Work-Personal Device Separation

Are the employees using their personal computers/phones for work stuff?

This is the way to go. Never do personal stuff or expect privacy on any device your employer is touching.

They only have access to company devices, not your personal ones. If you use a different account than your personal one that shouldn’t be an issue. Though they should maybe make it clearer to employees that using personal accounts on work devices is not allowed.

Just get the laptop, use it for work only. This is the best way forward.They are looking for their interests (minimize security breaches) and that's a perfectly understandable position and solution to the problem. In this day and age the risk from a breach is much larger than in the past.Since they are willing to provide the necessary equipment for that then there is no issue from your end.

careful. you're massively opening yourself up by using a personal machine for work. use hardware they own, with your configuration.

Duh, don't mix work and private devices / data

I'm astonished some companies push the "user your own phone, which we now basically can control" angle. I mean, that's really shitty.I've been working for the same small software shop (single owner, and I trust him) for 14 years, so the entire development of the modern mobile ecosystem happened while I've been in this job.I use a personal laptop for all my work. I do this because I have Strong Preferences, and there's no way for the company to interfere w

I work from home/remotely. For years I've followed a simple policy. I don't use work devices for personal use, and I don't connect my personal devices to any work accounts. I've never had an employer that's had a problem with this, and the most I've ever heard is comments about how I'm just inconveniencing myself because I carry two phones, two laptops. But the reality is, it's been extremely beneficial when I've had to work in compliance sen

No, it's only if you try to use work-issued hardware to do so.

I am suprised you would be using personal email and GitHub accounts. The laptop thing is not that unusual, but it is because the company provides you a company email, GitHub, etc. Basically, I keep my work and personal devices completely separate. I only do work on work devices. I expect no real privacy.As for the other portion of your question, maybe you could negotiate that out? Or make it more limited? Something like if I am using X language or working on something tied to Y field (that yo