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I am interviewing and most, if not all, video call interviews are set for business hours. It is not possible for me to take a whole day off for them, and it is difficult to commute home on time to make the video conferences at the requested times.
Given this situation, which is the best way to handle it? I have been interviewing in my job location, using empty conference rooms and whatever locations are available. Most interviews have taken place after my job hours. Some have been during my job hours, so I put into the extra time after the interview to compensate it. Since it is not possible to use skype through the company's proxy, I am using my own internet (mobile phone set as WiFi hotspot).
I am worried about the ethical considerations of this situation?
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I am interviewing and most, if not all, video call interviews are set for business hours. It is not possible for me to take a whole day off for them, and it is difficult to commute home on time to make the video conferences at the requested times.
Given this situation, which is the best way to handle it? I have been interviewing in my job location, using empty conference rooms and whatever locations are available. Most interviews have taken place after my job hours. Some have been during my job hours, so I put into the extra time after the interview to compensate it. Since it is not possible to use skype through the company's proxy, I am using my own internet (mobile phone set as WiFi hotspot).
I am worried about the ethical considerations of this situation?
professionalism interviewing ethics manager
edited Aug 7 at 12:27
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Your second question is pretty much a duplicate of this one, so I've edited it out of your question: My boss knows that I had a phone interview with another company. How should I go about this?
– David K
Aug 7 at 12:27
@DavidK The question you linked doesn't mention being caught in the act of interviewing.
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I am interviewing and most, if not all, video call interviews are set for business hours. It is not possible for me to take a whole day off for them, and it is difficult to commute home on time to make the video conferences at the requested times.
Given this situation, which is the best way to handle it? I have been interviewing in my job location, using empty conference rooms and whatever locations are available. Most interviews have taken place after my job hours. Some have been during my job hours, so I put into the extra time after the interview to compensate it. Since it is not possible to use skype through the company's proxy, I am using my own internet (mobile phone set as WiFi hotspot).
I am worried about the ethical considerations of this situation?
professionalism interviewing ethics manager
edited Aug 7 at 12:27
David K
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asked Aug 7 at 8:48
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I am interviewing and most, if not all, video call interviews are set for business hours. It is not possible for me to take a whole day off for them, and it is difficult to commute home on time to make the video conferences at the requested times.
Given this situation, which is the best way to handle it? I have been interviewing in my job location, using empty conference rooms and whatever locations are available. Most interviews have taken place after my job hours. Some have been during my job hours, so I put into the extra time after the interview to compensate it. Since it is not possible to use skype through the company's proxy, I am using my own internet (mobile phone set as WiFi hotspot).
I am worried about the ethical considerations of this situation?
professionalism interviewing ethics manager
edited Aug 7 at 12:27
David K
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asked Aug 7 at 8:48
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edited Aug 7 at 12:27
David K
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Your second question is pretty much a duplicate of this one, so I've edited it out of your question: My boss knows that I had a phone interview with another company. How should I go about this?
– David K
Aug 7 at 12:27
@DavidK The question you linked doesn't mention being caught in the act of interviewing.
– Calculus Knight
Aug 7 at 14:25
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Your second question is pretty much a duplicate of this one, so I've edited it out of your question: My boss knows that I had a phone interview with another company. How should I go about this?
– David K
Aug 7 at 12:27
@DavidK The question you linked doesn't mention being caught in the act of interviewing.
– Calculus Knight
Aug 7 at 14:25
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Your second question is pretty much a duplicate of this one, so I've edited it out of your question: My boss knows that I had a phone interview with another company. How should I go about this?
– David K
Aug 7 at 12:27
Your second question is pretty much a duplicate of this one, so I've edited it out of your question: My boss knows that I had a phone interview with another company. How should I go about this?
– David K
Aug 7 at 12:27
@DavidK The question you linked doesn't mention being caught in the act of interviewing.
– Calculus Knight
Aug 7 at 14:25
@DavidK The question you linked doesn't mention being caught in the act of interviewing.
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Aug 7 at 14:25
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If your company allows staff the use of their facilities for taking personal calls and such, as long as you're doing this in your own time and not the company time then all you have to say is that it is a personal call.
