Anyone take the job for the travel benefits and then had no travel projects.... can't figure out if I should be annoyed or if it's a blessing in disguise

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Depends. Personally, if I'm at home for more than 2 weeks I want to kill myself. And my SO also wants to kill me. Also, no travel=no free vacations.#gimmedempoints

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I have the exact same thoughts. About to finish 2 years, just got to travel once. Every time I mention it to demand, they're like 'omg, we didn't know it' !

In my head, I'm like - Why don't you note it down? Why don't you check the talent link you made me fill out?

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Blessing.

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The kicker is when you express your personal preference you get the "you don't know how lucky you are you can do everything in the world etc etc" Response 100% of the time

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Op you are the real mvp, can I phone a friend next time I have this debate? Probably will be by noon tomorrow

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I'm rationalizing it by the fact that I can do whatever I want during the week, and I make enough money that I can take vacations without worrying about spending the money. But I'm about to hit 2 solid years with only one week of travel for a project...

I deliberately don't want to travel that much.

I see it as Blessing, but I prefer being local.

Happened to me. absolutely livid. Love traveling for work and left my old firm for opportunity to do it more. Now they won't let me be a road warrior... Accepting all non obvious advice

Yeah I have been pretty solid at knowing what I like and what I don't like this far in life, so when people tell me I don't know what I want I get frustrated. No, you don't know what you want half the time. That doesn't mean I'm as wishy washy in my opinions as you.

I'm in the same boat. Pushing hard to change that to travel more. Luckily I'm on a small team that's spread thin so we move around quite a bit.

And, the ones who tell me I'm lucky and I don't know what I want - I wish I could tell them to please mind their own business, idiots! Who gave you the right to judge me for my travel interests? 😓

Blessing

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