[RKDinOKC]

Well...Could NOT get in touch with the HR Director about the phone stuff. My direct boss said he would see what she said and then a day later just said he couldn't talk to her.

They are being unnecessarily mum on this issue.

Told them I have lost all optimism of the company doing anything that would save me a couple hundred bucks upgrading my phone before transferring my account and am just going to tranfer my account and try to forget how I was treated.

The first option they give is to go to a local Verizon store.
If you do that they treat you like a new customer bringing your own phone.
$40 for the line and $35 for data, $75/mo

If you call the transfer number they transfer you to a business rep.
The rep "transfers the responsibility" of the account to you.
$20 for the line and $35 for data, $55/mo. Same as the company cell phone allowance.

I called and transferred the responsibility to a personal account in my name.

Got a different business rep and that rep also told me same as ; I would get a huge discount on upgrading my phone if I could make a new contract before transferring. That's the issue I can get no answer on. Was told by both it would not cost the company one cent either.

There must be some employees that are getting pissed off because they went to the local store and found they were going to have to pay $25 more per month for a company provided phone. They have been turning them in bricked. The phone is remotely erased like it was stolen. It requires the Apple ID and password it was setup with to unlock it.

Too bad they won't let us upgrade the phone before the transfer. A 128GB 7 plus for $300 is less than half price at $850. Again does not really make me want to try save the company any money.