Re: I disagree with the practice of using your personal cell phone for business purpo
My experience with the people using their personal phone for UPS business, is that they are often they same people who also rationalize skipping lunch, working before start time, calling pickups instead of going by,etc. The bottom line is why would you ever use something you pay for, that is not furnished to you by your employer to do work for the employer? There is no good answer. UPS created a system the DIAD to communicate with its drivers. They designed it and chose the method by which they contact you. And its the method for misloads, meetpoints, etc. Use the tools they provide you to do the job. It is the company's responsibility to provide you what you need to do it. Not yours or mine.
UPS made $1.12 BILLION dollars in profits in the last 3 months. If they needed or wanted you to have a phone to do your job they could afford to provide you with one. They have spent millions and millions on telematics, ORION, EDD,PAS,etc. In order to assist you in doing your job the way they want it done. So the money is there to provide a phone for work use during the day. You could turn it in each night like the DIAD. Easy to implement. But why would they?You using your phone saves them money, and time which is also money. How foolish can you be? There is no way to justify spending your own money to assist in performing job related functions.
The " I get a phone discount so I don't mind using it for work" argument is laughable. Using that logic then rent a car from Avis and do some deliveries out of it on your own time. Its no big deal right? You get an employee discount. Or take a flight on Lufthansa to Europe but don't take a suitcase. Load up some packages and "help out" the company. After all you get an employee discount on the flight right? There is no good reason to do the wrong thing. Even worse is the me first attitude of" I will use my phone when it helps me". That blurs the line of what is to be expected.It sends the wrong message. Using it sometimes then crying when your sup calls you to go help is your own fault. If you never use it , you will never have that problem.
People have been written up for things that have occurred on phone calls made with their personal phones. So keep calling and texting your supervisor. After all this job is not about doing things the right way . Its not about following the contract. Or doing the job the way you are paid to do it. Its about whats easiest and most convenient for YOU. In case I forget that I will be reminded daily by the selfish actions of so many of you. A very few of which I have listed here today. Grow up, grow a pair, and do the right thing regardless if its easy or not. It is in the simplest of terms, what you are paid to do.