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A female employee uses her cellphone in the office.
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Many companies provide their employees with “work” phones so their employees don't require their personal phones for work matters. This is often crucial for a work-life balance. If you're in a role that begs you to exchange numbers with clients and partners, having a separate cell line is especially integral.
In this next story, an employee is grappling with annoyance after their boss provides a client with her personal cell number, even though she has an office phone for work-related matters.
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"Boss gave out my personal phone number without permission"
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A male manager uses his cellphone in the middle of a meeting.
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Realistically, what can she do?
Commenters below explain that this is a gray area. What does her role require of her? Is this conditional because of her role?
Either way, the very fact that her boss did not run this phone number exchange by her begs the question: Would he have provided a different number if she had requested that of him? Or would he provide her personal number regardless of her request? There's no real way to tell, but we can gather our own speculations…
What would you do in this situation? Sound off in the comments below.
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