Corp device

[CG6152011]

Got offered a corporate device from work. Any tips on carrying around 2 iPhones? Or is it worth ditching the personal line all together. My current sprint deal ends soon and was considering ting for my personal line. Anybody use 2 phones?

[IndyPendent]

I have a corporate issued iPhone, but rather than pay for an unnecessary second line I just use a google voice number for personal communications. I can dial from my Google voice number using the hangouts app on that phone, text and call via a web browser, and it’s free.


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[Sibley]

Just make sure that anything you put on that phone you're with your employer seeing, or deleting.

[birdiegirl]

I carry two phones.  It's kind of a pain but I prefer keeping work and personal info separate.  As was mentioned, our corporate IT could access anything on the phone and they would be in control of fixing any issues, repairs, replacements, etc.  Also when I leave I won't have to deal with wiping the old phone and getting a new one, new number, etc. 

[acroy]

I am carrying 2 devices. work iphone and personal MotoG phone one Lyca pay-as-you-go voice and text service only.
I'd much prefer to have 1 device but decided to keep 2:
why:
- work phone can disappear any time; 'all jobs are temp jobs'
- I use my personal cell phone as a memory stick with a copy of all my important stuff on it: family financial cars house data etc. I keep a daily to-do list on personal phone, log car mileage, etc etc etc I don't want all this on a work device.
- Pay-as-you-go service is crazy cheap, I'm using like $3/mo.
- Work phone has unlimited data plan I can use for incidental personal use as needed
- on vacation I can actually turn off my work device; and still have my device, camera, etc.

good luck!

[CG6152011]

Thanks, I do like the aspect of being to shut down/unplug. Maybe ill give it the 2 phone juggle for a bit and if it gets too crazy ill give it up. Just need some more pocket space.

[Syonyk]

Got offered a corporate device from work. Any tips on carrying around 2 iPhones? Or is it worth ditching the personal line all together. My current sprint deal ends soon and was considering ting for my personal line. Anybody use 2 phones?

Are you attached to your personal number or it just a random throwaway you've had for 6 months?  Getting a personal number transferred onto a corp device is easy, getting it out is nearly impossible.  I've made that mistake once, and it took me months to get people to show up and fill out forms that let me have my number back.

What's the email/oncall/etc load of your corp device?  Hint: More than you think.  "Here, have a corp phone, yeah, totally use it for personal use, we're cool with that!" can safely be translated as, "We know that if something interesting comes in at 9PM, you'll be thinking about it and probably respond to it to show that you're a 24/7 sort of worker."  Especially if you get a lot of email at work.  There's always something interesting you can check!

I'm a fan of two devices for this reason.  A corp device is a corp device, and on the weekend, you put it down.  Unless you're oncall or something.  It doesn't ping you, you're not stealth working, etc.

[Arbitrage]

I have a corporate issued iPhone, but rather than pay for an unnecessary second line I just use a google voice number for personal communications. I can dial from my Google voice number using the hangouts app on that phone, text and call via a web browser, and it’s free.


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I did this as well.  You can keep your personal cell number using this method; it costs a one-time $20 fee to import into Google Voice. 

Fought this for years, then realized that the money I was throwing away wasn't worth the privacy concerns.  I'm not viewing porn or anything like that on my phone, anyway.  My old phone was also dying and I didn't want to replace it.  Much easier this way than worrying about two phones, as well. 

[Chris22]

I've done all three ways (work phone only, BYOD corp email on personal phone, carry two phones), and right now I'm back at carrying two phones.  Moving jobs relatively frequently just becomes a huge PITA with only a corporate phone.  BYOD is okay, but not really great from a security perspective (either my own or corporate security). 

[FINate]

Got offered a corporate device from work. Any tips on carrying around 2 iPhones? Or is it worth ditching the personal line all together. My current sprint deal ends soon and was considering ting for my personal line. Anybody use 2 phones?

Is this "offer" optional or...um..."strongly recommended"? In the case of the former I would say "no thanks" and just pay for a personal phone on a low cost carrier (RW, Ting, Fi, etc.). Otherwise get the corp phone, then piggyback on its data by sharing a hotspot with the personal phone (assuming this is allowed/possible).

For all the reasons others have listed on this thread, it makes sense to be intentional about keeping corp vs. personal devices separate. I've never let an employer install their software on my phone, which usually comes in the guise of security. I get why but, nope, not going to let an employer control my personal phone, and not going to carry a corp phone unless actually necessary for the job and they pay for it.

[Ocinfo]

I’m in the 2 iPhone camp. They’re small enough that carrying both during the day isn’t very noticeable. I’m a recovered workaholic so having the separation is worth the extra expense.


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