I do not have to pay. Most employees park in one of several lots around the building.
I, being General Manager, have a reserved spot close to a door. God help anyone who dares park there. New employees have done this on occasion, not knowing. I make it a point to let them know in person that it’s mine. This is one of the few perks of my position, worked hard to get it, don’t mess with it!
I do not have a company car.
Permits are required for everyone to get thru the gate, even me.
Do you have to pay to park where you work? Do you pay the employer, or buy a ticket, use a meter, or other?
Nope-free.
Do you have a parking structure, an open lot, or other? Any reserved spaces besides handicapped?
Many, many lots, highly regulated. You have to have a pass to get through the gates to the lots inside the gates, and these are only given to high-level executives, employees with 20 years or more, and handicapped. Within the gates, the spots are either unmarked, marked for handicapped or assigned.
Do you use a company car?
No
Do you need a permit to park there?
Yep. See above.
Or is it all of this a moot point for you?
No!!! Parking is a huge concern, because if you have to park outside the gates, you have a very long walk through often bad weather. Even if you take the bus, you have to be dropped off outside the gates. I am a very desirable car pooler, since I have a handicapped pass. Ain’t I lucky?
1. Do you have to pay to park where you work? Do you pay the employer, or buy a ticket, use a meter, or other?
It’s free - I work on a military base.
2. Do you have a parking structure, an open lot, or other? Any reserved spaces besides handicapped?
(all open lots, reserved space for college pres. and staff)
All open lots. There’s one lot for supervisors above a certain grade with an assortment of handicap-only spots in various lots. There are also about a dozen spaces reserved for visitors.
3. Do you use a company car?
Ain’t no such thing when you work for Uncle.
4. Do you need a permit to park there?
Yes - a fancy-pants red sticker on the left rear window.
Parking is the biggest source of whining in the office. I walk all of maybe 2 blocks. I’d rather be right outside the door, but it’s not that big a deal to me. Except when it’s rainy… and cold… and windy… and my umbrella is in the office…
No pay, three large lots. The lot closest to the buildings has reserved spaces for high-level employees and company vans/utility trucks. Half the first lot and the second lot are employees only, third lot is contractors and employees. You are issued a parking tag with your ID number on it by Security and they do run checks occasionally. (They “Denver Boot” illegals and you and your supervisor have to go to Security to explain things.)
It’s about a third of a mile from the end of lot #3 to the buildings.
Heaven help you if you are temporarily handicapped. There are about 4 handicapped spaces for 1,100 people.
No.
Parking garage. A lot of reserved spaces on the first and second floors.
Do you use a company car?
No
Do you need a permit to park there?
Yes, but it is not enforced because there are far too many spaces and visitors can easily stuble upon the employee parking.
Or is it all of this a moot point for you?
Not at all. I (generally) love the parking situation where I work. But I know I’m the only one. The stupid parking garage is one way. You have to go up a level before you can go down. Dumb, dumb, dumb. But people always park while going up. They don’t even think to turn around and start going down for spaces. So there are a lot of spaces going down. There have been I think 4 times in the last year where I couldn’t park on the second floor. Everybody asks how I get to park on the 2nd floor and I just smile and think to myself “Cause I use my brain.” I don’t like to tell them because those spaces are getting scarcer and scarcer. People are starting to wise up.
I am a full-time staff employee at a University.
*1. Do you have to pay to park where you work? *
Yes, I pay $400 a year to park on campus. Yes, it’s a rip.
How much you pay depends on where you are permitted to park - covered lots are generally more than open ones, but you don’t have a say in whether you get to park in a covered lot or not. Each department is given a limited number of permits for lots that are closest to their location and you are assigned one if you want one and there are permits available. Assignment of permits is based on seniority in my department and not on position, though each department can choose their own system of how to assign permits.
I will probably make other arrangements sometime in the near future because the U has definite plans to continue to raise prices, while our salaries are not going up. They are also building like crazy, with lots of plans to increase office/classroom space and almost no plans to increase parking space. Also, the U plans to adjust fees on a sliding scale sometime in the next year or two - meaning that those that make more will see their parking fees rise at a greater rate than those who make less.
Do you pay the employer, or buy a ticket, use a meter, or other?
My fee is deducted pre-tax from my paycheck.
2. Do you have a parking structure, an open lot, or other? Any reserved spaces besides handicapped?
We have both open lots and parking garages. Some spaces are reserved for state vehicles, maintenance crew and police.
3. Do you use a company car?
No.
4. Do you need a permit to park there?
Yes.