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    milo xml
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    Does anyone have any experience with systems or companies that can send mass voice or text messages? We're looking to contact selected employees with info relating to work. Ideally, I think we would set up the contacts and whether or not they want voice or text messages. The interface needs to be user friendly with a small learning curve if possible.

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      Does anyone have any experience with systems or companies that can send mass voice or text messages? We're looking to contact selected employees with info relating to work. Ideally, I think we would set up the contacts and whether or not they want voice or text messages. The interface needs to be user friendly with a small learning curve if possible.

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      Yes, usually on the receiving end. So you think that spamming is the way to go when you want to make your emplyees happy? Perhaps you can make some extra money by setting up a booth where they sell torches and pitchforks.

      The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
      This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
      "I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.

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        Yes, usually on the receiving end. So you think that spamming is the way to go when you want to make your emplyees happy? Perhaps you can make some extra money by setting up a booth where they sell torches and pitchforks.

        The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
        This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
        "I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.

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        Union shop. We're contractually obligated to contact people about overtime availability and other things related to scheduling. Me personally, the experiences I've had with these has been positive. i.e. I like receiving a text when I schedule a haircut confirming the time of the appointment. Do you know of any specific companies?

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          Does anyone have any experience with systems or companies that can send mass voice or text messages? We're looking to contact selected employees with info relating to work. Ideally, I think we would set up the contacts and whether or not they want voice or text messages. The interface needs to be user friendly with a small learning curve if possible.

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          I'm with CDP on this. Try an experiment. Record a message on your phone, call 100 employees, and play it back to them. Keep a record of how many listen to the whole thing, compared to slam the phone down, swear at you, or physically try to kill you. Then using that data, put your feet up for a few months and relax then tell you boss it's done. Since noone in their right mind will sign up for it, you shouldn't get found out...

          Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

          "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
          "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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            Union shop. We're contractually obligated to contact people about overtime availability and other things related to scheduling. Me personally, the experiences I've had with these has been positive. i.e. I like receiving a text when I schedule a haircut confirming the time of the appointment. Do you know of any specific companies?

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            No, the ones I get usually are of dubious origin and just as dubious intentions.

            The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
            This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
            "I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.

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              I'm with CDP on this. Try an experiment. Record a message on your phone, call 100 employees, and play it back to them. Keep a record of how many listen to the whole thing, compared to slam the phone down, swear at you, or physically try to kill you. Then using that data, put your feet up for a few months and relax then tell you boss it's done. Since noone in their right mind will sign up for it, you shouldn't get found out...

              Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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              I can understand that. That's why we would give the employee the option to have a text sent to them. I don't know how other people are, but texts aren't as annoying as phone calls and I do sleep through my text alerts anyway.

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                No, the ones I get usually are of dubious origin and just as dubious intentions.

                The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
                This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
                "I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.

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                milo xml
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                I guess I'm lucky I don't get a lot of those :)

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                  Does anyone have any experience with systems or companies that can send mass voice or text messages? We're looking to contact selected employees with info relating to work. Ideally, I think we would set up the contacts and whether or not they want voice or text messages. The interface needs to be user friendly with a small learning curve if possible.

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                  At a previous employer, we used Clickatell. From an infrastructure point of view, they provided pretty good service and a ~98.5% uptime. We used them for several two-factor authentication schemes.

                  if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); } Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016

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                    I guess I'm lucky I don't get a lot of those :)

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                    I used to get none at all, but some (redacted) I bought something from on Ebay must have leaked my mail address and now some Russians worry about my activities in bed and want to come to my aid, as well as some cheap criminals who claim to be lawyers who represent someone who I supposedly owe money (and never heard of before) and threaten to take legal actions. Both apparently still hope that I will eventually be dumb enough to open their attachments if they just try often enough.

                    The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
                    This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
                    "I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.

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                      I can understand that. That's why we would give the employee the option to have a text sent to them. I don't know how other people are, but texts aren't as annoying as phone calls and I do sleep through my text alerts anyway.

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                      So do it all by email. It's free (which texts mostly aren't) and the subscriber can always set a rule to bin them unread or feed them to a particular folder.

                      Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

                      "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                      "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                        At a previous employer, we used Clickatell. From an infrastructure point of view, they provided pretty good service and a ~98.5% uptime. We used them for several two-factor authentication schemes.

                        if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); } Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016

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                        Sounds good. I'll check them out!

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                          So do it all by email. It's free (which texts mostly aren't) and the subscriber can always set a rule to bin them unread or feed them to a particular folder.

                          Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                          I'd like that but we have an older workforce and I'd bet about 50 to 60 percent of them don't have email on their phone. (the manager sitting next to me has a flip phone :omg: ) Plus, I don't know how you are about your personal email, but mine gets ignored until I have time to read it. Some of these messages will be urgent as in like, don't show up for work today kind of thing.

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                            I used to get none at all, but some (redacted) I bought something from on Ebay must have leaked my mail address and now some Russians worry about my activities in bed and want to come to my aid, as well as some cheap criminals who claim to be lawyers who represent someone who I supposedly owe money (and never heard of before) and threaten to take legal actions. Both apparently still hope that I will eventually be dumb enough to open their attachments if they just try often enough.

                            The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
                            This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
                            "I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.

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                            CDP1802 wrote:

                            some Russians worry about my activities in bed

                            From what I've heard, it's not just the Russians.

                            I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                              CDP1802 wrote:

                              some Russians worry about my activities in bed

                              From what I've heard, it's not just the Russians.

                              I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                              I'm not from Wales.

                              The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
                              This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
                              "I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.

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                                Yes, usually on the receiving end. So you think that spamming is the way to go when you want to make your emplyees happy? Perhaps you can make some extra money by setting up a booth where they sell torches and pitchforks.

                                The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
                                This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
                                "I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.

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                                But I'll bet you'd be right p1ssed off if the Christmas party went by without your knowing about it.

                                I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                                  I'm not from Wales.

                                  The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
                                  This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
                                  "I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.

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                                  What's really worrying is that some people are!

                                  I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                                    But I'll bet you'd be right p1ssed off if the Christmas party went by without your knowing about it.

                                    I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!

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                                    That would be the least of all problems. If you only had an idea how I spent the holidays...

                                    The language is JavaScript. that of Mordor, which I will not utter here
                                    This is Javascript. If you put big wheels and a racing stripe on a golf cart, it's still a fucking golf cart.
                                    "I don't know, extraterrestrial?" "You mean like from space?" "No, from Canada." If software development were a circus, we would all be the clowns.

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                                      I'd like that but we have an older workforce and I'd bet about 50 to 60 percent of them don't have email on their phone. (the manager sitting next to me has a flip phone :omg: ) Plus, I don't know how you are about your personal email, but mine gets ignored until I have time to read it. Some of these messages will be urgent as in like, don't show up for work today kind of thing.

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                                      Some of these messages will be urgent as in like, don't show up for work today kind of thing.

                                      In that case, I would think that a proper phone call was important, in order to be sure the message was received.

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                                        Some of these messages will be urgent as in like, don't show up for work today kind of thing.

                                        In that case, I would think that a proper phone call was important, in order to be sure the message was received.

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                                        milo xml
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                                        Good Point! Mostly this is going to be used as a overtime notification to show that we did our due diligence.

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                                          Does anyone have any experience with systems or companies that can send mass voice or text messages? We're looking to contact selected employees with info relating to work. Ideally, I think we would set up the contacts and whether or not they want voice or text messages. The interface needs to be user friendly with a small learning curve if possible.

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                                          TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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                                          Here are some ideas[^]

                                          #SupportHeForShe Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun

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