nkereina
Last chance to lose your keys.
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- Feb 11, 2009
Thanks everyone for all the replies!!! Lots of good perspectives, and lots for me to consider.
No real reason I need to be available while on vacation - colleagues are very good about covering for each other while we're out of the office. The benefit of two phones is that I could leave my work phone at home while I vacation, and if a true emergency DID pop up, they could reach me on my personal phone. It would beat getting inundated with calls and texts from work people who don't even realize I'm on vacation.
Eh, not so much here. We have plenty of people in our office that are pro work-life balance, so I'd say about half of our office goes the two phone route. No one cares which option you go with, which is why they give the option to begin with. We're all salaried and put in about 50-55 hours a week normally, so I don't think anyone would argue with us for wanting to shut down when we go home. Some people work second shift though and the nature of our industry has things popping up all the time - most of it can wait until the next morning, but the downside of being available at all hours means I'll be compelled to respond or fix it instantly.
As far as the phone bill goes, I'd submit the first page of it every month as an expense and they'll reimburse me the full amount. This is enticing to me, because it would save $100+ a month!
If you are on vacation from work, is there a reason you need to be available for work-related emails and calls? I've asked this question of others, and got an assortment of answers. So my next question would be, can you go on vacation somewhere that your work phone can't reach?
No real reason I need to be available while on vacation - colleagues are very good about covering for each other while we're out of the office. The benefit of two phones is that I could leave my work phone at home while I vacation, and if a true emergency DID pop up, they could reach me on my personal phone. It would beat getting inundated with calls and texts from work people who don't even realize I'm on vacation.
I would go with option 2 and I would even go as far as to say you *should* still be answering texts/emails occasionally while not at work. It's just the way things are now. Dh has (sort of) this arrangement. I'm not sure what you mean by "take over" your phone bill. DH submits his phone bill to AP, but not all 100+ pages that shows every text and call on all 4 phones. They aren't monitoring what he does, but yes, they do need some proof of payment to reimburse him.
But, that's just the culture of his office and his profession. How is it like for others in your office? I can tell you that if someone there said they preferred two phones so they could avoid answering calls/emails at night and on weekends, it wouldn't look good.
Eh, not so much here. We have plenty of people in our office that are pro work-life balance, so I'd say about half of our office goes the two phone route. No one cares which option you go with, which is why they give the option to begin with. We're all salaried and put in about 50-55 hours a week normally, so I don't think anyone would argue with us for wanting to shut down when we go home. Some people work second shift though and the nature of our industry has things popping up all the time - most of it can wait until the next morning, but the downside of being available at all hours means I'll be compelled to respond or fix it instantly.
As far as the phone bill goes, I'd submit the first page of it every month as an expense and they'll reimburse me the full amount. This is enticing to me, because it would save $100+ a month!