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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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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  ) 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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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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Oddly, most USA plans anymore have free text messaging while data (which would include email) is metered. I think texts are great; very easy to ignore. Agree with those who point out automated phone calls are INCREDIBLY annoying.
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I'm not with CDP. I think that both he and you are so wrapped up in your own spam-centered stereotype that you are ignoring the OP's actual subject.
He's not considering sending out hundreds of text messages trying to scam folks, he's looking into a simple way to selectively alert multiple employees -- e.g., sending out a notice when there is an opportunity to work overtime.
That is not a bad thing. My wife signed up to get text messages from the state office she works in when they are starting late due to weather issues. When I was working for Molina Healthcare, they had a similar "Emergency Notification System" that broadcast recorded messages -- you'd hear cell phones going off all over the office whenever there was a decision to close early because of an incoming storm.
So ditch the self-righteous indignancy and either answer his question or go vent somewhere that you're not driving off the folks who might.
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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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Here are some ideas[^]
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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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Lol, did that. Every single one of those websites wants all your info before you can even begin to see anything. Including your email, phone #, name of your firstborn (which screws me over as I don't have any kids...). I can only type GoEffYourself@HoserEh.com so many times for the email and I don't want to drive the person that actually has 867-5309 as their phone# too crazy. I'm hoping to get some opinions based on real world experience from people that I know are legitimate.
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That bites. Feels.
#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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I'm using Twilio for a timeclock device. They have what you are looking for with lots of samples. 
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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This is definitely an option. Thank you!
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I'd second Twilio.
In less than a day we had 1000's of txts going out. Saw a 600% return on investment within 7 days.
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I don't know about voice, and I'm quite ignorant in this field, but apart from a local SMS service, the other one that bursts into mind is Azure's SendGrid.
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Thanks, I'll check that out.
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have a look at Twilio[^]
No one knows the things of a man except the spirit of that man; likewise no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God whom we have received. He who is joined to the Lord, is ONE Spirit with him(Jesus) - 1Cor 2:10-16 & 6:17
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Do you have any experience with these guys? They're one of the top 3 I'm going to look at.
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Yes, we use SalesForce a lot, being a marketing agency.
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Our heads are round so our thoughts can change direction - Francis Picabia
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Didn't know that was built into there. Nice! Thanks for the info!
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