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In reply to the discussion: Worker fired for disabling GPS app that tracked her 24 hours a day [View all]villager
(26,001 posts)127. Suddenly "American Beauty" is brought to mind...
...when one thinks of Kevin Spacey's "negotiation" when leaving his job...!
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She claims she was required to keep the phone with her 24/7 to answer calls from clients.
LisaL
May 2015
#21
I've heard that also. And even if the phone is off it can be turned on remotely,
appalachiablue
May 2015
#120
Remember the guy that traveled in Europe with a dead battery in his I phone?
Omaha Steve
May 2015
#29
Shit, I've been 24/7 365 on call for as low as 29k in the late 90's and never made over 42 on call.
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#115
She claims in her lawsuit she was required to keep the phoen with her 24 hours a day to answer calls
LisaL
May 2015
#17
In the military, many of the officer positions require you to be available 24/7.
fasttense
May 2015
#51
Many bosses demand 24/7 access to employees, particularly of Chiefs of Staff & Admin Assts
leveymg
May 2015
#28
Since it was company issued phone and not her personal phone, did she have
Arkansas Granny
May 2015
#7
I don't see anything mentioned either, but sounds like her job involved traveling to customer's
LisaL
May 2015
#8
My neighbor works for OfficeMax/OfficeDepot/Staples, or whatever the new monstrosity is called.
Snarkoleptic
May 2015
#50
Prison, virtual style. I remember reading that 19th c. textile factory workers were charged
appalachiablue
May 2015
#123
Hope she wins. I can't tell from the suit, though, if it was a company-issued
petronius
May 2015
#13
Manager said he was using the program to continuously monitor her, during company AND personal time.
progressoid
May 2015
#19
If she was forced to keep it on, then that should be paid overtime.
Manifestor_of_Light
May 2015
#25
Republicans want to run our government like a business. This is one reason to oppose them. She
alfredo
May 2015
#40
You don't get 24/7 on call, it isn't the same as simply having a company phone.
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#117
When clocked out it should have stopped monitoring her movements, but it didn't.
alfredo
May 2015
#130
I'm not down with it at all. I'm responding to the calls to leave the phone and all that.
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#134
There are times when you don't want to be found. If she is not paid to be on call, then
alfredo
May 2015
#135
I would love to get paid $9+/hr to sleep, eat, grocery shop, & paid while cleaning my house etc.
Sheepshank
May 2015
#91
I think you didn't include the decimal point in the 30.4 when you multiplied. nt
stevenleser
May 2015
#89
I would have locked it in my desk at the end of my work day and walked away.
blackspade
May 2015
#46
Sounds like the answer. Instead she'll end up blaming the evil corporation for firing her from her
Hoyt
May 2015
#62
Answer to what? Her phone had to be on so she could take calls from clients, even
LisaL
May 2015
#68
Cybetstalking would be different. Still think she should have just quit, or thrown the thing in a
Hoyt
May 2015
#136
Then I would have stuck it in a drawer when I got home and left to do whatever I wanted if
Hoyt
May 2015
#128
You are responsible for company property and yes you are suppose to be available for dispatch 24/7.
B Calm
May 2015
#110
I've been with them almost 7 years. Started with a Blackberry then upgraded to iphone.
RiverLover
May 2015
#71
There would be at least two, if not three more zeroes added to the penalty if I'm on that jury.
20score
May 2015
#60
If California made this illegal, could a corporation sue California in TPP-ISDR tribunals for loss
Faryn Balyncd
May 2015
#72
I find it very disturbing the way Employers are trying to control employees off the clock.
diabeticman
May 2015
#78
I thought in a "right to work" state a person could be fired with no explanation. In other words
patricia92243
May 2015
#87
Agree this is abusive, but unlikely to change in a very loose labor market. Employers call
appalachiablue
May 2015
#124
She should have just quit rather than breaking the rules, as stupid as rules were.
Hoyt
May 2015
#112
While Ars is going to focus on the "tech" part of the story, we're ignoring something
jeff47
May 2015
#102
Not really, she'd then just be fired for not being available or responsive.
TheKentuckian
May 2015
#119