I work for a VERY LARGE multi-billion dollar corporation that decided to stop paying for sales people's cell phones. They were originally reimbursing less than the full value of our phones that we use nonstop every single day including apps, teams, outlook, salesforce, etc.
I'm June, they decided to stop paying saying:
When cell phones were relatively new technology and first became part of the business environment, some companies provided telecommunications reimbursements for certain employees. Since then, cell phones have become much more widely used by individuals, and most providers offer flat-rate unlimited talk/text/data plans versus charging per call based on call length, location being dialed, etc. in line with this trend and in support of companywide efforts to enhance our profitability, (company ) has made the decision to discontinue its monthly Telecommunications Reimbursement.
So their logic is that because people use them more, they don't want to pay?
Absurd. All for their own bottom line. I still use my phone for work all day every day, but all notifications are off and I removed myself from their text message notifications.