Recent Hire - I was just provided with a work phone, and am considering 1 v 2 phones - any insights?

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Kevin Gates once said: "I got 2 phones, one for the plug and one for the load. I got 2 phones, one for the bitches and one for the dough." TL;DR: Go with 2.

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I'm assuming you are asking whether you should have a personal and a work phone. It's a waste of money to have a personal phone at PwC because there's no point when you should be without your work phone. That's the whole reason they pay for it - so that you are available whenever they want you. So unless you're used to surfing some kinky websites on your phone, just have the 1 phone that pdubs pays for!

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I have two phones. I disagree with @pwc1, I don't take my work phone everywhere. If you create boundaries people will respect them.

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You don't have to have two phones to set boundaries. You just have to communicate expectations with your engagement teams, which I've found people are pretty good about respecting. I know a few people who had two phones but then went to one. PwC will pay for unlimited use. I know someone who used their phone to tether instead of buying Internet for home and would stream Netflix and whatnot and still never heard a word about using too much data

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I've got one phone. One key boundary-setting thing I've done is to turn off push notifications on my work email on my phone. Did it two years or so ago and never looked back, even though I told myself I'd turn it back on during busy season. It's done wonders for my psyche- no more hearing the little "ding" at 11 PM and seeing that it's just a pointless firmwide email or something. If something is truly on fire people have my number.

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One. I'm expected to always see my email. Also, 2 phones looks ridiculous.

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I agree with Pwc1. I had two and came from the dark side into the light. I love it and the savings.

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