Re: [AFMUG] company cell phones

2024-12-28 Thread Dan P via AF
I used to be all for it, spent tens of thousands on cell bills over the years, recently I am pulling back and dropping lines as the vast majority don’t want to be tied to the man so the leave them at work. But yeah I would love to hear others takes on how to get employees to read emails and

Re: [AFMUG] company cell phones

2024-12-28 Thread Timothy Steele
I think Samsung xcover replaced Samsung active that's what I had back in the day Xiaomi 11 lite 5g ne is a really good cheap phone but Chinese bans coming An added benefit to a work phone is you can enable Google maps location sharing (if you inform them) Depends on what cell carrier you are usi

Re: [AFMUG] company cell phones

2024-12-28 Thread Mike Hammett
We have a mix of employee-provided phones and employer-provided phones. As time goes on, I'm more inclined to move to employer-provided for data security reasons. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message

Re: [AFMUG] company cell phones

2024-12-28 Thread Bill Prince
I think Forrest mentioned a company plan for cell service that sounded pretty good, but I don't know if it included phones. bp On 12/28/2024 9:39 AM, ch...@go-mtc.com wrote: I have about 25 employees.  Thinking of giving them all a company cell phone so they can’t fail to pay the bill or can

[AFMUG] company cell phones

2024-12-28 Thread chuck
I have about 25 employees. Thinking of giving them all a company cell phone so they can’t fail to pay the bill or can’t claim they did not receive the email. Opinions? Experiences? Warnings? -- AF mailing list AF@af.afmug.com http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com

Re: [AFMUG] company cell phones

2024-12-28 Thread Tyson Burris
My 2 Cents: Don’t waste your time or money. The excuses still come. You have some who are all for it, others who will carry two phones, and even those who want no part of it and want ‘control’. I stopped doing it a couple years ago. Saves the company a lot of money. Tyson Burris President &

Re: [AFMUG] company cell phones

2024-12-28 Thread Mike Hammett
How do you handle data security with personal phones? - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions Midwest Internet Exchange The Brothers WISP - Original Message - From: "Tyson Burris" To: "AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group" Sent: Saturday, December 28, 2024 2:14:5

Re: [AFMUG] company cell phones

2024-12-28 Thread Josh Luthman
Using Google stuff here, any of the "work profile" or "G Suite account" data gets wiped if it ever reaches connectivity. Doesn't prevent any local cache from getting read, but you have to draw the line somewhere. Not like a company provided phone would prevent theft. On Sat, Dec 28, 2024 at 3:30