View Poll Results: Do you asnwer the company cell phone or pager after normal work hours?

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  • Always.

    2 16.67%
  • Always, I am on-call support. It is part of my job.

    3 25.00%
  • Yes, if I have asked to be contacted if something happens.

    2 16.67%
  • It depends on how important and urgent it is.

    3 25.00%
  • Never, I turn them off after normal work hours.

    3 25.00%
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    Do you asnwer the company cell phone or pager after normal work hours?

    The company I work for provides me with what I call an electronic leash. Company cell phone and pager. How do you deal with calls/texts/pages after normal work hours?
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    Re: Company cell phone or pager after normal work hours

    I don't have a company cellphone or pager, but I am curious: Why do you leave them turned on, if you aren't on call?

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    Re: Company cell phone or pager after normal work hours

    I'm on call 1 week in 4, but I will answer the phone anytime anyway, except that 3 weeks in 4 I turn the ringer off as I go to bed.

    There seems to be a slight problem with the logic in the poll counter - see attached screenshot. 3 votes with 50% each.
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    Re: Company cell phone or pager after normal work hours

    They still make pagers? Have not seen one of those in years.

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    Re: Company cell phone or pager after normal work hours

    Quote Originally Posted by The Cog View Post
    There seems to be a slight problem with the logic in the poll counter - see attached screenshot. 3 votes with 50% each.
    I fixed it. I was editing the poll when you captured the screenshot.
    Last edited by Old_Grey_Wolf; November 11th, 2012 at 10:22 PM.
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    Re: Company cell phone or pager after normal work hours

    Quote Originally Posted by mips View Post
    They still make pagers? Have not seen one of those in years.
    I used to have one, about 20-something years ago. At the time, the one I had worked out cheaper than a landline or mobile.
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    Re: Company cell phone or pager after normal work hours

    Quote Originally Posted by mips View Post
    They still make pagers? Have not seen one of those in years.
    Yes, they still make pagers.

    Cell phones transmit, and pagers are mostly one way devices that receive. There are some places where transmitters are not acceptable; such as, a hospital where radio transmitters are thought to interfere with sensitive medical equipment. There are other places where transmitters are not acceptable as well.

    I don't say I agree with the concern about transmitters; however, that is the way it is.
    Last edited by Old_Grey_Wolf; November 11th, 2012 at 10:50 PM.
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    Re: Company cell phone or pager after normal work hours

    Quote Originally Posted by cwsnyder View Post
    ... I am curious: Why do you leave them turned on, if you aren't on call?
    I have the same question. That is one of the reasons for the poll.
    Last edited by Old_Grey_Wolf; November 11th, 2012 at 10:55 PM.
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    Re: Company cell phone or pager after normal work hours

    Back in the day when I was on call, from 6:00AM to 10:00PM, seven days a week. I left my pager and autotel on all the time. The reason being that the dispatchers worked the same hours, and no one else except my direct supervisor had the numbers. In the 10 years I worked the job, I never had a page or call after hours.

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    Re: Company cell phone or pager after normal work hours

    Quote Originally Posted by Old_Grey_Wolf View Post
    Yes, they still make pagers.

    Cell phones transmit, and pagers are mostly one way devices that receive. There are some places where transmitters are not acceptable; such as, a hospital where radio transmitters are thought to interfere with sensitive medical equipment. There are other places where transmitters are not acceptable as well.

    I don't say I agree with the concern about transmitters; however, that is the way it is.
    One guy I worked with back in the day ran a paging company on the side providing services mostly to the the medical profession, with the popularity of cell phones his business was dwindling and he migrated to SMS based cellular services. Last few times I've been to a hospital I did not recall seeing any doctors with pagers, they all had cell phones clipped to their belts.

    Things obviously vary by country. I just did a google search for local paging companies and came up empty.

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