Company forces employees to add managers to iPhone 'Emergency Bypass' list. Netizens tell worker: 'Call them at 3:00 am, ask if they'd hire a worm'

A digital snapshot of an internal email from the company was circulated by an employee, revealing detailed guidelines on how staff members should configure their devices to receive notifications of calls and messages from their supervisors at all times.

One of the initial directives instructed employees to enable the ‘Emergency Bypass’ feature on their iPhones for their managers. This functionality ensures that incoming calls and messages from selected contacts will bypass silent mode, allowing them to be received regardless of the phone’s current settings.

Further down the email, another directive required employees to incorporate the phone numbers of their supervisors and managers into the ‘Allowed Callers’ list within the ‘Focus’ mode settings. This step was aimed at guaranteeing that critical communications from leadership would not be silenced or blocked due to customized notification preferences.

The company also outlined the rationale behind these stringent measures. The first justification emphasized the importance of employees receiving urgent calls and messages from their team leaders, even if their phones were set to silent or focus mode. The second reason was more pointed, stating explicitly that since the company funds employees' phone service, calls from leadership personnel should always take precedence, overriding any restrictions imposed by the user’s personal settings.

Redditors React With Humorous Retorts

The email quickly gained traction online, prompting Reddit users to respond with a