Hi.
To keep it short, I was talking with 課長 about my first business trip, and I was asking what I should take note of and, out of curiosity, asked about how business class is like on the airlines. (Assuming that at least the 10+ hour part of the flights will for sure be business class when we are talking about a big company that is doing pretty damn good at the moment)
I was met with a “everyone flies economy, from managerial to normal employee”.
Now, I may sound entitled, but this is not something I can or will just accept. I have back problems, and only the flight to come to Japan from Europe left me unable to move the next morning for a decent ammount of time. (Truth be told, I didn’t mention that, since I am still in my trial period)
My question is, do I have any backing in this by law or any other means?
I know I may be shooting myself in the leg as a fresh grad trying to do anything, but the only other option is to tought it out until trial is over and then refuse to go with economy until I will probably get fired. So no good option here.
I will secretly check the company policy once I have access to the work laptop, it will be too late for the upcoming trip but maybe I can find something for future ones. But I doubt 課長 had any reason to lie to me.
Overall, I know how I sound, but maybe I can get some advice on how this can be fixed or if there even are any rules in place for something like this. The company is treating us pretty well outside of that, so I wouldn’t want to just leave, but with a job that will include monthly international trips, this small fact could be a deal breaker for health reasons sadly.
If you have any tips, thank you!
Edit: as some people mentioned, I was talking about business, but anything that keeps my back from breaking is fine like eco plus. But I see that upgrades are way too expensive. How do people afford to just get upgrades for every trip?
by Radusili