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Just curious as to what the personal phone call policy is at your place of employment.
The reason I bring this up is because we have had issues with this "problem" over the past year or so with our secretary. A couple of personal phone calls here and there is acceptable, but she receives and makes ALOT of them. Like 20+ a day. She mainly talks to her husband, parents, and 3 kids. She talks to them both on the phone in the office and her own cell phone. This really became a big issue one day when a high priority project needed to get done here, but she spent alot of time on the phone.
I usually contact people via email or text messaging since it's more discreet and not as obtrusive. If I need to make a phone call, I usually try to do it around lunch or during some dead time (like early morning/late afternoon).
Just curious as to what the personal phone call policy is at your place of employment.
The reason I bring this up is because we have had issues with this "problem" over the past year or so with our secretary. A couple of personal phone calls here and there is acceptable, but she receives and makes ALOT of them. Like 20+ a day. She mainly talks to her husband, parents, and 3 kids. She talks to them both on the phone in the office and her own cell phone. This really became a big issue one day when a high priority project needed to get done here, but she spent alot of time on the phone.
I usually contact people via email or text messaging since it's more discreet and not as obtrusive. If I need to make a phone call, I usually try to do it around lunch or during some dead time (like early morning/late afternoon).