Stevs70
01-05-12, 11:25 AM
First time posting, so i hope i am in the right area.
I am in the Reserves and I took a job away from my unit. Here is the problem, My job is a traveling job, working for a construction company in remote locations. I am based out of West Iowa, but will be spending most of my time in North Dakota for the next year, and no clue about the following years after that. I know about transferring units, but it is a 21 hour drive to my unit in michigan, it would be a 14 hour drive to a unit in iowa, and the only unit in ND would be 9 hours away from the job site I will be on (not to mention I might not be in ND for longer than a year). Is there a way to get help paying for air fare back and forth. I don't mind driving a couple hours to drill, Like I have been doing before I got the job. The problem is for me to go to drill, Flying or Driving, I have to take a 1-2 days off work and spend more on travel than I actually make during my reserve time. It has always evened out in the past because I had to drive only a couple hours, but I am talking bout spending hundreds of dollars on travel alone. What can I do??
Thanks.
I am in the Reserves and I took a job away from my unit. Here is the problem, My job is a traveling job, working for a construction company in remote locations. I am based out of West Iowa, but will be spending most of my time in North Dakota for the next year, and no clue about the following years after that. I know about transferring units, but it is a 21 hour drive to my unit in michigan, it would be a 14 hour drive to a unit in iowa, and the only unit in ND would be 9 hours away from the job site I will be on (not to mention I might not be in ND for longer than a year). Is there a way to get help paying for air fare back and forth. I don't mind driving a couple hours to drill, Like I have been doing before I got the job. The problem is for me to go to drill, Flying or Driving, I have to take a 1-2 days off work and spend more on travel than I actually make during my reserve time. It has always evened out in the past because I had to drive only a couple hours, but I am talking bout spending hundreds of dollars on travel alone. What can I do??
Thanks.