Corporate phones?
Just wondering - How do corporate phones work?
Do you just get one number for your desk, and do the phone calls just get forwarded to your blackberry when you're away?
Also, do all banks provide blackberries?(not that you'd want one anyways) Or do some banks allow you to setup email on your personal phone and forward calls to your personal phone as well?
Thanks
This is a good question. Also, if anyone could break it down by IBD vs. S&T vs. consulting, that would be nice.
I have a blackberry and a phone on my desk. My desk phone has rung one time and it was a wrong number. Everyone uses their BBerries and messenger.
Is this a real question? LMAO, assuming that it is, in IB you have a desk phone and then a separate mobile phone. I think there are some apps out there that allow for call forwarding from your desk phone to your mobile, but assuming that everyone who needs to talk to you has your V-card, this shouldn't be an issue.
Yeah I understand you get a BB and a desk phone, but I was asking more for whether it's ONE number for both. It seems like most bankers don't indicate their cell phone numbers on their business cards, but if they do, it's their personal number. So I was wondering if the numbers are separate...
The numbers are separate.
How many companies use iPhone? Is BB still king?
Wait....I thought you could only give your v-card to one person. Normally is given in HS I could not imagine to still have it while doing IB.
Lol, I'll be honest. I had to look up vCard to understand wtf the first dude was talking bout. I was so confused at first- was about to make a joke about nerdy asians in IBD.
Seems to be a mix now of iPhones and some Androids coming into play, but I still see a BB most of the time. Honestly for a second phone I think a blackberry is perfect. Email is the best, bbm is a good way to communicate and the keyboard is nice to have.
I would also never have my personal phone as my work phone. Without a doubt those two should be kept separate.
You have one mobile device for work and a separate one for personal use. And a phone at your desk. In rare occasions you will be able to check email on your personal phone, but in general its a bad idea due to the fact your corporate email is tracked, read, and stored for years by the bank. Who wants their personal email subjected to that level of scrutiny?
Thanks for the responses. I've also heard some banks allow you to pick out your phone and they will reimburse you the cost. Does anyone have first hand experience with this? That sounds awesome..
No, you are issued a standard blackberry. Small firms allow you to pick out different phones, but this has not been my experience.
Does this include analysts?
If you work in banking even if you get to pick the "phone type" you need to realize that they will likely disable all the cool applications... the bb is your ball and chain - getting to pick it's color / style doesn't make it something different. You will grow to hate it regardless of what it's called.
That's pretty cool. My SA and current firm only allow blackberrys.
I got to choose between two different low-end, embarrassingly awful blackberries and the only thing I use it for is checking email. Yes it gets phone service. No I don't use it because the phone is a piece of junk.
Every other service on the Blackberry is disabled like text messaging, surfing the web, bb messenger, and so forth. It also requires you to enter a long password (the kind of password with capitalized letters, symbols, and numbers) every time you access the phone. Total hassle on that stupid keyboard.
The phone has a separate number from my desk, of course.
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