What is cheapest way to get a house phone?
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@guyinpv said in What is cheapest way to get a house phone?:
At a place I work, they want me available on my days off for those "just in case" times. They compensate this availability by paying part of my cell phone bill.
Doesn't seem like a fair trade. Unless you bill is thousands of dollars.
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@brrabill said in What is cheapest way to get a house phone?:
@guyinpv said in What is cheapest way to get a house phone?:
At a place I work, they want me available on my days off for those "just in case" times. They compensate this availability by paying part of my cell phone bill.
Doesn't seem like a fair trade. Unless you bill is thousands of dollars.
Nothing out of the ordinary about a boss who wants to keep IT on a tight leash. I'm the only one who can fix or research or do anything of technical importance. Naturally they want quick access to me.
@jaredbusch said in What is cheapest way to get a house phone?:
Or jsut say, sorry my phone battery died and I did not notice. Will not happen again.
And move on.
Nah, not these guys. Once I was unavailable for over 4 hours (starting at 3am mind you) when a forum got hacked and defaced. Didn't fix it until noon. On my day off, on a Sunday. But they decided to grill me and black mark me anyway for having "more than 4 hour turnaround time in an emergency". And of course, this 4 hour rule was literally invented AFTER this happened, just specifically so they could black mark me for not having met it.
Hey, if I can put a wingding in my house that rings if needed, and it's only 85 cents a month, I guess I can justify that.
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Any reason that they aren't just giving you an extension for home like usual?
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Your boss should provide you a work cell phone.
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Uh wtf are you still going working for these guys?
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Why do you need to be available when you are off? i did it once this year and I said I would not do it again. Which Inhave not done and told Evernote in staff and then administration.
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@dbeato said in What is cheapest way to get a house phone?:
Why do you need to be available when you are off? i did it once this year and I said I would not do it again. Which Inhave not done and told Evernote in staff and then administration.
I can understand being on call... Providing he is compensated for it.
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I bought Ooma 5 years ago for my home phone use. I have not paid a cent since for all my US calls.
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@coliver said in What is cheapest way to get a house phone?:
@dbeato said in What is cheapest way to get a house phone?:
Why do you need to be available when you are off? i did it once this year and I said I would not do it again. Which Inhave not done and told Evernote in staff and then administration.
I can understand being on call... Providing he is compensated for it.
Happens to everyone.
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@guyinpv said in What is cheapest way to get a house phone?:
@brrabill said in What is cheapest way to get a house phone?:
@guyinpv said in What is cheapest way to get a house phone?:
At a place I work, they want me available on my days off for those "just in case" times. They compensate this availability by paying part of my cell phone bill.
Doesn't seem like a fair trade. Unless you bill is thousands of dollars.
Nothing out of the ordinary about a boss who wants to keep IT on a tight leash. I'm the only one who can fix or research or do anything of technical importance. Naturally they want quick access to me.
@jaredbusch said in What is cheapest way to get a house phone?:
Or jsut say, sorry my phone battery died and I did not notice. Will not happen again.
And move on.
Nah, not these guys. Once I was unavailable for over 4 hours (starting at 3am mind you) when a forum got hacked and defaced. Didn't fix it until noon. On my day off, on a Sunday. But they decided to grill me and black mark me anyway for having "more than 4 hour turnaround time in an emergency". And of course, this 4 hour rule was literally invented AFTER this happened, just specifically so they could black mark me for not having met it.
Hey, if I can put a wingding in my house that rings if needed, and it's only 85 cents a month, I guess I can justify that.
Time to walk away. Those are asshats.
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@scottalanmiller I am pretty sure we have been down this road with @guyinpv before.
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@jaredbusch said in What is cheapest way to get a house phone?:
@scottalanmiller I am pretty sure we have been down this road with @guyinpv before.
Yep. I asked the same question last time they did something stupid like this.
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@guyinpv said in What is cheapest way to get a house phone?:
@brrabill said in What is cheapest way to get a house phone?:
@guyinpv said in What is cheapest way to get a house phone?:
At a place I work, they want me available on my days off for those "just in case" times. They compensate this availability by paying part of my cell phone bill.
Doesn't seem like a fair trade. Unless you bill is thousands of dollars.
Nothing out of the ordinary about a boss who wants to keep IT on a tight leash. I'm the only one who can fix or research or do anything of technical importance. Naturally they want quick access to me.
@jaredbusch said in What is cheapest way to get a house phone?:
Or jsut say, sorry my phone battery died and I did not notice. Will not happen again.
And move on.
Nah, not these guys. Once I was unavailable for over 4 hours (starting at 3am mind you) when a forum got hacked and defaced. Didn't fix it until noon. On my day off, on a Sunday. But they decided to grill me and black mark me anyway for having "more than 4 hour turnaround time in an emergency". And of course, this 4 hour rule was literally invented AFTER this happened, just specifically so they could black mark me for not having met it.
Hey, if I can put a wingding in my house that rings if needed, and it's only 85 cents a month, I guess I can justify that.
Excuse my french, but are you are fucking kidding me? I am going to go out on a limb and guess they are only paying you like $20 an hour or something... Am I right?
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They are compensating you for being available 24/7 by paying for half of your cell phone bill?
re-read that sentence dude
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I used to use Vonage and it was like $24 a month and then when I cancelled, they tried to lower me down to $10. Vonage was great and the only reason I cancelled was because we have cell phones.
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@dave247 said in What is cheapest way to get a house phone?:
I used to use Vonage and it was like $24 a month and then when I cancelled, they tried to lower me down to $10. Vonage was great and the only reason I cancelled was because we have cell phones.
We moved from Vonage to the company PBX. Now I just use extensions at home, no reason to have my own service.
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@brrabill said in What is cheapest way to get a house phone?:
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@brrabill said in What is cheapest way to get a house phone?:
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