On the other hand, those times you have admitted that have been during working hours would definitely not be ethical and I would consider asking to re-arrange these to a more suitable time.
If your boss does find out, you just need to be honest. If you're using your own time and not abusing your employers time then you aren't doing anything wrong.
answered Aug 7 at 9:23
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Given this situation, which is the best way to handle it?
Schedule interviews for before or after working hours while you are home whenever possible. Most interviewers will understand and work with you to find a more convenient time if you press them.
You may decide to come in to work late or leave early in order to interview during "work hours". That's how most folks handle it.
When they must be done during work hours, do the interviews during your lunch break. Do them offsite whenever possible. Seek out a quiet place like a library conference room, a park, or even your car if you can. Only use company property when you absolutely can't do it anywhere else. This should almost never happen.
That way, you are always doing them on your own personal time and not company time.
How should I react if my boss finds out? How should I answer if I am
caught red-handed?
The only way you can handle it is to be honest. You were caught interviewing, so just admit it and be prepared to deal with the fallout.
Expect that you will be treated differently once they know you are planning to leave.
answered Aug 7 at 10:48
Joe Strazzere
224k107662930
Additionally, I would avoid using any company resources to facilitate the call. Also, as it is a video call, the OP needs to ensure no confidential information is visible to the camera.
– Eric
Aug 9 at 22:30
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Using company assets for personal use without permission is unethical regardless of how you rationalise it. If you're worried about being caught, then you already know this.
answered Aug 7 at 10:29
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It is perfectly ethical to look for another job. It is also perfectly ethical to not inform your boss about it, because there are plenty of bosses who can't get that someone might want a job elsewhere and that they have the right to do so, and these bosses might make your life very difficult if you find out.
So what is the cost of this for your company? The cost seems to be the cost of you sitting in the office. Since they have to pay the rent, the heating, the cost of your desk and chair anyway, that cost is negligible. So I don't see any ethical problem here.
If anyone tells you it's unethical or unprofessional to look for a new job, don't listen to them. If anyone tells you you should tell your boss about interviews, most definitely don't listen to them.
answered Aug 7 at 9:24
gnasher729
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MANY company handbooks have a clause that all company equipment is to be used for company business only. How should the OP act if this is the case?
– Richard U
Aug 7 at 12:45
@RichardU Since he is using his own phone/connection for the calls, the only equipment in question is the office space/time, which (unless there is a dire lack of conference rooms/availability) seems negligible. I am assuming the total volume of such calls is not too excessive (maybe one or two dozen max, not hundreds over a year).
– A.S
Aug 7 at 13:55
@A.S the point is that company assets are being used. That's all they need to say to be able to initiate disciplinary procedures.
– Richard U
Aug 7 at 15:36
If the company acts like that, then he was absolutely right to look for a new job.
– gnasher729
Aug 8 at 23:14
@A.S The OP only states that he or she is using their personal internet. The implication to me was that Skype was still running on the company machine, just that the company machine had been connected to the OP's personal Wi-Fi. In any case, the OP did not unambiguously state that no company property was used.
– Eric
Aug 9 at 22:34
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4 Answers
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4 Answers
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up vote
5
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If your company allows staff the use of their facilities for taking personal calls and such, as long as you're doing this in your own time and not the company time then all you have to say is that it is a personal call.
On the other hand, those times you have admitted that have been during working hours would definitely not be ethical and I would consider asking to re-arrange these to a more suitable time.
If your boss does find out, you just need to be honest. If you're using your own time and not abusing your employers time then you aren't doing anything wrong.
answered Aug 7 at 9:23
andtodd
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up vote
5
down vote
If your company allows staff the use of their facilities for taking personal calls and such, as long as you're doing this in your own time and not the company time then all you have to say is that it is a personal call.
On the other hand, those times you have admitted that have been during working hours would definitely not be ethical and I would consider asking to re-arrange these to a more suitable time.
