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your company made it easy... If you left on bad terms, or with an immature company/boss/process, you might need days to go through the process... Or the company

your company made it easy... If you left on bad terms, or with an immature company/boss/process, you might need days to go through the process... Or the company might argue and say your number is on to many cards/documents/etc and want to fight you to keep it... Even if it's clear on paper the number is yours. I get where Rachel is coming from here. I think a decade ago when I had a separate phone for work was my least stressful time working... Unfortunately (in this case) I work for a University which I also attended school as a benefit, so the work/personal line got blurred for 6-7 years. Even though I finished my masters degree, it's become familiar to have "work" on my personal device now, when I used to be like Rachel -- separate work phone for the first 7-8 years I was working. I'm happy she wrote this article, it's encouraging me to consider a low cost provider like Google Fi with an old phone and going back to the work/personal separation.

nindalf 5y ago
Like I've pointed out to others, I have nothing to say about other companies. I speak only about this one company where Rachel claimed that it would cause turmoil if you attempted to transfer your number out. Rachel didn't actually raise a request for number transfer, so this was conjecture. I've gone through the process, and it was smooth. That's why I think it's a mole hill. Everyone is saying "yes but at other companies...". Sure. I concede that. Just not at this one company.
- chenmike 5y ago
  You don’t think that claiming this is a non-issue (or mole hill) requires unjustifiably generalizing your good experience at your one company?
  - nindalf 5y ago
    Normally no. But it’s based on the exact same company that OP made the assertion based on. And the relevant bit is this - I actually used the process, they didn’t. They were sharing conjecture, I was sharing experience.

nindalf 5y ago

Like I've pointed out to others, I have nothing to say about other companies. I speak only about this one company where Rachel claimed that it would cause turmoil if you attempted to transfer your number out. Rachel didn't actually raise a request for number transfer, so this was conjecture. I've gone through the process, and it was smooth. That's why I think it's a mole hill. Everyone is saying "yes but at other companies...". Sure. I concede that. Just not at this one company.

chenmike 5y ago
You don’t think that claiming this is a non-issue (or mole hill) requires unjustifiably generalizing your good experience at your one company?
- nindalf 5y ago
  Normally no. But it’s based on the exact same company that OP made the assertion based on. And the relevant bit is this - I actually used the process, they didn’t. They were sharing conjecture, I was sharing experience.