Caller ID

[susan silva]

Do you have a caller ID system on your phone at work?  If you do, do you screen calls?  Do you think caller ID is a good or bad thing?  (from both views, receiving calls so you know who is calling, but also if you are trying to get a hold of someone.)  Let us know.   

[peaches2160]

I have it both at home and at work and like it.  I do use it to screen annoying calls at home and like the ability to know who is on the other end of the phone before I answer at work.   

[gee4]

What do you mean by caller ID?  Do you mean their names are programmed into the phone?

If so, no we don't have those kind of phones in work.  I only have tel nos of those in my mobile who I want to have.  If a call shows up as unknown number or a tel no, it means I don't know the person or who is calling.

[officepa]

I have caller ID at home and it is useful for screening people before you decide if you want to pick the call up. 

Also have this at work but have to pick up regardless but at least knowing who is on the other end allows you to 'prepare' yourself if necessary 

[msmarieh]

I have the phone number display at work. If I recognize the extension, I might answer differently, but otherwise, I answer all the calls the same way so it doesn't matter. I don't screen calls at work.

At home, ours shows the name and number. We do use it to screen calls, just because we rarely feel like talking on the phone at home. LOL

[Katie G]

I have it both at home and at work.  I use it at home often, particularly if I'm waiting for a call from the dentist's office, mechanic, what-have-you, so I can keep the line open.  Or if the phone rings just as I'm about to run out the door -- I know if it's something I should grab or can let go to voicemail.

At work, in 10 years, I can count on one hand the number of times I've used it to screen a call.  Each time it's been an outside vendor (or in one case, a job applicant) who wasn't able to take "NO" for an answer.  Frankly, I consider calling a place five times a day for a solid week to be harrassment, so I felt no guilt about letting those calls go to voicemail.  It should be noted that in each case, I had my boss' blessing to do so.