If your boss does find out, you just need to be honest. If you're using your own time and not abusing your employers time then you aren't doing anything wrong.
answered Aug 7 at 9:23
andtodd
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up vote
5
down vote
up vote
5
down vote
If your company allows staff the use of their facilities for taking personal calls and such, as long as you're doing this in your own time and not the company time then all you have to say is that it is a personal call.
On the other hand, those times you have admitted that have been during working hours would definitely not be ethical and I would consider asking to re-arrange these to a more suitable time.
If your boss does find out, you just need to be honest. If you're using your own time and not abusing your employers time then you aren't doing anything wrong.
answered Aug 7 at 9:23
andtodd
1,6434418
If your company allows staff the use of their facilities for taking personal calls and such, as long as you're doing this in your own time and not the company time then all you have to say is that it is a personal call.
On the other hand, those times you have admitted that have been during working hours would definitely not be ethical and I would consider asking to re-arrange these to a more suitable time.
If your boss does find out, you just need to be honest. If you're using your own time and not abusing your employers time then you aren't doing anything wrong.
answered Aug 7 at 9:23
andtodd
1,6434418
answered Aug 7 at 9:23
andtodd
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answered Aug 7 at 9:23
andtodd
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answered Aug 7 at 9:23
andtodd
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add a comment |Â
up vote
4
down vote
Given this situation, which is the best way to handle it?
Schedule interviews for before or after working hours while you are home whenever possible. Most interviewers will understand and work with you to find a more convenient time if you press them.
You may decide to come in to work late or leave early in order to interview during "work hours". That's how most folks handle it.
When they must be done during work hours, do the interviews during your lunch break. Do them offsite whenever possible. Seek out a quiet place like a library conference room, a park, or even your car if you can. Only use company property when you absolutely can't do it anywhere else. This should almost never happen.
That way, you are always doing them on your own personal time and not company time.
How should I react if my boss finds out? How should I answer if I am
caught red-handed?
The only way you can handle it is to be honest. You were caught interviewing, so just admit it and be prepared to deal with the fallout.
Expect that you will be treated differently once they know you are planning to leave.
answered Aug 7 at 10:48
Joe Strazzere
224k107662930
Additionally, I would avoid using any company resources to facilitate the call. Also, as it is a video call, the OP needs to ensure no confidential information is visible to the camera.
– Eric
Aug 9 at 22:30
add a comment |Â
up vote
4
down vote
Given this situation, which is the best way to handle it?
Schedule interviews for before or after working hours while you are home whenever possible. Most interviewers will understand and work with you to find a more convenient time if you press them.
You may decide to come in to work late or leave early in order to interview during "work hours". That's how most folks handle it.
When they must be done during work hours, do the interviews during your lunch break. Do them offsite whenever possible. Seek out a quiet place like a library conference room, a park, or even your car if you can. Only use company property when you absolutely can't do it anywhere else. This should almost never happen.
That way, you are always doing them on your own personal time and not company time.
How should I react if my boss finds out? How should I answer if I am
caught red-handed?
The only way you can handle it is to be honest. You were caught interviewing, so just admit it and be prepared to deal with the fallout.
Expect that you will be treated differently once they know you are planning to leave.
answered Aug 7 at 10:48
Joe Strazzere
224k107662930
Additionally, I would avoid using any company resources to facilitate the call. Also, as it is a video call, the OP needs to ensure no confidential information is visible to the camera.
– Eric
Aug 9 at 22:30
add a comment |Â
up vote
4
down vote
up vote
4
down vote
Given this situation, which is the best way to handle it?
Schedule interviews for before or after working hours while you are home whenever possible. Most interviewers will understand and work with you to find a more convenient time if you press them.
You may decide to come in to work late or leave early in order to interview during "work hours". That's how most folks handle it.
When they must be done during work hours, do the interviews during your lunch break. Do them offsite whenever possible. Seek out a quiet place like a library conference room, a park, or even your car if you can. Only use company property when you absolutely can't do it anywhere else. This should almost never happen.
That way, you are always doing them on your own personal time and not company time.
How should I react if my boss finds out? How should I answer if I am
caught red-handed?
The only way you can handle it is to be honest. You were caught interviewing, so just admit it and be prepared to deal with the fallout.
