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> He also wiped the iPhone issued by Tesla, the suit says, in order to erase evidence of his attempts to poach fellow employees. Don't most of us wipe the phon
by johansch 10y ago
> He also wiped the iPhone issued by Tesla, the suit says, in order to erase evidence of his attempts to poach fellow employees.
Don't most of us wipe the phones before turning them back to the employer? They tend to have a lot of personal stuff on them - and not really any unique company data.
- loteck 10y agoWouldn't wiping a company phone without permission be akin to destruction of company property? Especially if you did it with the intent to... destroy company property (records of activities you took on company time using a company device)?
- WalterBright 10y agoThe status of your private info on a company issued phone is an excellent topic to discuss with the company HR department when you are issued the phone (and laptop).
- noir_lord 10y agoI just had two phones, work issued and mine, after 6pm the work phone went on 'do not disturb' until 9am next day Ive noticed that work issued phones aren't the perk they appear, its a social pressure of 'we know you have a phone, we gave it to you' combined with the expectation you'll answer. I was a software engineer at that job, I wasn't on call and I was salaried for X hours. I still have two phones noe even though I work for myself, one for work one for home, I did think about dual-sim but I like the separation of concerns.
- WalterBright 10y agoThat works, though I'd really rather not carry two phones around. I'd make an appointment with HR first.
- noir_lord 10y agoFor me its not about checking with HR (and even trusting them) its about the complete seperation of work/life devices, I don't want my employer having access to any of my personal data/metadata and using a work phone as a personal phone does that. As for carrying two phones, I just leave my personal phone in my coat pocket, I don't get a huge volume of calls anyway since people long ago figured out I don't answer them (and I disabled voicemail), if it's urgent text basically.
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- baby 10y agoYup, this is completely stupid. All my coworkers would wipe their laptop before leaving the company.
- mattmanser 10y agoWhy would you have anything personal on a work phone? That's as bad as using a work email address for personal business. Just don't do it.
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