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Originally Posted by svandamme
The worker drones get so exited bout BYOD, "woo, i can bring my own device and be a unique snowflake".. (let's ignore that most of the snow flakes all want an Iphone, not much uniqueness)
Not realizing that essentially they now pay and use their own phone for work rather then getting an expensive phone from work to use for free..
Work phone breaks, hand it in , get replacement, work phone old, drop it, get a new one.. free
Now they use their own, mostly iphones for work with a MDM client on top.. they pay for it themselves, if it breaks, they gotta deal with the replacement.. if they loose it, they gotta pay out of pocket to get a new one..
The company obviously is happy, cause it no longer has to pay for phones.. It's a joke really how stupid employees can get and pay out of pocket just to get to use their own particular choice of phone..
My idea is different, if they want me to use the email and calendar function on a phone company better give me a phone that works and works in a way i like.
Or else i'm just not going to use the smart crap much and i'll just use it as a brickphone.
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I've had to carry dual phones, one personal, one corporate. Inevitably you will get cross pollination.
I prefer to use my personal device for both. My plans have always included enough minutes to cover both.
I've worked it one of two ways, either expensed the business percentage of calls or just worked out a flat monthly rate. The flat monthly is the easiest to get done. Go to IT or finance, find out how much it costs per corporate phone supplied, have AP add that to my pay check under reimbursed expenses (not payroll taxed).
I've also never had an issue getting the company to replace a personal device although in fairness I've only had that come up once.
The benefit for me is,
My phone bill is subsidized.
I don't have to carry multiple devices.
If I jump ship my contacts can still reach me.
Works for me.
YMMV