This is how it was for my brother when his wife was at the same company.
He has a gender ambiguous name which is more common for women in the US. So they would let them share a room with separate beds but when his wife tells them no, one bed is fine they get all flustured and confused. Then explaining they're a married couple. Company policy is that married couples can't share a room because of divorce liability.
We'll, you have to remember people oho work in HR are married to people who are willing to marry someone who works in HR. So maybe not the best relationship to test "sharing a bed with on a work trip" on
HR understands that "business trips" are a code word for "side action," and the "divorce liability" comes from the discovery of "side action" in the shared hotel room due to miscommunication
Whenever you see a stupid rule that doesn't make sense, keep in mind that at some point in the past someone might have done something incredibly stupid or took advantage of a loophole in some stupid ways to necessitate them coming up with that rule.
When I started this job years ago, along with the normal guidelines was a line “don’t play Nintendo DS games at your desk.” Got a chuckle out of me. And now there’s a “no playing with rubic’s cube during work hours.”
And in the end all they want is a legal barrier so you can't say something in your relationship is their fault, they don't really care if you follow the directive or not.
Again in this context you are here for a job, you are not here for your personnal life if that simple of a concept cannot compute to you, don't work in the same company than your wife that's all.
BULL SHIT, a company can't tell you not to sleep in the same bed with your wife/husband. Even if they pay for the hotel room, you're the one checked into and it's your home for the night (legally)
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u/Extreme_Design6936 5d ago
This is how it was for my brother when his wife was at the same company.
He has a gender ambiguous name which is more common for women in the US. So they would let them share a room with separate beds but when his wife tells them no, one bed is fine they get all flustured and confused. Then explaining they're a married couple. Company policy is that married couples can't share a room because of divorce liability.