What if I Just... Didn't Travel? Part 2.
Oct. 25th, 2022 06:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerA few weeks ago I posed the question, What if I Just... Didn't Travel... for my Travel Job? It bothers me that a number of my colleagues, maybe about half, are declining travel for various reasons— when we're employed in jobs that specifically include travel responsibility. For the trade show I'm flying out to support this week, there's yet another person declining to participate, with yet another reason. This time it's Coronavirus— specifically, refusal to get vaccinated or even take a test.
The conference has a health requirement. Attendees must show either proof of vaccination or a recent negative test. And masks are required to be worn indoors at the show. That's too much for one of my Covidiot colleagues. He called our boss last week and told him he wasn't going to be able to attend.
The immediate response from my company's even organizer was, "Well, the rest of you are just going to have to work longer hours to pick up the slack. Sorry."
In my post a few weeks aog I remarked that I feel like a chump for bearing the hardship of travel when half my colleagues are opting out of it with seemingly no consequences. Now I really feel like a chump.
The conference has a health requirement. Attendees must show either proof of vaccination or a recent negative test. And masks are required to be worn indoors at the show. That's too much for one of my Covidiot colleagues. He called our boss last week and told him he wasn't going to be able to attend.
The immediate response from my company's even organizer was, "Well, the rest of you are just going to have to work longer hours to pick up the slack. Sorry."
In my post a few weeks aog I remarked that I feel like a chump for bearing the hardship of travel when half my colleagues are opting out of it with seemingly no consequences. Now I really feel like a chump.
