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I prefer two phones. I actually brought this up in a team meeting, and to my surprise, it was quickly actioned.
I'm only part of an on-call rotation so only carry it the week I'm on-call. We were given MiFi devices for data, but were expected to use our personal phones to call end users. I have an out of area number. A lot of people will not even pick up for my number. Also, if you're calling someone, it's easy for an end user to get your personal # and the next time they have an issue, bypass the support desk and call you directly. I didn't have that problem, but it could very well happen.
I never carry a work only phone. I have one cell phone for both. It's not worth the pain of carrying two.
Regarding the articles just posted, I am not going to carry two phones out of fear of litigation. In the off chance that happens, I don't have anything to hide. I would just deal with the annoyance of having my phone confiscated for a bit
This is where I am, and again, I'm not disputing that work "can monitor everything you do". Just that at least for us, while they can, they're not actively. Seriously, there's not an IT team sitting around reading my sports DMs on instagram after Premier League games, nor are they monitoring whatsapp group chats when we're planning which restaurant to meet at in that new neighborhood. I'm thinking where people fall on this is highly situational on the industry and the type of organization one works for.
For me not worth the mental space of two phones on me all the time, it's just become a cognitive overload--like on vacation, i had some photos on this phone, some on that phone....etc.
By the way, is there an app that can mirror or forward notifications from one phone to another? I've heard of pushbullet, but not sure if does ios to android.
One other consideration - should you drop your personal phone and go with just one work-supplied phone, if you leave the company for any reason, you may have to re-shuffle all your contacts, apps, etc. to a new personal (or new work) phone.
I WOULD NOT WANT CLIENTS HAVING MY PERSONAL PHONE NUMBER!!
If you change professions or if it just gets out of hand with clients calling you at all hours of the day or night you will wish you had two separate phone lines! Unless you don’t mind your phone ringing 24/7 and never having that work/life balance! I like to keep my work life and personal life separate! Is it a pain having 2 phones? Sometimes, but it’s nice to turn off the work phone while on vacation, nights, weekends, etc. I can always check the messages when needed.
When I do, I always use my personal phone unless I have some exceptional reason to use my work phone for personal reason, such as an emergency. Most of the time, I would keep the work phone for work related. This way, no one can come and talk about me using the work phone for personal use. I don't need that kind of crap in my life.
One other consideration - should you drop your personal phone and go with just one work-supplied phone, if you leave the company for any reason, you may have to re-shuffle all your contacts, apps, etc. to a new personal (or new work) phone.
I'm thinking of just downgrading my personal android to a barebones plan. Or just keeping it wi-fi only. Thing is with Google Contacts, your contacts sync across devices.
I WOULD NOT WANT CLIENTS HAVING MY PERSONAL PHONE NUMBER!!
If you change professions or if it just gets out of hand with clients calling you at all hours of the day or night you will wish you had two separate phone lines! Unless you don’t mind your phone ringing 24/7, but I like to keep my work life and personal life separate!
This is a fair and important point.
In some situations, you're not dealing with clients though. I've had a work phone for 3 years and I've only been called on it for something work related outside of business hours like twice.
In some situations, you're not dealing with clients though. I've had a work phone for 3 years and I've only been called on it for something work related outside of business hours like twice.
If I'm at work, people can call me on the office phone. There is no need for them to have my personal cell number.
My manager and a few coworkers have my personal cell. If someone in my department truly needs something after hours, someone is sick, etc., I don't mind talking to them on my personal phone. I'm not unreasonable. With that said, I don't want my personal number being sticky-noted on desks and passed around to what is essentially the general public to me.
I think we're getting off track: The most severe issue is not ephemeral voice conversations. Rather, the most severe issues is company data. That's TXT/SMS and email. The "problem" is that if you give a company your mobile phone number, they can thereby send you a TXT/SMS and perhaps even email (i.e., xxx-xxx-xxxx@vtext.net or something like that).
If I'm at work, people can call me on the office phone. There is no need for them to have my personal cell number.
My manager and a few coworkers have my personal cell. If someone in my department truly needs something after hours, someone is sick, etc., I don't mind talking to them on my personal phone. I'm not unreasonable. With that said, I don't want my personal number being sticky-noted on desks and passed around to what is essentially the general public to me.
Do you have a land-line or just a mobile?
Because if you only have a mobile, doesn't it essentially double as your de facto contact #, which means it's used to register for ID, it's in records, credit report, bank, used at work even as your 'alternate contact', etc etc?
If you have a land-line then yes, this separation is indeed possible.
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