Expect that you will be treated differently once they know you are planning to leave.
answered Aug 7 at 10:48
Joe Strazzere
224k107662930
Given this situation, which is the best way to handle it?
Schedule interviews for before or after working hours while you are home whenever possible. Most interviewers will understand and work with you to find a more convenient time if you press them.
You may decide to come in to work late or leave early in order to interview during "work hours". That's how most folks handle it.
When they must be done during work hours, do the interviews during your lunch break. Do them offsite whenever possible. Seek out a quiet place like a library conference room, a park, or even your car if you can. Only use company property when you absolutely can't do it anywhere else. This should almost never happen.
That way, you are always doing them on your own personal time and not company time.
How should I react if my boss finds out? How should I answer if I am
caught red-handed?
The only way you can handle it is to be honest. You were caught interviewing, so just admit it and be prepared to deal with the fallout.
Expect that you will be treated differently once they know you are planning to leave.
answered Aug 7 at 10:48
Joe Strazzere
224k107662930
answered Aug 7 at 10:48
Joe Strazzere
224k107662930
answered Aug 7 at 10:48
Joe Strazzere
224k107662930
answered Aug 7 at 10:48
Joe Strazzere
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224k107662930
Additionally, I would avoid using any company resources to facilitate the call. Also, as it is a video call, the OP needs to ensure no confidential information is visible to the camera.
– Eric
Aug 9 at 22:30
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Additionally, I would avoid using any company resources to facilitate the call. Also, as it is a video call, the OP needs to ensure no confidential information is visible to the camera.
– Eric
Aug 9 at 22:30
Additionally, I would avoid using any company resources to facilitate the call. Also, as it is a video call, the OP needs to ensure no confidential information is visible to the camera.
– Eric
Aug 9 at 22:30
Additionally, I would avoid using any company resources to facilitate the call. Also, as it is a video call, the OP needs to ensure no confidential information is visible to the camera.
– Eric
Aug 9 at 22:30
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
down vote
Using company assets for personal use without permission is unethical regardless of how you rationalise it. If you're worried about being caught, then you already know this.
answered Aug 7 at 10:29
Kilisi
96k53219379
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
down vote
Using company assets for personal use without permission is unethical regardless of how you rationalise it. If you're worried about being caught, then you already know this.
answered Aug 7 at 10:29
Kilisi
96k53219379
add a comment |Â
up vote
2
down vote
up vote
2
down vote
Using company assets for personal use without permission is unethical regardless of how you rationalise it. If you're worried about being caught, then you already know this.
answered Aug 7 at 10:29
Kilisi
96k53219379
Using company assets for personal use without permission is unethical regardless of how you rationalise it. If you're worried about being caught, then you already know this.
answered Aug 7 at 10:29
Kilisi
96k53219379
answered Aug 7 at 10:29
Kilisi
96k53219379
answered Aug 7 at 10:29
Kilisi
96k53219379
answered Aug 7 at 10:29
Kilisi
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96k53219379
add a comment |Â
add a comment |Â
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0
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It is perfectly ethical to look for another job. It is also perfectly ethical to not inform your boss about it, because there are plenty of bosses who can't get that someone might want a job elsewhere and that they have the right to do so, and these bosses might make your life very difficult if you find out.
So what is the cost of this for your company? The cost seems to be the cost of you sitting in the office. Since they have to pay the rent, the heating, the cost of your desk and chair anyway, that cost is negligible. So I don't see any ethical problem here.
If anyone tells you it's unethical or unprofessional to look for a new job, don't listen to them. If anyone tells you you should tell your boss about interviews, most definitely don't listen to them.
answered Aug 7 at 9:24
gnasher729
71.8k31134226
MANY company handbooks have a clause that all company equipment is to be used for company business only. How should the OP act if this is the case?
– Richard U
Aug 7 at 12:45
@RichardU Since he is using his own phone/connection for the calls, the only equipment in question is the office space/time, which (unless there is a dire lack of conference rooms/availability) seems negligible. I am assuming the total volume of such calls is not too excessive (maybe one or two dozen max, not hundreds over a year).
