As far as my employer is concerned I don’t have a personal cell phone. You want to call me give me a phone.
I created the BYOD program at the large, international bank I work. Fact was at that time, everyone carried two devices: one Blackberry and their own personal smartphone.
When I created the program I showed the bank how they could save $4.25 million dollars a year by eliminating the bank paid for blackberry devices and paying a monthly stipend of $10-$20 to each BYOD user to pay for upgrading data or voice plans and avoid overages to their personal bills.
Instead, our bank got greedy and decided they wanted to save the full $4.6 million dollars and give BYOD users ZERO in a monthly stipend towards their monthly smartphone bills to offset cost.
I hope this ruling comes back to bite the bank I work for's ass. Would serve the stupid, greedy bastards right. It wasn't enough to save $4.25 million/year, no. They wanted the whole $4.6 million and SCREW the employees too.
I hope they get screwed back by this.
Another First World Problem rears its ugly head.
How do you break down the time you are conducting Business on your “personal” Phone with Unlimited Talk and Text?
As my Late Mother always said, some people have way too much time on their hands.
If you don’t own a Cell Phone it’s a different story. If you do, it’s usually 100% better than the one an Employer would provide you in the first place.
Just my $.02, and this is what ties up our Court System.
I am in my early 50s now and I can write that it was so nice when I was younger, only a couple of decades ago, that when I went home or one vacation I could actually be with my family and enjoy my time without the constant intrusion of having to work 24/7 via a stupid cell phone or laptop.
Taking a vacation without even having those things with you is so relaxing, and that is what a vacation is all about.
I worked at a resort here in Wyo that wanted me to use my cell phone as a work line and I said no. After that I just left my phone in my car when I was there.
My company paid for my phone and for my bill and didn’t care if I used it for personal calls. When I upgraded my phone, I decided to buy the phone and the service myself and not ask for reimbursement. I have more control and less annoying discussions over the cost. It’s well worth the price.
It simply comes down to a company being provided a financial benefit for which they do not pay taxes or compensate the owner.
Frankly, if I am providing a financial benefit to a company then I am an investor and deserve a share of the profits.
This doesn’t affect me,I’m retired,but for some strange reason I found the article fascinating.
I’ll have to alert my kids-—and grand kids.:-)
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