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Interesting that this was just about spying, when the real reason to keep work email off your phone (imo) is to maintain work life balance. If I can access my work email on my phone, I will access my work email on my phone. Constantly. I'm bad enough with my phone and my personal email.

Everywhere I've worked I've told my manager I turn off work when I leave (unless I'm oncall). I've never had this be a concern, across three large companies.

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Having work apps on your phone is not mutually exclusive to having work/life balance though.

I have work apps on my personal device primarily for when I'm away from my desk during work hours. I disable notifications etc. outside of work hours.

I wouldn't say I'm really happy with it, but it does permit me some freedom to be away from my desk without the risk of missing something important during the day. It's a trade-off I've decided I'm willing to make.

Work also provides guest wifi which is conveniently configured by the Android for Work profile, so data usage while at the office isn't really a concern.

I just use Android 7+'s work profile feature - basically a walled garden for MDM - and turn off work notifications on nights and weekends. After that it's just a matter of a tiny speck of self-control (unless you're workaholic, it's not that hard _not_ to open a work app) and I don't get annoyed by work stuff despite it being setup on my personal device.

A lot of my workmates have Slack installed on their phones as well, and I won't do it. I have a life, and when I'm not working, I'm busy living it. No thanks.

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