Woman in disbelief after employer asked her to share bed with colleague on work trip
A woman was left gobsmacked after her work's HR team 'encouraged' sharing a bed with colleagues.
Going abroad for work is a requirement for a wide range of jobs, and sometimes, if you enjoy a work friends company, sharing a room isn't all that bad.
But one employer took 'friendliness' to an entire new level, when they suggested that their staff shared a bed whilst on a work trip.
A suggestion that is quite literally over-stepping a boundary.
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In an email, which was sent around to employees, the company's HR team had 'encouraged' people to share beds whilst away.
It reportedly read: "You will notice in the survey that you have the option to share a room with a colleague, be advised that at present booking status, there is only one bed in the room."
Colette was in such disbelief that she read the email 'three times over'.
While it wasn't mandatory to share a room or bed with someone else she works with, apparently it was the 'encouraged option'.
She said: "That was an option... Suggested, encouraged - HR was like typing that up, sending it, drinking their glass of wine.
"I didn't know that this was even possible in a corporate setting," Colette added.
Prior to her making her TikTok page private, some fellow TikTokers were quick to weigh in on the situation.
"This actually feels illegal," someone said, as another claimed it could lead to a lawsuit.
"Nope, not even with my work BFF. Never," said another.
Sharing their own similar experience, a different TikToker said: "I had a corp retreat. I had to share a room with a coworker and they expected we would share a bed. I wasn’t asked. I brought an air mattress."
Another person said: "I work for a Small startup. Our Senior Director of CS and our VP of Sales were basically forced to share a bed. They’re both over 50."
Yikes.
While Colette's situation is undeniably an odd one, at least she wasn't asked to return to work halfway through her annual leave.
An anonymous worker submitted a text thread between them and their boss to TikToker Ben Askins, and the details of their conversation are pretty surreal.
“Hey I am sorry to do this so late, but there has been a mistake with the annual leave and I am going to have to cancel the second half of your annual leave this week,” the boss said in the text to the employee.
However, as many people do with their annual leave, the employee in question had jetted abroad.
Explaining that they were in Mexico, their boss wasn't bothered and insisted that there was 'nothing they could do'.
"Sorry, like I said, there is nothing I can do," the boss responded. "I am going to update the system now saying you will be in.”
Can you imagine?
Mia Williams