What's Up With Bosses Checking Their Phones While Talking To You?

According to our poll, 86% of bosses do it.

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Recently, BuzzFeed ran a poll to find out how people use their phones at work which asked questions about what kind of unspoken etiquette goes on. The most surprising finding was the marked difference in how workers use their phones around the bosses and vice versa.

Of course, workplaces vary so much that core things about using your phone may differ – taking personal calls might fly if you have a private office but not if you're working in an open office or a service industry. But one trend seemed to be clear: phone etiquette is linked to where you are on the totem pole of your workplace.

Almost half the respondents said they would NOT look at their phone while talking to their boss. Yet 86% said their boss checks her phone while talking to them.

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