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[-] VitoRobles@lemmy.today 109 points 4 days ago

Around 2015, My niece told me she worked at a bank teller and the first thing they did was require her to install the bank's app and rate it five stars. She said her phone is too old and they got angry. And she'd tell me they'd do "phone sweeps" to see if the app was on people's phones.

Do min-wage companies still do this or do they know better?

[-] LadyMeow@lemmy.blahaj.zone 113 points 4 days ago

Lmao wtf? Sounds illegal as hell.

I’m not installing anything work requires on my personal devices, f ‘em.

[-] SARGE@startrek.website 60 points 4 days ago

I have told managers, to their faces, I do not have a smart phone... While holding my smart phone.

So far, while most have quite noticeably glanced at my phone, none have actually called me out on it.

If any of them ever do, I will just get a prepaid flip phone and use that for work.

[-] fartographer@lemmy.world 41 points 4 days ago

"What's that in your hand, then?"

"That's not my hand."

[-] thedirtyknapkin@lemmy.world 31 points 4 days ago

I've just straight up told an employer before that if a smart phone was required to do my job then they needed to provide me a company phone.

they found other options for me, but it really pissed off my supervisor. eventually i left because he was an asshole. gave them a -1 day notice and just stopped showing up. i do freelance work now. they deserved that hit.

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