Should I get 2 phones?
Hey so I’m starting work in about a week. I had a shitty phone service so I’m switching back to Verizon.
For work purpose, should I get two phones? One phone for my interaction with my employer and coworkers, with content solely pertaining for work, and another phone for personal use (friends, mom etc).
Some friends are obsessive texters and my mom calls me excessively. I could just get one phone and only give out my number to one friend to text my best friend Mariyah, and silence calls from my mom and brother while I’m working.
Going to Verizon today to get the phone or phones, but what do you think? I’m undecided right now.
update: Im only doing one phone (for now).
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I generally find it beneficial to have the main cell phone you use on a business card that you could give out to business contacts or to pick up chicks.
I personally wouldn't like to carry around two phones.
Unless one phone is really small like in Zoolander. 😂
Haha I got the iPhone SE yesterday to save money but it’s just way too small and frustrating. I’m returning it today- I don’t care at this point if I have to pay 500 bucks more.
What’s Mariyah’s number?
:)
IDK why people are shitting on you. If you do business and personal stuff on the same sim, some banks take your number when you leave, and you would be liable to hand over your data in the case of a legal case or such. The new phones have dual-sim capabilities, but I'm not sure if your data is still protected under that.
I know- some of the people on this site are kind of rude, but I've also talked to a really respectful person on this site. Yea I'm also not sure. Perhaps the firm will give me a phone? I dont know. Not even sure if I should ask before i start working. I mean I'll just avoid using social media on my phone until they let me know.
Is true for SA as well?
SAs don't get any of that, you'll just get a remote log in app to access your emails from
Doesn’t your bank give you a work phone? Mine does (old iPhone model)
This is what i heard when I went to AT&T store
You don't get a company phone?
This is what i heard when I went to AT&T store
I personally have two phones: one for the plug and one for the load.
-K. Gates
Don't the newer phones allow you to have two Sims?
One physical and one e-sim.
I never heard about this, but I will ask about it. Thanks for bringing this up!
I am a proud member of the two phone brigade, and have been for the better part of a decade. You should have NO expectation of privacy on a work phone. That sexy photo of the girl from last weekend? That hour long conversation with your mother during business hours? Even that 'off color' Facebook post from 2006? Assume work knows of and has read/seen it if it's on the work phone. For this reason I keep nothing but my work contacts/emails and my boring list of podcasts on the work phone.
Granted, I am in a pretty strictly monitored role. I can get in trouble for LinkedIn posts not pre-vetted by compliance.
Agree and avoids accidentally calling/texting your boss or coworkers when you're drunk etc.
Do you think the firm will have access to what I do on my laptop?
Unless you’re at GS or similar discount firms you should be getting a company laptop for WFH.
I have the same problem and I’m thinking of doing double phone. Carrying 2 phones around would be a pain but I think the separation will be important.
Haha - thought about this song when I wrote the title.
I got 2 phones, 1 for the bitches and 1 for the hoes, I got 2 phones
whats the difference though between "bitches" and "hoes"?
you tell me. I just realised those aren't the lyrics lol. All this time I thought it was "hoes" but it's "dough".
My advice is to get two phones. Technically, your employer owes you no duty of privacy when it comes to putting their information on the phone. For most larger companies, when you have your employer's email on your phone, they will install an MDM (a Mobile Device Manager) on your phone in order to create a separate work profile. The idea is that your company should only have access to things tied to work. There's a problem with this though - as it allows your employer fully remote access to your device. There is a ton of stuff written about this so do your research. In my mind, it really comes down to giving your employer full access to your personal phone or getting a second device to keep that separate.
Dang. Then I should just not log onto my work email on my phone. Im going to wait until I start. If I ask about the phone situation and laptop privacy before working, I start to sound sketchy. Maybe they will give me a phone or laptop for work idk. I will probably wipe out my laptop.
it's not like that, assuming it's an iphone there will be some special thing that gets installed onto the phone that controls the entire device. now most firms don't want to go into your personal, but the point is they technically have the ability. they use it for things like uninstalling everything if your phone is lost to protect client data as well as investigating bad behavior, but in theory they have the ability.
answering your other Q, I'd definitely keep my original number and get a new one for work
was never a 2 phone guy and made the switch 6 months ago. friends texts were getting raunchier and I found myself waking up at 2 and 3am checking emails when there wasn't anything urgent. I will likely never go back to one phone. the main benefits for me are
1. privacy - I talk about drugs, sex, politics, conspiracy theories, non-PC theories on race/gender, and while I'm confident I could have a completely reasonable conversation with someone in person, any one of these single texts taken out of context or not realizing there's sarcasm could be damaging. unlikely, but possible
2. ability to literally separate work from personal. I have DND on my work phone beginning at 7pm. unless I happen to be working, I'm unreachable. I literally have it out of sight out of mind after the day is done (I keep it on my desk which is far away from my bed) and leave it behind on weekends. been great for mental health
that said, it's uncomfortable to carry around 2 so if you will be needing to take your work phone with you everywhere, I'd probably stick with 1 for a while
Thank you!!! I recently ended a friendship with a girl who was obsessively texting me and she did something that I didn't like. Im scared that she will text me in the future stupid things. Although I can just block her if she does that. But You think its fine if before I start I tell my firm i i changed my number or will that be annoying? But also i have made good connections with people with my old number and I feel like it might be annoying to tell them to change my number. So im still debating whether I should keep my old number or not.
Update: I just got a new phone number so she doesnt text me.
I could just get one phone and only give out my number to one friend to text my best friend Mariyah
Who is Mariyah? Pics or she isn't real.
Only get the 2nd phone if your work is paying for it!!
1 is enough
It's all up to you. If you can carry two mobiles at the same time so it's not a bad idea. But what I mostly saw is, not everyone can carry two phones, it might be as more challenging as you think it to be easy.
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