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Trusty CT Ladies..
So I just need opinions..
I keep my cell phone, on silent, on my desk at work. I never answer it during work hours, if I get a text from someone and noone is around and I'm not answering phones/helping someone at the counter/in a hearing..I will text back (we all know it takes like 10 sec to do so..) . Other than that, I let it sit and I return calls on my lunch break or after work.
Well, my co-workers phone went off today because he had a text..and it was first thing this AM and he forgot to silence it. So my boss went on a freakout and was saying that shes not going to allow phones to be on our desks and she's going to make the Judge tell us this..implement a new policy..etc.etc. IDK if it really is going to amount to something but if we go in to a meeting to implement this new policy I feel like saying.." I have a husband and kids, my cell phone is not going anywhere!". Do you think it is okay to say this? My boss makes rude comments when we get personal calls at our desks which I receive like 3 times a month either from DH or my mom and usually because it is important and can't wait til after work. So its not like they can say.."you don't need your cell, they can call your work phone.." cause they can't! Anyways..IDK what to do/say if this comes up..am I totally wrong? There is nooo way to prove my work has decreased with having the cell on my desk..soo..
Re: Trusty CT Ladies..
i know i'm not the most active poster on here, but i had to respond to this one lol.
are you a court clerk? honestly, i can't picture a judge taking time out of his/her day to deal with your cell phones, especially if you guys aren't abusing them. sounds to me like your boss is on a small power trip! she's going to look like an idiot walking into chambers saying "well your honor, they keep their cell phones on their desks, even though they don't answer them!" i'd let it blow over...like PP said, your fam has to have a way to contact you. personally, if i was told my cell couldn't be on my desk, i'd keep it in a drawer and just check it every 30 mins or so...OR i'd give anyone and everyone my office number lol
good luck with it!
Ditto Mona or I'd say just put your phone on vibrate in your pocket...I would expect people would only call it during working hours if it was an emergency. I leave my phone out on my desk on vibrate (and charging) all day, but it rarely rings. I also have it synched up with my Outlook calendar so all my meetings go to it.
I do have to say that hearing someone else's cell phone ring in the office is one of my biggest pet peeves. Some people let them ring constantly and leave them on their desks when they go in meetings so they ring and ring. UGH, annoying. I also work in a much different environment than a courthouse, too.
I agree with in the pocket on vibrate or in the purse. I can't see an issue with that. What are they going to confinscate them?
Heather, I have one coworker whose phone sounds like the phone from Wonder Pets. Drives me BONKERS!
LOL, we have one lady that has a country banjo playing whenever her cellphone rings. It's usually her daughter calling and instead of getting the hint and just leaving a VM, she'll call over and over again. We've danced in our aisles to the banjo before ala Country Eyed Joe.
I work for the Probate Court and IDK if you have read anything that has been in the papers recently about the Probate Court system but its all in shambles currently. We are redistricting and what not. Currently we do not have any HR department. All judges can decide on pay/hours/holidays/any other policies. So in a sense you can have one court open 20 hours a week with the Clerks making $18/hr and you can have the next Court open 40/hrs a week with a clerk making $10/hr!! It is not regulated AT ALL. The Judges want to stay "in control" so any attempts over the years to make an HR department for employees to have a place to go to when their Judge doesn't take care of something, or if you need to go over your Judge's head, etc. has been shut down/unsuccesful! Sooo, I am basically SOL! fabulous..isnt it?