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Boss reads personal texts on company phone

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  • #52
    Marcusm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,441 ✭✭✭✭Marcusm


    nitpick man wrote: »
    I’ll keep you all posted on the outcome on Monday..

    I hope it goes alright for you. If you have a good relationship with him then he might very well have preferred not knowing that you ever do weed. From the employer’s perspective, they will have a concern that you might be under the influence while on company business and thus expose them to liability. Be prepared to deal with this aspect and otherwise say that any incidental personal use of the phone will cease if they instruct you to do so. Absent the weed issue, I cannot see that incidental personal use would be a disciplinary or firing matter unless there were significant additional unreimbursed costs.


  • #53
    Fann Linn
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,819 ✭✭✭Fann Linn


    Does the OP pay for any personal usage on the phone?


  • #54
    the_syco
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,305 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    nitpick man wrote: »
    Story goes. On Friday gone my boss needed to use my van ..a company van for the day. I had inadvertently left my company phone in the van.
    Put a 6 digit lock on the phone, that can also be unlocked by your thumb press. Also, stop messages from displaying on the lock screen. This may prevent this from happening again?


  • #55
    Skatedude
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,674 ✭✭✭Skatedude


    the_syco wrote: »
    Put a 6 digit lock on the phone, that can also be unlocked by your thumb press. Also, stop messages from displaying on the lock screen. This may prevent this from happening again?

    It's a company phone, I'd be very surprised if it's not in his contract that he has to unlock it if requested, it's not his phone or property, it belongs to the company.


  • #56
    Miike
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,021 ✭✭✭Miike


    Any update?!


  • #57
    Charmeleon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 437 ✭✭Charmeleon


    Skatedude wrote: »
    It's a company phone, I'd be very surprised if it's not in his contract that he has to unlock it if requested, it's not his phone or property, it belongs to the company.

    ‘If requested’ is far more legitimate and transparent than secret, random snooping, as in this case.

    If the company is as small as he says, I would actually be surprised if it had such detailed policies set out in its employment contracts.


  • #58
    Ursus Horribilis
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,168 ✭✭✭Ursus Horribilis


    How on earth do you not have your own phone number? This can't be for real.


  • #59
    kbell
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,249 ✭✭✭kbell


    Ursus Horribilis wrote: »
    How on earth do you not have your own phone number? This can't be for real.

    In my company we all have work mobiles and are allowed fair usage personal use, some lads just use this and forgo their own number as it saves them money.


  • #60
    Shefwedfan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,958 ✭✭✭✭Shefwedfan


    I had work phone and personal phone, too much hassle carrying them around, which do you sync to car kit etc

    Company let you use phone for personal if required and you can pay personal charge, you still have to adhere to phone guidelines so no dodgy sites etc....no need for two phones

    The actual number is a company number but is assigned to me, if I leave I can bring the number with me if I want

    The OP case is different the phone and number is tied to company, the passcode is so any employee can use it....why would you even use it knowing that anyone could open it and read your info? If the OP leaves tomor it is handed to the next person


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  • #61
    AryaStark
    Registered Users Posts: 656 ✭✭✭AryaStark


    usernamegoes wrote: »
    OP if you get the boot and are inclined to take it further, speak to a solicitor. They will advise you of how workplace surveillance should be done and of your rights to a private life and personal data under ECHR and EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.

    I posted some papers earlier and while they are a little legal they are not overly complicated. I can't post links right now but you could google them if interested.

    Just because it's work property doesn't mean you have no privacy rights.

    OP was texting about getting illegal drugs on his work phone... I wouldnt say he has any comeback.


  • #62
    DuckSlice
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,887 ✭✭✭DuckSlice


    I'm guessing the OP got the sack and the phone gone with it so that's why we haven't heard from him.


  • #63
    nitpick man
    Registered Users Posts: 49 ✭nitpick man


    Hi all . Just an update. I have been out of work sick since the holidays. Nothing has been said regarding the text messages nor the phone usage but am certain he read the messages on the phone . I have learn from my mistakes and in process of getting a personal phone. Thanks for all your comments. If anything arises for this I will keep you’s posted. Enjoy the weather folks. While it lasts


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