ETHICS: Using corporate rate when booking cars/hotels
I was recently extended a full-time offer and will begin work two months from now. I need to relocate for the job and will need to rent a car, stay in a hotel etc.
A friend of mine says that now that I am an employee of XYZ, I should ask for the XYZ corporate rate when booking the car and hotel. He says all I need is some proof that I work for XYZ such as my official job offer.
Is this advisable? I am new to the corporate world and don't know if this is acceptable. He made it seem like standard practice. I always thought you are only supposed to use corporate rates on business trips and that your employer gives you some corporate discount code to use when booking.
I don't want to call XYZ and ask because I haven't even started working yet, I don't want to come off like a pain in the ass.
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Yes. The corporate rates deals are offered by hotels etc to get more volume from company employees. You're not taking money out of your employer's pocket (employers don't subsidise the discount). While you're getting a discount rate, you're still contributing to the revenue of the hotel etc in the way they want ie your employment with employer X gives you access to discounts that increases the likelihood that you choose them over their competitors.
It is a win win situation.
I would say your moral compass needs serious recalibration (from its current Calvinist setting) if you think using a discount for which you are eligible is unethical.
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