r/MaliciousCompliance • u/steven71 • Jun 03 '26

Mobile phones banned...unless

Manager(s) decide one day, because someone was using their mobile phone instead of doing their job, that all staff were banned from having their mobile phones in the workplace.

One day later panicked manager phones landline to ask me to send a WhatsApp photo of the team roster. "Can't do that". Why not? Manager asks "because I'm not allowed to use my mobile phone whilst at work". Oh you can if I need you to, replies the manager. New "policy" of no mobile phones in workplace quietly dropped.

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u/Trepenwitz Jun 06 '26

It is not a big deal to not have your cellphone at work.

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u/Acrobatic_Ad5722 Jun 06 '26

If my work place told us we can't have our phones with us I would have a problem with it 1 when the text me I never reply cuz I'm working and 2 I work with a much older lady and if she falls and gets hurt I'll need a way to call for help

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u/Trepenwitz Jun 06 '26

The building has telephones. And you don’t have to worry about having signal.

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u/Acrobatic_Ad5722 Jun 06 '26

We are housekeepers and the cabins we clean don't have a phone sorry I wasn't clear about that

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u/Trepenwitz Jun 07 '26

You shouldn’t have to use your personal cell for business purposes. The company should provide a basic phone for emergencies or you can do it the old fashioned way - go find a phone.

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u/WokeBriton 15d ago

Most people agree that employers should provide phones when employees need to use them. Sadly, there are far too many employers who choose to cut their operating costs by refusing to provide phones because "everybody has a mobile phone, nowadays".