How employees turn on text messages

This page shows how an employee of Vessel Construction Services LLC (“VCS”) agrees to receive text messages from the company, and exactly what he is shown when he does. It is here so that anyone — including a mobile carrier reviewing our messaging registration — can see the opt-in without needing an account, because the opt-in itself lives inside a private work app that only VCS employees can sign in to.

Who can opt in

• Current VCS employees only. There is no public sign-up and no way for a member of the public to receive these messages. This is not a marketing program and nothing in it is sold, offered or promoted.
• An account cannot be created off the employee roster. A person enrolls with a one-time setup code the office issues to him by hand, and the phone number he enrolls with must match a current, non-archived employee record in Connecteam, the company’s scheduling and timekeeping system. No code, no account.
• The employee turns it on himself. The office cannot turn it on for him and cannot type a phone number on his behalf. The number texted is the one already on his employee record.

Where the opt-in is

In the app at app.vesselcs.com, on the Settings screen, under Text messages. It is off until he taps it. Both states of that screen are reproduced below, word for word — the sentence shown to him is rendered here from the same place in our code that renders it on his phone and that we store as what he agreed to, so the two cannot differ.

These two panels are reproductions of the app screen, shown for reference. Nothing on this page is a working control and nothing here can subscribe anyone. (973) 555-0100 is an example; the real screen shows the employee’s own number from his company record.

What we record when he agrees

The date and time, the phone number, and the exact sentence above — stored against his employee record, so there is always a record of what he was shown and when. If his number later changes on the company roster, texting to the old number stops and he is asked again on the new one: consent is given for a number, and a recycled number belongs to somebody who never agreed to anything.

What we send

Operational updates about the jobs he is working. Every message identifies VCS and ends with the opt-out line. These are the real messages:

• VCS: Your material is on the way to L'oreal 159 - 40 #4 Dowells. Reply STOP to opt out.
• VCS: Office answered your request for 40 #4 Dowells at L'oreal 159 - the shop is picking it up today. Reply STOP to opt out.
• VCS: No longer needed - 40 #4 Dowells — L'oreal 159. Ask the office before you wait on it. Reply STOP to opt out.
• VCS: Daily log due - Bills House. Open the app at app.vesselcs.com to file it. Reply STOP to opt out.
• VCS: A time and material ticket needs a signature - Acme Vernon. Reply STOP to opt out.

No marketing, no promotions, no messages to customers or to the public, and we will never text a code to sign in — the app signs people in with a phone number and a password they set, and nothing else.

How often, and what it costs

Message frequency varies with the work; a message goes out when something happens that concerns him, not on a schedule. VCS does not charge employees for these messages. Message and data rates may apply from his own mobile carrier. Mobile carriers are not liable for messages that arrive late or do not arrive.

How to stop, and how to get help

• Stop: reply STOP to any message, or turn “Text me updates” off on the same Settings screen. Either stops every text to that number, and one confirmation message is sent. STOP, STOPALL, UNSUBSCRIBE, CANCEL, END, QUIT, REVOKE and OPTOUT are all honoured.
• Start again: reply START, YES, UNSTOP or OPTIN, or turn it back on in the app.
• Help: reply HELP or INFO, email office@vesselcs.com, or call the office.

The program

Vessel Construction Services job updates — operated by Vessel Construction Services LLC, 54 Derwent Ave., Verona, NJ 07044, office@vesselcs.com. See also our privacy policy, which states that we do not sell or share SMS opt-in data, and our terms of use.