Whats a "rollover minute" ? Is 5,000 alot?

[fishnfla]

the president of our company called me into his office just now before lunch. He seemed ticked about this: he said my "cell phone plan", that the company pays for, has accumulated more than 5,000 rollover minutes. Is this a bad thing?

Just then his cell phone, which is like glued to his body somehow, went off, so I tried to excuse myself and escape. "Hold on" he said, "whats your cell number, I'll call you about this" He looked really torqued when I told him I didnt know the number.

maybe I should take the rest of the afternoon off

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

1. It's not bad, necessarily

It just means you're not using your cell phone. Ever.

[apnu]

2. Ouch... I believe it means you are 5,000 minutes over budget for you plan.

This is exactly why I chose to turn down a company phone and got my own. So the company can't hold it over me. I did the same with my workstation, which is my own laptop.

[On the Road]

3. He's Saying Your Cell Plan is Too Expensive

and as a result you're paying for minutes you're not using. You could save the company money by switching to a plan with fewer minutes which is more in line with your usage.

A rollover minute is an unused minute from a previous month that the cell company allows to the credited toward future calls. 5,000 is a lot -- 83 hours. Compare that against how many minutes are on your plan each month now.

It's not too big a deal -- probably several hundred dollars' worth. And the company should alert employees to this rather than being mad that everyone doesn't figure it out on their own.

Find out whether you keep the rollover minutes if you switch to a smaller plan. If so, you can tell your boss that you'll go to the smallest plan possible and eventually use up those minutes.

[Massacure]

4. Roll Over minutes are minutes on your cell phone

that if you don't use one month, you bring them into the next month.

5000 minutes must have took you a lot of months to get. Thats three and a half days strait of talk time.

[fishnfla]

5. Cool, thanks for the advice guys

I'll tell him to downgrade the plan. I've had the damned phone for 2 years now, and hardly used it. I see thats the problem.

maybe he just does not understand how someone could not use a cell phone, since he uses his so much.

Maybe I'll roll some of my minutes, er hours, over his way....