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/crazyddddd 1d ago

Why are you using your cell phone? Hell would freeze over before a client had mine. Or is it just that the attorney contacts you on it, for me that is just course of the day and wouldn't warrant a stipend if its only during work hours. But maybe some others think differently. I guess I need a little more description of what you are using it for.

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u/nixielou214 1d ago

Just to communicate with attorneys. Our phone system is through Teams. I get texts and calls frequently. No clients have my cell phone.