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Anonymous A

on May 18, 2019

Global

Using work phone for personal use?

Hi,

Do people use their work phones for personal use as well? Is there any risk in doing so?

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Vlad

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on May 19, 2019

McKinsey / Accenture Alum / Got all BIG3 offers / Harvard Business School

Hi,

Most of the people do use, however, there are certain drawbacks:

Information sharing risk - you can determine and measure it yourself
Consulting companies install their own suite, so you are limited in phone updates. I.e. they don't allow you to update ios until they have a new version of the suite

The cons of having two phones:

If you don't have pockets and only take your personal phone - you can miss an important call

Best

Ian

Coach

on May 19, 2019

Top US BCG / MBB Coach - 5,000 sessions |Tech, Platinion, Big 4 | 9/9 personal interviews passed | 95% candidate success

Yes they do. The most obvious risk is the mis-text - messaging the wrong person and saying something you shouldn't. There's also the risk of losing it if you bring it along to personal activities (personal travel, outdoorsy weekend activities, nights out, etc.)

I personally have 2 phones but most of my colleagues just have the one.

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Coach

edited on Jun 03, 2019

Approach: Convince in BOTH personal and case fit | 150+ real life interviews | Communications expert

Hi,

I am also using two phones and would strongly advise you to do the same - main reason being that you want to switch off your work phone from time to time ;)
Besides, it could get messy if you leave your firm and want to keep your number.

Best regards

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edited on Sep 07, 2020

Hi A,

I agree with colleagues, the best option would be having two phones.

Best