Company my wife works for (large multinational with annual sales in the billons of $) has announced some changes to the way they handle cell phones for employees. Right now she has a company issued cell phone that the company pays the plan and all expenses for, but they have said that they are no longer paying for company cell phones directly. To meet "modern business practices" as they say in the note issued to employees, you will use your own personal cell phone for work, which will require installing software on the phone used to access company networks, and you would be responsible for all costs associated with this phone.
They will be giving a stipend to help pay for use of your own personal cell phone. This stipend is quite small, and will not cover the cost of a monthly plan here - it will also be a taxable benefit.
It's been quite a while since I had a company issued cell phone, and when I did have one everything was paid for by the company - purchase of the phone and all costs associated with it.
I would be interested to know how widespread this is.
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