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Using Employee-Owned Technology in the Workplace?
digitalvengeance asks: "As of Monday, my company is initiating a 'no cell phone' policy at all of our offices, including the IT department, where I work. I consider my cellular phone a necessity both in my personal and work lives. I have a number of servers and custom applications configured to notify me by text message, in the event of a problem. I am considering refusing to take work calls or text messages on my personal cell phone, and even quitting in protest of the new policy. How have other Slashdot readers dealt with policies regarding use of employee-owned technology at work? Any suggestions as to how I can get this policy overturned without looking like someone who wants to spend my working time on my cell rather than coding?"
then you're probably useless anyway
There are places where the networks are not touching,and there are places where they are-Boeing's Lori Gunter
Yeah, act like a childish tit. That'll show your employers how valuable you are. Don't bother explaining how you use your cellphone and why, just do something really fucking stupid that will in all likelihood lead to your being fired. That'll look great on a resume! If the server dies and you blame the switchboard, you'd better have the CV dusted off because you'll get your putulant and borderline-retarded ass fired for being an incompetent jackass.
'Standards' in computing only impress those who are impressed by things like 'standards'.
So let me get this straight: management created a policy where, if a container dropped, resulting in serious financial loss at best, and the death of workers at the worst, the people who fucked up would actually be held accountable.
The union did not like this, and rebelled against it.
Let's review this again: management says that, if someone wasn't doing their job properly, and serious harm occurred as a result of this, then that person would be disciplined or fired.
Doesn't this strike you as being common sense? Isn't this what SHOULD happen? Or did the union seriously want people to be held completely unaccountable for their carelessness?
Except that management also wanted to automate things like it's done on the East Coast. In the east, the docks are so automated that they don't need nearly as many people to do the unloading. They have cranes that do it all. The union of course didn't like this as it meant that their loser workers would either have to A) update their skills to use the new "high tech" equipment or B) get let go because they didn't know how to use the new "high tech" equipment. No, I don't know exactly how all that automated equipment works, but my sisters husband works at those docks and could tell you the same thing. The majority of those guys wouldn't have a clue how to use a computer, even if you sat them down and trained them. They're just looking for their weekly paycheck, doing as little work as possible to get it.
Then. they. should. have. provided. a. pager. or. other. device. since. that. is. part. of. your. job. of. course. you. could. just. be. a. sarcastic. loser. who. throws. tantrums. online. which. would. explain. why. you. didn't. figure. this. out. on. your. own. instead. of. wasting. my. valuable. masturbation. time.
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