the beach and binge.

fify

Gonna win 'em all!

slobber · « **Reply #29 on:** November 11, 2015, 09:34:05 PM »

Quote from: renocat on November 11, 2015, 09:30:23 PM

I travel all over ks to all size of cities training and love it. Meeting people of all types

meeting all the different types of Kansans?

Gonna win 'em all!

chum1 · « **Reply #30 on:** November 11, 2015, 09:43:47 PM »

Quote from: slobber on November 11, 2015, 09:33:21 PM

Quote from: chum1 on November 11, 2015, 08:06:25 PM
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Mrs. chum, on the other hand, worked for the state of Florida and traveled around the state every other week. They visited several geographic areas per trip and always made sure they scheduled such that they could stay in a hotel on the beach and binge.
fify

Gonna win 'em all!

They would each take a carafe of wine from the Embassy Suites evening reception up to their rooms. Every night.

_33 · « **Reply #31 on:** November 11, 2015, 10:37:00 PM »

I traveled to Sabetha for work one time. We got free pop. As much as we could drink. I had 2 cans. What an afternoon.

star seed 7 · « **Reply #32 on:** November 11, 2015, 10:38:54 PM »

Quote from: _33 on November 11, 2015, 10:37:00 PM

I traveled to Sabetha for work one time. We got free pop. As much as we could drink. I had 2 cans. What an afternoon.

From St Joe?

_33 · « **Reply #33 on:** November 11, 2015, 10:44:14 PM »

Quote from: libliblibliblibliblib on November 11, 2015, 10:38:54 PM

Quote from: _33 on November 11, 2015, 10:37:00 PM
I traveled to Sabetha for work one time. We got free pop. As much as we could drink. I had 2 cans. What an afternoon.

From St Joe?

Topeka. It was a while ago.

wetwillie · « **Reply #34 on:** November 11, 2015, 10:44:57 PM »

Don't you travel for golf tournaments? That has to be a fun thing.

star seed 7 · « **Reply #35 on:** November 11, 2015, 10:45:10 PM »

Either way, that's quite a bus ride!

JohnCurrie is Weird/Gross · « **Reply #36 on:** November 11, 2015, 11:30:16 PM »

I have flown 152 segments this year (that number is probably closer to 300 by the time I finished college). I work in clinical research where the FDA mandates you visit hospitals to audit their medical records. You cannot audit medical records remotely. It started out okay but now it is soul crushing. Would not recommend unless you are SteveDave in which case it sounds like a blast.

steve dave · « **Reply #37 on:** November 12, 2015, 12:38:56 AM »

Quote from: renocat on November 11, 2015, 09:30:23 PM

I travel all over ks to all size of cities training and love it. Meeting people of all types

Guys, renocat is the best

steve dave · « **Reply #38 on:** November 12, 2015, 12:40:50 AM »

Quote from: JohnCurrie is Weird/Gross on November 11, 2015, 11:30:16 PM

I have flown 152 segments this year (that number is probably closer to 300 by the time I finished college). I work in clinical research where the FDA mandates you visit hospitals to audit their medical records. You cannot audit medical records remotely. It started out okay but now it is soul crushing. Would not recommend unless you are SteveDave in which case it sounds like a blast.

Sometimes I get partied out like the slurm guy on futurama. :-(.

Emo EMAW · « **Reply #39 on:** November 12, 2015, 08:55:19 AM »

Quote from: Mrs. Gooch on November 11, 2015, 03:38:51 PM

Quote from: Emo EMAW on November 11, 2015, 03:35:42 PM
Also time zones. I was on one project with resources scattered from India, Germany, Denmark, Indianapolis, Kansas City, and California. About impossible to get all functions represented in a meeting no matter the hour of the day.

So you are saying it is easier to travel to Germany than come in early to work?

I'm saying it's much more productive to get everyone to travel to Germany to get crap done than try to do it via tele/email/VC. My experience is only with technology or product development though, where speed is an order of magnitude more important than cost.

420seriouscat69 · « **Reply #40 on:** November 12, 2015, 08:58:48 AM »

I get to binge with new doctors out of college. It's pretty great. Just slap down that company cc.

mocat · « **Reply #41 on:** November 12, 2015, 10:11:47 AM »

i visit construction sites and call out GC's on their BS

AppleJack · « **Reply #42 on:** November 12, 2015, 10:16:04 AM »

used to travel a eff ton. 5:30am Monday morning flights were the worst. I hated it.

God bless video conferencing.

HerrSonntag · « **Reply #43 on:** November 13, 2015, 09:46:12 AM »

I travel about 8 - 10 times a year, its not bad. I'd say about a quarter of the time, if pressed, some sort of remote meeting could supplant the reason for the trip. There are just certain things that go more smoothly in person. So, if traveling down to a place for a week to knock something out saves you 2 or three weeks of phone tag trying to get things done over the phone, just pack a bag.

KCFDcat · « **Reply #44 on:** November 13, 2015, 10:00:28 AM »

My wife travels overseas about once a month. Sometimes I go with her, but it's not usually to places that you want to visit.
For example, she's in Turkey right now. Her and her coworkers have armed escorts with them all the time.

mocat · « **Reply #45 on:** November 13, 2015, 10:02:15 AM »

i would love to go to turkey

steve dave · « **Reply #46 on:** November 13, 2015, 10:16:32 AM »

why do they have armed escorts in turkey? are they in like the baltimore of turkey or something?

KCFDcat · « **Reply #47 on:** November 13, 2015, 10:23:05 AM »

Quote from: steve dave on November 13, 2015, 10:16:32 AM

why do they have armed escorts in turkey? are they in like the baltimore of turkey or something?

Most of their time is being spent near the border of Iraq and Syria. Guess it's just a precaution.

KCFDcat · « **Reply #48 on:** November 13, 2015, 10:25:06 AM »

Quote from: mocat on November 13, 2015, 10:02:15 AM

i would love to go to turkey

For sure, if I could go to Istanbul or Ankara. They spent one day in Ankara, now they're in all these tiny little cities on the eastern border.

Emo EMAW · « **Reply #49 on:** November 13, 2015, 10:26:30 AM »

Probably much more likely to die in a car accident. Those folks driving rough ridin' crazy.