You probably won&#x27;t find out unless there&#x27;s a crisis and then if you press them you&#x27;ll hear &quot;it broke and I haven&#x27;t replaced it yet&quot; and then if you press more you&#x27;ll find out it broke six months ago or 5 years ago or whatever.<p>I&#x27;ve been on both sides of the table of &quot;I&#x27;m not giving my employer my cell phone number because I don&#x27;t want to get called outside working hours, this isn&#x27;t that kind of job&quot; and if pressed, at least sometimes they don&#x27;t have a phone, or say they don&#x27;t.  If you want me to carry an iphone like an electronic leash you&#x27;ll pay for it, or if not, you won&#x27;t.<p>Its also pretty common if your former employer paid for your electronic-leash and you get a new job... no phone, you turned it in to the former employer when you left.  And I&#x27;m busy learning the new job not waiting in line at a phone store, maybe I had to move, etc.  And I&#x27;m not getting a paycheck for a month and I&#x27;d rather pay the rent at the new place and eat than have a phone.  And next month, well, nothing bad happened although I do have an extra $100 in my pocket to spend, so maybe I&#x27;ll buy one next month, and being a new place I&#x27;d rather have a kitchen table than a phone, so...  And next thing you know, you&#x27;ve been working there 3 years and still don&#x27;t have a phone.