– A.S
Aug 7 at 13:55
@A.S the point is that company assets are being used. That's all they need to say to be able to initiate disciplinary procedures.
– Richard U
Aug 7 at 15:36
If the company acts like that, then he was absolutely right to look for a new job.
– gnasher729
Aug 8 at 23:14
@A.S The OP only states that he or she is using their personal internet. The implication to me was that Skype was still running on the company machine, just that the company machine had been connected to the OP's personal Wi-Fi. In any case, the OP did not unambiguously state that no company property was used.
– Eric
Aug 9 at 22:34
 |Â
show 1 more comment
up vote
0
down vote
It is perfectly ethical to look for another job. It is also perfectly ethical to not inform your boss about it, because there are plenty of bosses who can't get that someone might want a job elsewhere and that they have the right to do so, and these bosses might make your life very difficult if you find out.
So what is the cost of this for your company? The cost seems to be the cost of you sitting in the office. Since they have to pay the rent, the heating, the cost of your desk and chair anyway, that cost is negligible. So I don't see any ethical problem here.
If anyone tells you it's unethical or unprofessional to look for a new job, don't listen to them. If anyone tells you you should tell your boss about interviews, most definitely don't listen to them.
answered Aug 7 at 9:24
gnasher729
71.8k31134226
MANY company handbooks have a clause that all company equipment is to be used for company business only. How should the OP act if this is the case?
– Richard U
Aug 7 at 12:45
@RichardU Since he is using his own phone/connection for the calls, the only equipment in question is the office space/time, which (unless there is a dire lack of conference rooms/availability) seems negligible. I am assuming the total volume of such calls is not too excessive (maybe one or two dozen max, not hundreds over a year).
– A.S
Aug 7 at 13:55
@A.S the point is that company assets are being used. That's all they need to say to be able to initiate disciplinary procedures.
– Richard U
Aug 7 at 15:36
If the company acts like that, then he was absolutely right to look for a new job.
– gnasher729
Aug 8 at 23:14
@A.S The OP only states that he or she is using their personal internet. The implication to me was that Skype was still running on the company machine, just that the company machine had been connected to the OP's personal Wi-Fi. In any case, the OP did not unambiguously state that no company property was used.
– Eric
Aug 9 at 22:34
 |Â
show 1 more comment
up vote
0
down vote
up vote
0
down vote
It is perfectly ethical to look for another job. It is also perfectly ethical to not inform your boss about it, because there are plenty of bosses who can't get that someone might want a job elsewhere and that they have the right to do so, and these bosses might make your life very difficult if you find out.
So what is the cost of this for your company? The cost seems to be the cost of you sitting in the office. Since they have to pay the rent, the heating, the cost of your desk and chair anyway, that cost is negligible. So I don't see any ethical problem here.
If anyone tells you it's unethical or unprofessional to look for a new job, don't listen to them. If anyone tells you you should tell your boss about interviews, most definitely don't listen to them.
answered Aug 7 at 9:24
gnasher729
71.8k31134226
It is perfectly ethical to look for another job. It is also perfectly ethical to not inform your boss about it, because there are plenty of bosses who can't get that someone might want a job elsewhere and that they have the right to do so, and these bosses might make your life very difficult if you find out.
So what is the cost of this for your company? The cost seems to be the cost of you sitting in the office. Since they have to pay the rent, the heating, the cost of your desk and chair anyway, that cost is negligible. So I don't see any ethical problem here.
If anyone tells you it's unethical or unprofessional to look for a new job, don't listen to them. If anyone tells you you should tell your boss about interviews, most definitely don't listen to them.
answered Aug 7 at 9:24
gnasher729
71.8k31134226
answered Aug 7 at 9:24
gnasher729
71.8k31134226
answered Aug 7 at 9:24
gnasher729
71.8k31134226
answered Aug 7 at 9:24
gnasher729
71.8k31134226
71.8k31134226
MANY company handbooks have a clause that all company equipment is to be used for company business only. How should the OP act if this is the case?
