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Same here.. I see so many younger folks texting and calling on company time I can understand the no phones in work area policy. Should not apply to breaks or lunch.
And everyone I work with that is over 50 is on their phone at their desk all day long. Much more distracting to everyone around them and sitting around whispering on your phone for an hour at a time is probably more impactful on your job then sending the occasional text. And don't even get me started with the old timers and their radios...
...there was no budging on their policy, so that ended that for me.
I mean, who would work where they could not even be contacted via the store's line for a family emergency?
Anyone run into policies this strict?
I worked for a large company with this policy AND last minute mandated overtime consistently. (They really expected us NOT to call family and let them know we'd be 4 hours late?) I did take the job knowing this though, because it paid well and had absolutely free benefits plus other bonuses and aspects that made it impossible to turn the offer down.
My solution? Big enough pockets to fit my 'work cell'. A small flip phone set on vibrate -my daughter or family could call/text to about whatever was an emergency to them, and I could use to text: 'going to be 3-4 hours late.' No one at work told me when I could use the bathroom. I didn't misuse it, and there were plenty of others doing the same thing.
We didn't take calls at work unless someone was dying.
That job isn't for you as a caretaker. In fact you might find it hard to find work. Maybe volunteering is better for you, then the rules are more relaxed.
Ever been in a retail store and you were ignored cause some kid is yapping on their cell. I totally see the purpose of their rules.
Their business, their rules.
My husband calls small businesses dictatorships. ha-ha
You are free to not work there or leave if you don't like the rules.
How in the world did you people survive before cell phones? How many times have you had to wait on some twit blabbing on a phone instead of working. Great policy.
How in the world did you people survive before cell phones? How many times have you had to wait on some twit blabbing on a phone instead of working. Great policy.
Such extreme policies wouldn't have to be made in the first place, if people didn't have to test every limit, or have some common sense, or even a little consideration for those around them doing the right thing. I would get distracted just watching someone check their face book page, bc I couldn't believe how self involved and unaware that they're at work?! NOone is paying you to post what you ate for lunch, who really needs to be told how to act within reason?! Plenty apparently.
Clarifying what others have said.. "Security" and "Risk Management" translates into.. Phones can and have been used to take pictures of credit cards.
Not using them outside the building I've never heard of.. Though, if places like Lowe's can ban smoking on the premises.. I would assume this is legal.
You must be younger because a lot of us worked WITH NO CELL PHONES for many many years. We didn't have the internet and we did juuuuuuust fine without it.
I have had a cell phone since the mid-to-late 1990s and I think I've made exactly one call that I would deem an emergency.
And we had payphones on every block and you could ask just about anyone to use their landline. Because of the advent of the cellphone those payphones are gone and folks look at you sideways if you need to use the phone.
If someone is a caregiver it would make sense that they needed to have their phone handy.
I think it's reasonable to not allow it on the floor, and definitely not as a cashier, where people are using credit cards. But unreasonable to say you can't have it with you and not be allowed to use it during a break, or that there is no provision for someone to reach you in an emergency. I've been in grocery stores where customers have gotten paged for an emergency call - before cell phones, of course, but if you needed to reach someone and you knew they were going to a particular store or restaurant, you could try calling there to try to get them.
I would say that an employer who has such strict and non-employee-friendly policies would not be a good employer to work for
And as for the "we survived not having cell phones" - who cares? That's not the world we live in now, time to move into the 21st century.
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Should not apply to breaks or lunch.
I didn't misuse it, and there were plenty of others doing the same thing.
