Last week I was part of project to help our union staff sign into our new performance appraisal system. One of the steps was for them to sign into their work e-mail, then click on the activation link. Some of our union staff who are in charge of crews have company-provided work phones, and the process for them is really simple. Thus, we asked all the employees with work phones to bring the phones with them when it was time to sign in.
When one of them came in without it, we asked him where it was. He said "I never carry it. I don't like having to carry two phones." (We are government, and employees aren't allowed to use personal devices for company business.) We then asked "How do people get ahold of you when you are in the field?" His answer was priceless- "(Supervisor) is the only one who calls me." Members of his crew were in the room, and they cracked up along with the rest of us. He did clarify that his supervisor gets in contact with him via his personal cell phone, but this situation was just too funny (and frustrating at the same time since the company pays for this phone.). When I told my supervisor the story, she said "that needs to go on your blog". I concurred.
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