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The original was posted on /r/antiwork by /u/vRespectful on 2025-08-21 19:43:53+00:00.

Started this job four months ago at a small marketing agency. During the interview, nothing was mentioned about using personal devices for work. But on my second day, my boss hands me a list of clients and says I’ll need to make calls from my personal phone because ‘the office landline makes us sound unprofessional.’

I’ve been going along with it because I need the job, but my phone bill has gone from $65 to $130 a month. When I brought up getting reimbursed for the overage, she told me it’s just ‘part of being in a client-facing role’ and that I should see it as an investment in my career growth.

The kicker? She found out I was job hunting (thanks LinkedIn notifications) and called me into her office yesterday. Apparently using my phone to look for other jobs during lunch breaks is ‘unprofessional use of company time.’ I pointed out that it’s MY phone that I PAY for, and she said that while I’m on company property, my phone activities should be work-focused.

So let me get this straight - my personal phone becomes company property when it’s convenient for her, but when it comes to covering the costs, suddenly it’s my personal responsibility again?

I’m already interviewing elsewhere, but has anyone dealt with this level of hypocrisy before? Part of me wants to just start routing all work calls to her personal number and see how she likes it.