Boss bans phones in the workplace, employee complies until boss needs to reach her urgently: 'I wasn’t about to get written [up] for breaking a policy she just finished enforcing'

One should be careful about enforcing rules without thinking things through first. That's why careful wording is always necessary before impulsively instituting a policy that either doesn't make sense or simply isn't practical.

When it comes to phone usage in the workplace, of course, employees should try to keep personal phone time to a minimum, but here's the reality of the situation. We need our phones in order to stay connected and to communicate with one another. Sometimes, emergencies happen, and people need to have their phones on just in case. Sometimes, technology is the best way to communicate with an employee if you need help with something. The point is that enforcing a "no phones" policy in the office is unlikely to work out in the end, both for the employees' personal lives and for their actual work in many cases. This is the reality of the age we are living in, so before you pick on your employees for using their phones during work hours, be sure to think twice first because they might actually be working…

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