What mobile phone does your employer provide?

[bitchstewie]

A quick basic poll around what they offer and what you'd prefer.

I'd be appreciative of any opinions and if it could stay here vs. being moved to the Computer forum as I would like people who don't just have an interest in technology to see it please.

Prefer if it didn't turn into iOS vs. Android, just want to get an idea if there's any obvious trend on both what employers are doing and what employees want

[jkh112]

I think you may need more options. You only seem interested in smart phones.
My employer gives out the old fashioned non-smart nokias and also blackberries.

[GOG440]

My work give me an ancient looking non smart phone.
It is sat on my bedside table where it has sat for the last 2 years.

I either use my own phone or a landline to call out.

[Truckosaurus]

We have the choice of an iPhone SE or some sort of Motorola Android phone for free, or can get a discounted price on a number of other phones if you want to upgrade with your own money.

We can also choose between a Mac, Windows or Linux laptop too.

[MrsMiggins]

I've currently got a blackberry, but suspect it'll be swapped for an iPhone shortly as the business is moving that way by the end of the year.

I don't really care, TBH. Given the choice I wouldn't have a work phone at all.

[Fastdruid]

Needs to allow more options to be selected at once.

They gave me an android phone *but* there is the choice of Android, Windows, iphone or an allowance to use your own phone. Which model phone depends on your position in the company, ie at the lowest level you wouldn't get the option of an iphone. They do however give the option to "top up" to a higher grade phone. So in theory the lowest person who would get a phone *could* get an iphone but they'd need to pay quite a chunk extra.

[bitchstewie]

Fastdruid said:

Needs to allow more options to be selected at once.

They gave me an android phone *but* there is the choice of Android, Windows, iphone or an allowance to use your own phone. Which model phone depends on your position in the company, ie at the lowest level you wouldn't get the option of an iphone. They do however give the option to "top up" to a higher grade phone. So in theory the lowest person who would get a phone *could* get an iphone but they'd need to pay quite a chunk extra.

Fixed, could have sworn I made it multi-choice but apparently not

[bitchstewie]

Truckosaurus said:

We have the choice of an iPhone SE or some sort of Motorola Android phone for free, or can get a discounted price on a number of other phones if you want to upgrade with your own money.

Presume they give you a plan where personal calls are included?

Can't see why anyone would contribute their own money to a "work" phone otherwise?

[alorotom]

We get the new iPhone every year and have just been given the 7 in the passed few weeks

However the official on-call phone is a Nokia 1100 (I think) but that changes hands on a weekly basis depending who is on escalation duty week to week

[bitchstewie]

jkh112 said:

You only seem interested in smart phones.

For this yes, though if someone just needs a ten quid Nokia they'll get a ten quid Nokia.

[greygoose]

A blackberry that is too fiddly for writing much on and still have an old Nokia that refuses to die.

[talksthetorque]

We were all Blackberry ( which my sausage fingers didn't get on with) until the data centres went down/got hacked 3 years ago. Then got offered iphone 5s or samsung/htc/LG. Took the iphone as I'd asked for a mac instead of a PC to get used to them as our customers use them a lot.
Change time again soon, for both phone and laptop - not sure which way I'll go yet.
Out of interest - are you comparing the deal with other employers or are you the employer?

[Truckosaurus]

bhstewie said:

Presume they give you a plan where personal calls are included?

Can't see why anyone would contribute their own money to a "work" phone otherwise?

Personal calls are changed to you via your payslip.

I'm sure some show offs would want to have a massive iPhone 7 to appear important in meetings.

[MethylatedSpirit]

No phone now, but iphone 7 is imminent

Is there an option for "I'd rather not have a phone at all"??

Edited by MethylatedSpirit on Saturday 26th November 18:47

[J4CKO]

Tossy mid range Android so I buy my own.

[bitchstewie]

Truckosaurus said:

Personal calls are changed to you via your payslip.

How does that work out in practise?

I'd be concerned the company spends more working out that you own them £2/month (or whatever) than is worth recovering.

[GetCarter]

I left my last employer 10 years before mobile phones were available.

[wiggy001]

I use my own phone which I prefer as it means only carrying one phone around. They would pay any costs for calls or data that are work related but I think I've only gone over my allowances once because of work in the 8 years I've worked their (normally have as good as unlimited calls/texts).

[talksthetorque]

bhstewie said:

How does that work out in practise?

I'd be concerned the company spends more working out that you own them £2/month (or whatever) than is worth recovering.

If you have no external contact with customers and only internal calls, should be pretty easy, as business mobile deals can include free internal calls.

At a previous company I used to go through my bill and highlight the work calls, then add half the standing charge, then add the VAT.
Then add the 1 hour that it took me to work out - as overtime on my time sheet

I would think the goodwill would be more than the average tenner a month you'd recoup from employees.

[Truckosaurus]

bhstewie said:

How does that work out in practise?

I'd be concerned the company spends more working out that you own them £2/month (or whatever) than is worth recovering.

You have to go onto a website and assign business or personal to any new numbers you've called that month.