Yeah, again I never said you were wrong, just not the hill I’d die on for 40 dollars worth of compensation, If I were going to agitate and apply pressure at work it would be for a significant compensation boost to the tune of tens of thousands of dollars. This won’t work for me as I’m in an senior level engineering position.
Management is absolutely filled with morons, otherwise they wouldn’t be in management, they would be in engineering doing something worthwhile. So this literally happened. We used to get stipends and we moved to a new PEO (outsourced HR) and no longer do. Many people complained about it and we were told tough luck. We have to use the MS Authenticator App. True story: last year a lot of people started complaining and agitating and talking about the app and other things that disappeared and they did a disappearing act too in layoffs because sales were down last year.
The sales this year are in the toilet, I’m probably getting a raise this year but half the people at the company probably aren’t. I’m not going to start pushing around my weight and seniority over 40 dollars. I would do that over the minimum 11% raise I need this year to cover inflation instead. I do not live in a place with worker protections, I am a resident in the US in a state that allows employers to fire you with no cause (at-will) and union bust (right-to-work). My salary is way higher than an equivalent in other countries so for now this pays the bills and I’m incentivized to hold on to this at least until I know I have another opportunity or contract. Right now I don’t so I’m not going to be worrying about using my phone for work. Who fucking cares lol.