I heard that the mobile phone policy is being updated as part of project octane. And this means that the majority of non-sales individual contributors will lose access to their Medtronic paid mobile phone plan and device. Are the rumors true?
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Who on earth wants a company phone? It means you're "on call" whenever they want to reach you. Do you really want to set such expectations?
@j0 it’s like $50 a month per line for large account like MDT. Not exactly breaking the budget for a CC. If MDT wasn’t so top down d-mb it would let individual CC owners actually manage this themselves.
Getting a phone used to mean something. You’re on call when needed. It was a symbol of the importance of an individual’s value to the company. Taking away phones speaks volumes for how MDT values its people and their productivity.
Unless nothing has changed and they’re just using phones as another lever to get people to quit. Probably both.
@hd
wait until the cost centers start getting hit with a huge cell phone bill ... days of free peroneal phones is about to be getting sun set ….
What is project octane?
Wait…non-sales individual contributors were getting company paid phones?
Here I am getting my request for a cordless headset rejected and told ‘you just got one in 2020’
Some OU’s have been that way for a long time. Going back to the days of the pager.
They took my company phone away years ago. it was such a relief, no more after hours "calls or texts" Sound like OP was using a work phone as a peroneal phone and found out upgrades are no longer availbe via MDT
Does anyone know when this will go into effect? I bet there’s no plans on how to support affected employees with added work/life balance as a result of this. A work phone is a basic necessity of the job, not a luxury or waste of funds.
If the laptop is offline then I am unreachable. Don’t call me or text me or expect me to see any messages when traveling or away from my desk. I will only be working within my business hours, despite the many global time zones of my colleagues. I am not interested in giving the company access to my personal device or paying out of my own pocket.
they updated it back on July 1 as part of project Octane.