Hi WTP, thanks for answering! Yes I meant for you, but the part about not having to work from home makes sense.
As for whether you “deserve” to request such a thing even though other frum Jews have one doesn’t make a difference because it’s about *your* religious beliefs and practice. At least in the US, you have a right to be makpid. While what someone else [another religious Jew] does may help your case, technically that would not make a difference.
Though maybe CTLAWYER would be a better voice here, since I don’t know how this could play out IRL.
Still think of a BT who comes into work and says he/she cannot work on weekends. I’ve said that to my boss but I don’t necessarily look the part of a Shomer Shabbos Jew. I have just as much of a right as another Jew. I’m sure they’ve had other Jews work for them on Shabbat. Yet that doesn’t mean that my case is any less credible.
Your reasons are founded in Torah so and it’s a religious value if yours to guard your neshama by guarding away from having to purchase and/or rely on a smartphone.
Now the whole working from home thing adds another dimension, so I can see how that comes into play now too. Hmmm I don’t what to say but thank you for the heads up and sending you blessings for it to be revealed good 💖