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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?"
Am I one of the few IT guys who doesn't take the job that seriously? 2:30 in the morning? Too fucking bad, take care of it in the morning. Oh, you're a finance company that has mission-critical applications that can't go down? Too bad, it goes down. Nature of computers. Plan ahead in a way that doesn't involve requiring a person to be on call at 2:30 am. But eh. I suppose some people enjoy this stuff, or think the money is enough compensation for that.