– Richard U
Aug 7 at 12:45
@RichardU Since he is using his own phone/connection for the calls, the only equipment in question is the office space/time, which (unless there is a dire lack of conference rooms/availability) seems negligible. I am assuming the total volume of such calls is not too excessive (maybe one or two dozen max, not hundreds over a year).
– A.S
Aug 7 at 13:55
@A.S the point is that company assets are being used. That's all they need to say to be able to initiate disciplinary procedures.
– Richard U
Aug 7 at 15:36
If the company acts like that, then he was absolutely right to look for a new job.
– gnasher729
Aug 8 at 23:14
@A.S The OP only states that he or she is using their personal internet. The implication to me was that Skype was still running on the company machine, just that the company machine had been connected to the OP's personal Wi-Fi. In any case, the OP did not unambiguously state that no company property was used.
– Eric
Aug 9 at 22:34
 |Â
show 1 more comment
MANY company handbooks have a clause that all company equipment is to be used for company business only. How should the OP act if this is the case?
– Richard U
Aug 7 at 12:45
@RichardU Since he is using his own phone/connection for the calls, the only equipment in question is the office space/time, which (unless there is a dire lack of conference rooms/availability) seems negligible. I am assuming the total volume of such calls is not too excessive (maybe one or two dozen max, not hundreds over a year).
– A.S
Aug 7 at 13:55
@A.S the point is that company assets are being used. That's all they need to say to be able to initiate disciplinary procedures.
– Richard U
Aug 7 at 15:36
If the company acts like that, then he was absolutely right to look for a new job.
– gnasher729
Aug 8 at 23:14
@A.S The OP only states that he or she is using their personal internet. The implication to me was that Skype was still running on the company machine, just that the company machine had been connected to the OP's personal Wi-Fi. In any case, the OP did not unambiguously state that no company property was used.
– Eric
Aug 9 at 22:34
MANY company handbooks have a clause that all company equipment is to be used for company business only. How should the OP act if this is the case?
– Richard U
Aug 7 at 12:45
MANY company handbooks have a clause that all company equipment is to be used for company business only. How should the OP act if this is the case?
– Richard U
Aug 7 at 12:45
@RichardU Since he is using his own phone/connection for the calls, the only equipment in question is the office space/time, which (unless there is a dire lack of conference rooms/availability) seems negligible. I am assuming the total volume of such calls is not too excessive (maybe one or two dozen max, not hundreds over a year).
– A.S
Aug 7 at 13:55
@RichardU Since he is using his own phone/connection for the calls, the only equipment in question is the office space/time, which (unless there is a dire lack of conference rooms/availability) seems negligible. I am assuming the total volume of such calls is not too excessive (maybe one or two dozen max, not hundreds over a year).
– A.S
Aug 7 at 13:55
@A.S the point is that company assets are being used. That's all they need to say to be able to initiate disciplinary procedures.
– Richard U
Aug 7 at 15:36
@A.S the point is that company assets are being used. That's all they need to say to be able to initiate disciplinary procedures.
– Richard U
Aug 7 at 15:36
If the company acts like that, then he was absolutely right to look for a new job.
– gnasher729
Aug 8 at 23:14
If the company acts like that, then he was absolutely right to look for a new job.
– gnasher729
Aug 8 at 23:14
@A.S The OP only states that he or she is using their personal internet. The implication to me was that Skype was still running on the company machine, just that the company machine had been connected to the OP's personal Wi-Fi. In any case, the OP did not unambiguously state that no company property was used.
– Eric
Aug 9 at 22:34
@A.S The OP only states that he or she is using their personal internet. The implication to me was that Skype was still running on the company machine, just that the company machine had been connected to the OP's personal Wi-Fi. In any case, the OP did not unambiguously state that no company property was used.
– Eric
Aug 9 at 22:34
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Your second question is pretty much a duplicate of this one, so I've edited it out of your question: My boss knows that I had a phone interview with another company. How should I go about this?
– David K
Aug 7 at 12:27
@DavidK The question you linked doesn't mention being caught in the act of interviewing.
– Calculus Knight
Aug 7 at 14:25