A team I’m working with are often out of the office and need to be in contact. The company is not providing mobile phones or paying for calls. I’ve been told that when questioned, the company’s response was ‘on your salary we’d expect you to use your own’. This however was not mentioned before people accepted the job.
Apart from keeping in contact with the office, it would be useful for these people to give out their numbers to clients (unemployed jobseekers on incapacity benefit). Understandably they’re reluctant to give out their own numbers. As they meet clients out of the office, mobiles would also be useful for personal safety reasons.
What do you think these people should do?
Tim Schuler
