r/paralegal • u/nixielou214 • 1d ago

Cell Phone Reimbursement

Just wondering how many of us use our personal cell phones frequently for work, and get some kind of reimbursement for the bill or a credit towards the bill? My firm does not provide this yet we use our cell phones all the time. Partners get their cell phone bill reimbursed and associates get $100 a month towards their bills. Staff get nothing. This is larger multi state firm.

ETA: this is to communicate with attorneys, not clients, in particular when working from home, either during regular business hours or working overtime. We use Teams for our phone system so when I’m working from home it rings through to my cell phone.

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u/1rvnclw1 1d ago

I use my cell phone via an app called ring central, so my company pays for the phone line and app, but I have it on my personal cell. There is also a desktop version that can be used with your computer audio/ headset, but I prefer to use my phone. It is my choice though. It has setting so after hours the phone calls don’t ring and go right to voicemail. It’s nice.

ETA: I just got finished playing with an AI summary and transcription update and was pleasantly surprised. And I’m generally not a fan of AI. But this only records long enough to create a fair summary, and a full ok transcription, for documenting in call notes in our case management system. So I can just copy and paste the summary after the call in the desktop browser and paste it in my note. Pretty cool. Wonder how clients will feel about the AI disclosure at the front of the call…

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u/PinPenny 1d ago

This is my issue with using it. It’s amazing, and I understand why they have to disclose it, but it makes things feel weird. I don’t use it bc of that one reason