Sharing room on a work trip

[HandsFaceTeeth]

I’m going on a work trip that involves an overnight stay. On the original request form, I said I did not want to share a room and would happily pay the difference to have my own room. A recent email said that attendees would be sharing twin rooms in the hotel. I do not know anyone else attending. AIBU to not want to share a room with a stranger? I don’t even share a room when I go away with good friends!

Best me to it.
My three are , husband, daughter and sister.

No way.

I’ve worked for some infamously frugal public sector organisations and never have I been asked to share a room.

Absolutely not. I don’t care what anyone says, this is completely inappropriate and there is absolutely no way I would be going if the company couldn’t treat me with respect and dignity.

There's no way I would share a room with a colleague. The only time this was ever a thing for me was about 25 years ago, when I worked for a fresh young company full of people at the start of their careers. We did then, but I would not even contemplate it now.

Absolutely no way.
im shocked this has been blithely accepted by others tbh.
I hate sharing a room with anyone at any time (I tolerate dh 😂), would never share with my dc on holiday even for one night once they got over the age of about 2.
I sleep naked, that’s not appropriate with colleagues in the room for all manner of reasons. But also my time is my time when I’m not working. You are entitled to privacy.

Just so you know. When your child goes on a school trip the teachers not only have to share rooms, they are not paid.

Not a chance in hell!

Under Article 8 of the Human Rights Act (Right to respect for private and family life), you have a reasonable expectation of privacy. While this is harder to leverage directly against a private employer, it forms the basis of UK employment standards: work travel is still work, and employees need a private space to decompress, sleep, and use the bathroom without a colleague present.

Haha this is very true!
And yet another good reminder of why I am so glad I no longer work in education.

Nope. If they wanted me to go they'd pay for a single room.

I would only share a room with my kids. Not even a sibling.

There's no actual law against it, but it is considered poor practice. Employers have a duty of care towards employees and this has potential duty of care and safeguarding issues.
Speak to HR if this is a big multi national company. If there is an option of claiming the cost of the room and then topping it up yourself, this would give you the chance of getting a single room in either this hotel or a nearby one

I’d be noping right out of that.

Hell no

No way in hell would I do this.
Why on earth are you offering to pay for a work hotel? It's not a fun night away. If a night stay over is required, then the company must pay. That's extremely unreasonable to ask you to share a room.

It’s completely unacceptable these days to require colleagues to share rooms. I wouldn’t go.

Absolutely not. I won’t share a room.

@HandsFaceTeeth As it’s a huge, profitable multinational organisation then surely your first stop is HR to find out who approved this?

@CleanornotcleanAgree and I’m on it.

Not in a million years!!

Goodness I did this once 20 years ago (and it wasn’t standard my boss was only being kind so I could go on the trip) but wouldn’t do it now and I can’t believe a company in this day and age would do it.

Haven’t you ever been in a hotel with your kids?

to put it politely, fuck no!

ABSOLUTELY NOT!!!

Colleagues could raise their eyebrows as much as they liked.

Hell would freeze over before I share a room with anyone I work with. It's utterly inappropriate to suggest it.

It’s an absolute no - never in a million years. I would 100% go to HR on that one.

It's a no for me. No way would I be sharing with colleagues never mind ones I didn't know.

own room or not going would be my options for my boss.