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Rohan2Reed
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| Getting rid of office phones .. giving employees that money (Posted on 1/15/13 at 7:04 pm)
Do any of you work for a company that does not have inter-office telephones and instead pays employees a "rental fee" for them to use their own cell phones for work purposes?
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BACONisMEATcandy 
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My opinions are my own
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| re: Getting rid of office phones .. giving employees that money (Posted on 1/15/13 at 9:58 pm to Rohan2Reed)
I dream of the day
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ATL TGR
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Houston
Member since Apr 2008
2663 posts
| re: Getting rid of office phones .. giving employees that money (Posted on 1/15/13 at 10:07 pm to BACONisMEATcandy)
No. I have a landline and company pays for cell plan w/ unlimited data texting etc
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jso0003 
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Birmingham/Atlanta
Member since Jun 2009
4469 posts
| re: Getting rid of office phones .. giving employees that money (Posted on 1/15/13 at 10:10 pm to Rohan2Reed)
How much is the typical fee? I have to host/participate in conference calls a lot during the day so it would take a lot for me to give up a dedicated landline...
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jclem11 
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Houston, Texas
Member since Nov 2011
2145 posts
| re: Getting rid of office phones .. giving employees that money (Posted on 1/15/13 at 11:21 pm to Rohan2Reed)
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No. I have a landline and company pays for cell plan w/ unlimited data texting etc
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Teddy Ruxpin
LSU Fan
New Orleans, LA
Member since Oct 2006
12583 posts
| re: Getting rid of office phones .. giving employees that money (Posted on 1/16/13 at 12:20 am to Rohan2Reed)
I work from home. Company pays for my cell phone.
Saving 1,000 dollars a year is amazing.
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yellowfin 
Illinois Fan
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Member since May 2006
53122 posts
| re: Getting rid of office phones .. giving employees that money (Posted on 1/16/13 at 6:44 am to Rohan2Reed)
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Do any of you work for a company that does not have inter-office telephones and instead pays employees a "rental fee" for them to use their own cell phones for work purposes?
but then your customers/clients have your personal cell phone number and can call you when you aren't working, that wouldn't fly with me
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Chris Farley 
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3106 posts
| re: Getting rid of office phones .. giving employees that money (Posted on 1/16/13 at 7:00 am to Rohan2Reed)
My company pays us $100 a month to keep our work email on our personal cell phones. We don't give the numbers out to clients but they can transfer calls from office land lines to our cell phones if necessary.
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tigeryat
LSU Fan
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Member since Oct 2005
2411 posts
| re: Getting rid of office phones .. giving employees that money (Posted on 1/16/13 at 7:03 am to yellowfin)
and then what happens when and employee quits?
The contact number your customer/client has goes with the ex-employee?
I don't think this is a good idea. Will cost a company more than it will save.
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reb13 
Ole Miss Fan
Oxford, MS
Member since May 2010
8252 posts
| re: Getting rid of office phones .. giving employees that money (Posted on 1/16/13 at 9:47 am to Rohan2Reed)
My mom would hate this. She is on her phone 90percent of the day with people and she loves her speaker phone at work.
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Teddy Ruxpin
LSU Fan
New Orleans, LA
Member since Oct 2006
12583 posts
| re: Getting rid of office phones .. giving employees that money (Posted on 1/16/13 at 9:50 am to tigeryat)
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I don't think this is a good idea. Will cost a company more than it will save.
Depends on what the employee's job is/what the company does.
For me, I have maybe 10 contacts to operate what I do for them, so me taking the phone and # wouldn't be a real problem for them.
Other companies I could really see the issue.
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cuyahoga tiger
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NE Ohio via Tangipahoa
Member since Nov 2011
671 posts
| re: Getting rid of office phones .. giving employees that money (Posted on 1/16/13 at 3:14 pm to Rohan2Reed)
What kind of company doesn't have inter-office land lines? Do you not market your company and its "business" number. In addition, my company pays for all cell phones for employees that work outside of the office. We do have to submit cell bill with other expense reports.
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Golfer
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Coral Bay, St. John, USVI
Member since Nov 2005
48206 posts
| re: Getting rid of office phones .. giving employees that money (Posted on 1/16/13 at 3:18 pm to cuyahoga tiger)
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What kind of company doesn't have inter-office land lines? Do you not market your company and its "business" number.
"Business" number answered be receptionist then transferred to cell phone.
This isn't complicated. I don't know why I have two phones at my desk. I give everyone my cell number to return calls.
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Athanatos 
Vanderbilt Fan
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2010
5681 posts
| re: Getting rid of office phones .. giving employees that money (Posted on 1/16/13 at 3:23 pm to Rohan2Reed)
No way. I love my desk top voice box / phone combo.
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