Subj : Re: Your cell phone bill? To : TassieBob From : poindexter FORTRAN Date : Thu Jul 21 2022 08:15:00 -=> TassieBob wrote to deon <=- Ta> These days I use my personal phone for everything and my current Ta> employer just reimburses me the monthly costs. Back then though, my Ta> (previous) employer would only cover the cost of mobiles if they were Ta> on /their/ account, and to put your personal mobile on the company Ta> account you had to waive any rights to your personal number - so when Ta> you left, your number stayed with them. I'd had that number for around Ta> 25 years, so that was a hard no. My personal number was grandfathered in from a block of numbers I'd gotten in 2006. I'm keeping it forever. My state requires reimbursement for business expenses paid for by employees - including internet access and wireless. Many companies are skirting the issue, especially now that they have so many remote employees, and I think a lot of people are not willing to make waves. .... Question the heroic approach --- MultiMail/DOS v0.52 * Origin: realitycheckBBS.org -- information is power. (21:4/122) .