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I understand that it may be problematic sometimes but this was very smooth. I didn't even say anything.

A: what's your number for the whatsapp group Me: I don't have whatsapp because of facebook. B: ok, we have to use signal then A: ok

And that was it. Life can be very easy sometimes

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (3 children)

I would never join a group chat like that. If they need to get ahold if me after hours, they can call me.

BTW Teams doesn't live on Intranet. There's no reason they wouldn't be able to open up Teams to BYOD beyond incompetence.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I know Teams doesn't live on the intranet, but I'm not going to put work software on my own phone. Policy needs it to set up a work profile and I then can't use fingerprint, face or a 4 digit pin. And all the shite that flows through Teams would be be piling up, just like it does on the PC at work, brilliant when you're only in a couple of days a week. They want me to use a phone? Provide one.

The WhatsApp group is for us to send updates about traffic, if someone can cover a shift etc. it's not an official work thing. I could of course not use it and just text people. That's really just making my life difficult whilst sat up here on my high horse with a self righteous look on my face, whilst I miss the chance of an extra shift.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Denying putting work stuff on your phone is absolutely valid. The company should provide a company device in that case. And if you do agree to put company data on your phone, they should give a monthly stipend towards your phone bill. That's how every org I've worked at has approached it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago

Really depends a lot on the groupchat. I was apprehensive but it's quiet there and overall the things that get sent there are either in office hours (e.g. "internet might be out intermittently we are working on a fix") to links to pay for something someone paid for outside of work like food or drinks.

I don't mind it that way, maybe once a week a couple messages

[–] filcuk 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

That requires a business login on your personal device, which is typically against company policy.

Although, so should be sharing work info outside of corporate channels, so what do I know.