When our new lab was built they gave us phones that could only be used
for dialing out...and none in the smaller, procedure rooms. We argued
that the tissue processors and other instruments were often in these
procedure rooms and it would be handy if we needed a service tech to
walk us through a
Sara:
Calculate: time to go to and back from the telephone TIMES an average number of
calls/day = HOURS walking to take care of phone calls, and that time substract
it from 8 hours/day and calculate the PRODUCTIVITY reduction you (and you boss)
are going to have because not having a phone near
Sara,
Maybe you're looking a gift horse in the mouth. There have been many days that
I WISHED that I had no phone in my lab because it was a constant distraction in
an already hectic day. Once your boss has to hand deliver a few
messages/orders to you, he/she will most likely provide a phone