using mobile phones at work

meercat · Post by **meercat** » 04 Oct 2015, 20:00

BeamishStout wrote:Hmm we had a 'so-called' complaint relayed to us at a WTL brief the other day. This 'customer' supposedly took the time the find out the RM complaints telephone number and complained that they saw a postman using their mobile (on delivery walking NOT driving). Nice to know the public have our H&S at heart.

If this happens remind the customer or manager you have a legal right to reasonable contact with your family/outside world while at work and you were txting your Mrs to see if she was OK cause she has a cold/telling her what time you were going to finish/txting your plumber who needs to access your house etc etc etc.

royalmailslave · Post by **royalmailslave** » 04 Oct 2015, 20:08

Anyone else's PDA eerily rang....for you to answer ...and there's no one there...we've always been told there's no sim in them and although they say they're connected to Vodafone....it can't be used to call

Tman · Post by **Tman** » 04 Oct 2015, 20:55

teesdale wrote:At Bristol Mail Centre mobile phones definitely affect productivity. Some people stare at their phones for half the day (you tube, games, sky sports, music videos). You can even charge your phone for free by openly plugging into a machine for a few hours.

If that's via a PC USB port they're leaving themselves open to dismissal.
Only last year someone in the West Country introduced a virus onto the processing LAN/WAN by thinking they were being clever by charging the phone in this way, and enough emails have been sent banning the practice.
Although not a risk in the same way, those Vape things mustn't be plugged in either, but like operators wearing headphones on the machines, the managers seem to neither know nor care what their responsibilities are towards such practices...

rsmith88 · Post by **rsmith88** » 14 Jan 2019, 08:20

Hi. I'm just wondering, are you allowed to carry and bring your phone with you whilst doing your postman round?
Thanks

miles_peters · Post by **miles_peters** » 14 Jan 2019, 10:30

Seymour Buts · Post by **Seymour Buts** » 14 Jan 2019, 15:35

Yes. Although some in our office never carry theirs for fear of the gaffers ringing them for whatever reason. Usually it's a tracked has been dumped on your fitting in my experiance.

NewPostieUK · Post by **NewPostieUK** » 14 Jan 2019, 21:44

Surreypostie wrote:I don't have an issue with their policy, our lino's expect us to ring them using our personal mobiles also they expect to be able to contact us on them.

Half my office don't own mobile phones.

Post by **aiden01** » 14 Jan 2019, 23:45

Tman wrote:
teesdale wrote:At Bristol Mail Centre mobile phones definitely affect productivity. Some people stare at their phones for half the day (you tube, games, sky sports, music videos). You can even charge your phone for free by openly plugging into a machine for a few hours.
If that's via a PC USB port they're leaving themselves open to dismissal.
Only last year someone in the West Country introduced a virus onto the processing LAN/WAN by thinking they were being clever by charging the phone in this way, and enough emails have been sent banning the practice.
Although not a risk in the same way, those Vape things mustn't be plugged in either, but like operators wearing headphones on the machines, the managers seem to neither know nor care what their responsibilities are towards such practices...

A few managers in our mc charge them vape things an most posties charge there phones free of charge..

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