Random Thoughts X (The 9th Regeneration)

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So this slightly ties into conversation I just had with coworkers. Our employer allows us to have our email on our phone (gmail, calendar, hangouts etc.) along with apps they have produced to record our time which due to our line of work is required for every tenth of an hour worked. However to do so you have to give them ability to monitor/secure your phone. My coworkers are very against this and are of the viewpoint that if our employer is not paying for at least a portion of their phone they are not giving this kind of control over to them or going to use it for work. Am I too laid back by allowing them to do so?

Not at all. Perfectly normal to give people access to your personal phone.

Unrelated, thanks for the nude pics of your wife.
 
So this slightly ties into conversation I just had with coworkers. Our employer allows us to have our email on our phone (gmail, calendar, hangouts etc.) along with apps they have produced to record our time which due to our line of work is required for every tenth of an hour worked. However to do so you have to give them ability to monitor/secure your phone. My coworkers are very against this and are of the viewpoint that if our employer is not paying for at least a portion of their phone they are not giving this kind of control over to them or going to use it for work. Am I too laid back by allowing them to do so?
In a word...yes.

If they want to monitor ALL of your phone's functions, they should provide you with a "work" phone, IMO.
 
In a word...yes.

If they want to monitor ALL of your phone's functions, they should provide you with a "work" phone, IMO.

Yeah. That will never happen since I don't know of anyone being provided a phone including several levels of management up from me. Stipends are also probably an extreme long shot since that would be a crap ton of money for the company.
 
In a word...yes.

If they want to monitor ALL of your phone's functions, they should provide you with a "work" phone, IMO.

They gave my son a desk phone, but the nature of his job involves hardly ever being at his desk. Given his email volume, the job is much easier being able to check email on a phone. Hence paying for a second phone.
 
They gave my son a desk phone, but the nature of his job involves hardly ever being at his desk. Given his email volume, the job is much easier being able to check email on a phone. Hence paying for a second phone.
@wxman1 this is what I would do, get a basic phone for an extra 20/month and then you can keep work stuff there and hide the porn access from the wife.
 
@wxman1 Forgot to mention that early last evening I heard the distinctive sound of rotary engines. Went out on the deck in time to catch a glimpse of a trio of WWII vintage planes flying in formation. Couldn't ID but likely T-class planes but still looked cool and sounded great.
 
Yeah. That will never happen since I don't know of anyone being provided a phone including several levels of management up from me. Stipends are also probably an extreme long shot since that would be a crap ton of money for the company.
They gave my son a desk phone, but the nature of his job involves hardly ever being at his desk. Given his email volume, the job is much easier being able to check email on a phone. Hence paying for a second phone.
Some companies offer you a choice, but not very many. I just don't see allowing the company to monitor my personal phone use.
If someone chooses to buy an additional phone, that's their choice - but if a company is insisting that you be continuously available to email via smart phone and that they need to monitor the security of said phone, I still think that is the company's choice and they should provide the means necessary.

Obviously, many companies don't agree with my assessment. :D

IMO, though...it's just one more way that the "connectability" of the current workforce is slaving them to jobs 24/7. :(
 


Some companies offer you a choice, but not very many. I just don't see allowing the company to monitor my personal phone use.
If someone chooses to buy an additional phone, that's their choice - but if a company is insisting that you be continuously available to email via smart phone and that they need to monitor the security of said phone, I still think that is the company's choice and they should provide the means necessary.

Obviously, many companies don't agree with my assessment. :D

IMO, though...it's just one more way that the "connectability" of the current workforce is slaving them to jobs 24/7. :(
 
I'll get right on that and keep you updated.


If you do continue don't go cheap. I only know one guy who did this and I think he went to the budget bin. Not that looks are the most important, but this guy might have gotten one of the least attractive people I've ever seen. Locally damaged goods would have been better than this lady. She was nasty on the inside as well as the outside. A mean, unattractive woman who speaks little English can't be a great spouse.
 
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