Millennials Would Quit Job If Phones Were Banned At Work

[riderinthestorm]

77. I've got five employees and they can text and talk when they want

one of them is 30 yrs old and has young children so I know it's comforting to be able to stay in touch all day. One is 65 and likes to snapchat and Instagram with his grandkids all day which I find hilarious. The two millennials - 19 and 23 yrs old - are doing the usual social media thing on and off all day while the fifth is the other trainer here and is conducting her business hard core with her phone.

Nobody abuses it. It doesn't take up that much time. It isn't a source of tension with them trying to sneak it. They know I know how long it takes to do chores or weed whack the fence lines or scrub troughs or do a 30 minute conditioning set. If they put more hours down on their time card then the task assigned would take, I'll come find them and have a convo about excessive phone use. But that hasn't happened yet...

I'm totally okay with it and don't expect anyone to give it up. In fact, I think we all get more laughs each day sharing a funny video, or a particularly silly photo Feliciano has snapped of us, or the joy of watching the five month old baby nursing and drifting off to sleep in Fermin's wife's arms. It's enriched my workplace.

If you have a job that requires concentration like a production line, or a nurse, or cab driver etc then that's different. Rules have to be made and followed about cell phone use.

For the rest? Welcome to new world baby!