My employer put out a survey this evening to hourly staff, to gauge interest in special lockers for personal items (phones) to go into during our shifts. The lockers would be mandatory, “but each locker is equipped with a usb port for a phone charger to plug into!” Staff can unlock the lockers at designated times (beginning of the day, breaks, lunch, and end of the day). Or if staff had some sort of emergency, the supervisors would be able to get into the lockers.
The answer choices were 0-10.
10 was along the lines of “This is a great idea, and will increase productivity.”
5 was “I’m indifferent to this idea.”
0 was “This idea would lead me to seek employment elsewhere.”
It went about as well as you might think. One of the staff wrote on the bottom of the page, “I’m quitting just because you even thought about locking up my phone.” The management held a meeting and told us they want to find whoever wrote the threat. They assured us that they were only considering the idea, and wanted input from everyone first.
I’m interested to see what happens. I work in the repair area and I’m a tradesman. I bet the union would back me up. On top of that, I use my phone for all sorts of work related things. Looking up parts, looking up tools, scanning QR codes that open PDFs of equipment history. So I’m not sure they would require me specifically to lock mine up, but if they require everyone else to do it I’m going to find somewhere new. We’re adults. This isn’t high school. I’m not sure what they’re thinking with this scheme.