Timeline for How to politely ask an employee to avoid *personal* texting during meetings?
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| Jul 14, 2023 at 13:41 | comment | added | TheEvilMetal | A big problem I'm seeing with OP is that he sees personal phones as work tools. They are not work tools unless the company is paying for them. They are personal. And personal tools have no place in a meeting. | |
| Aug 4, 2022 at 13:52 | comment | added | Reversed Engineer | "We used to have a problem with a guy who always put his phone on the table and looked at it, expecting it to ring. If it did he'd answer, and say "This is important" and leave the room." Why not have someone in the meeting secretly call him, then when he's out of the meeting, ask him to please come back into the important meeting 😁 | |
| Aug 4, 2022 at 9:19 | comment | added | BЈовић | recently our management added posters to each meeting room with rules of decent behavior. one of rules is "phone off" :) | |
| Aug 3, 2022 at 20:33 | comment | added | DJClayworth | @HK-51 You are focussing on the wrong thing. Banning phones in standup is the way to go. If you want to sort out personal versus work communication do it separately. It's only ten minutes for Pete's sake. If your team cannot ignore their phones for that long they are not behaving like adults. | |
| Aug 3, 2022 at 18:12 | comment | added | Therac | @Heinzi Perhaps. I've put a lot of effort into hiring the best people, self-starters that normally only need strategic guidance . But some things can make smart people act like children, and one happened. | |
| Aug 3, 2022 at 18:01 | comment | added | Heinzi | @HK-51: You know the phrase "locks keep honest people honest"? You can't change how people use their phones. You can't magically make easily distracted people become focused people. But you can help them keep focused by removing things that make it easy to get distracted. You can't change them, but you can change the environment. | |
| Aug 3, 2022 at 17:42 | comment | added | Therac | This is reasonable. However, my issue isn't with the phones - they're just tools, like pliers. I see using them to disengage from the team as an issue. If anything, I'd prefer that the team keeps all their work tools at hand. | |
| Aug 3, 2022 at 11:59 | comment | added | Hilmar | +1 for "people are quicker to finish up and go." This is a good reason to implement the rule. It aves time for everyone and doesn't single out one person | |
| Aug 3, 2022 at 11:09 | history | answered | RedSonja | CC BY-SA 4.0 |