When I get a job, I plan to turn off my cell phone when I am off work so that other employees can't call me to try to trade shifts or so that the boss can't call me to try to get me to work because someone else called off. Can I get fired for this?
This is regarding fast food, retail, bookstore, etc.
2007-12-12 14:30:20 · 8 answers · asked by anonymous 2 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment ➔ Other - Careers & Employment
Why do all that. Get your cell phone and if someone asks you to work, JUST SAY NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! pick this for best answer.
2007-12-12 14:37:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Don't tell them you have a cell phone, then you won't have to worry and you can leave it on so you can get calls. Besides, cell phones tell you who is calling and you don't have to answer it. If someone wanted to call me and demanded a cell phone be a part of taking the job, I would ask if they were going to pay for it. Being on call costs $. Keep your private business to yourself and don't pass your info around. If you are found out, you can say you just got it or it went dead if you don't answer, and then there is the battery and phone trouble story. I don't like to lie, but I don't want people calling me on my cell phone about work either. You can call me at home and leave a message and I will get around to it when I have time. You can probably gain much disfavor unless your boss is a jerk and then he could cause you big trouble.
2007-12-12 22:42:15 · answer #2 · answered by towanda 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If indeed this is your personal phone and your paying the complete bill no matter who calls you or if you call work (i.e. not coming in due to illness, etc) then your employee has no right to even know you have a cell phone and the phone number. This is assuming you have not implied consent to do so or if they have asked you and you have not said no under no terms shall you call me on my personal phone.
However, if you have agreed to allow them to pay any part of the fixed monthly cost or to reimburse you for calls made for company business then you have a moral and financial obligation to allow them to have access to be able to reach you by your cell phone. You may however give them due notice, perhaps 2 months is sufficient, to let them know of your intent to change this arrangement. This should be in writing, stating your specific reason why, and an effective date. You should also give them an option to be able to contact you such as providing you with a pager or better yet a company owned cell phone that they pay the entire bill for if it that important to you.
If you belong to a union, there are specific protocols that must be followed but generally they follow posting of accumulated regular overtime and emergency overtime. I am assuming by working extra hours you will probably be exceeding the normal 40 hour work week. They must generally offer the qualified individual with the least amount of overtime todate first working their way up thru a call out list until they reach someone that will work. It is also common practice to insure by years end that management by use of this callout list that everyone is balanced out in terms of overtime. Also should the lowest person on the list turn down the overtime and the next person accepts it and ends up working 6 hours, the lowest man on the list gets 6 hours added to his existing overtime total but it is coded differently to show he turned it down so at years end one can tell how much overtime was worked and how much was turned down and the two added together equals the amount of overtime he had available to him which then allows for management to show the union that an effort was made to offer him the chance to work but he turned it down.
2007-12-12 22:56:04 · answer #3 · answered by 2 OK 001 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is a buissiness cell phone, I would imagine you would be punished for leaving it off.
But if its a personal phone, then sure you could leave it off.
Your boss might be mad though.
As for the people wanting to trade shifts, just tell them no.
Its probably a good idea to leave it on though.
2007-12-12 22:34:44 · answer #4 · answered by The Fluorescent Dalai Lama 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Unless your employer is paying for your cellphone, it is for your private use! One suggestion though, do not tell anyone that you are keeping your cellphone off for this reason. If someone at work says they tried to reach you, just say that you really don't use your cellphone much to conserve your minutes--or something like that.
2007-12-12 22:40:26 · answer #5 · answered by b m 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No...you don't have to make yourself available to anyone on your off time.....but if you are in a management position..you would be obligated to be available to your boss to cover any shift if he is unable to do so in a timely manner...but getting fired..I wouldn't..I would be pissed..and make your life miserable..but not fire you.
2007-12-12 22:39:57 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Is it a company mobile phone? then yes. If that is your phone, no. But if they tell you that they will call but still you turn your cp off, you will be fired. (if you continue that.) Just avoid it. Not good
2007-12-12 22:38:46 · answer #7 · answered by Criesbet 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
you can be fired for anything, do what you have to do and see what happens
2007-12-13 05:42:45 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