[el_s3v3n]

Yes, they did choose. It's a very voluntary and conscious decision to say "I am going to use my corporate device for personal needs, too."

Google provides a number of things. Food, showers, vehicles, lockers. You may CHOOSE to use these things or you may CHOOSE not to.

If you CHOOSE to store all your personal docs on your work laptop, and the laptop goes up in flames, who do you blame then?

Victim shaming is one thing, but being a naive child is another. A wise, rational, level-headed adult understands that company-owned assets are not suitable for personal use. Period.

[dehrmann]

And this is a case where the choice wasn't coercive--the alternative is carrying two phones and paying $60 per month for a personal plan.

[officeplant]

Who says you have to spend so much when affordable $15 a month prepaid plans exist? (and thats unlimited talk/text and 3GB of data) Cheap personal phone and plan. Problem solved.

[javajosh]

It's 1950 and you get a company issued wallet. They expect it back, and all it's contents, if you leave for any reason. You work for a few years, and to make life a little more pleasant you put a picture of your mom in the wallet. And then one day, unexpectedly, you're fired. And your boss says, "Give me the wallet, now." You hand it over, and then remember the photo. You ask for it. Then your boss says, "No. We keep the wallet and it's contents. You agreed to that. Now get out."

Tell me, how is this situation different?

[el_s3v3n]

Because even back then, in simpler times, only a simpleton would discard the personal wallet they had prior to taking the job and exclusively use the company-issued wallet.

[Infinitesimus]

Did you put that picture in, knowing full well that the company will take the wallet and contents?