This is standard practice

The wikipedia BYOD article has a large section of disadvantages on this.

In some jurisdictions this is also required by law. The company has to provide all the tools for your work. Apart from that, there are laws that prevent them from snooping around on your PC, while on the company PC they can search for files needed for a project if you are sick and stuff like that.

@PaulDraper, alternatively be glad if you can turn off the company mobile when you need to.

Funny, at workplace.SE there's quite the opposite

this way the company is responsible for the clients that connects to its network. Granting access to your computer (viruses, patches, password policies, extra users) would require your computer to go through all sort of hassle, and you with it. (The IT does not want that, you don't want that)

Technically speaking, 802.1X can prevent you to access their infrastructure, even if you're on their network ( or let's define meaning "on their network" first)

As long as you don't have to work on a completely unworkable enterprise setup, be glad that your employer doesn't expect BYOD. And be really happy if you get a corporate phone. No responsibility whether it works or whether it's exploitable on your end. CIO's responsibility. Free cell phone, which you can take with you on holiday as an "emergency cell phone" and not be troubled if it gets stolen. On the other hand, no bunghole calling your private number in the middle of the night. Just why do people not see the immense advantages of company-owned hardware?

@Damon Because of the very immediate inconvenience of spending time trying to manage many devices and keep track of them all and physically transport them all. (Not that the advantages are reduced by that, just it's very annoying.)

@Damon 2 is many. I'm not arguing about the advantages, just saying that it's not convenient.

@jpmc26 But you don't manage your work device (ideally, IT manages it for you), you don't transport all your devices (why should you?), just keeping track is not much of a burden.

Seriously, maybe that's just sign that I'm getting old, I just don't get this whole BYOD thing...

@el.pescado Every time I have to change a setting or install a piece of software, I manage it. It's annoying to apply the same configurations and the same software I use every day to all machines. (The same inconvenience applies to when I get a new machine.) I think it's worth it, personally, but obviously, not everyone agrees.

The good (and bad) thing about an enterprise laptop is that you cannot apply whatever configurations you want. Yes, it doesn't have the same color theme like your computer at home. Get over it. But the nice thing is, you don't need to care. It's not your responsibility whether it works or not, and it's not your problem if it's exploited. If, for whatever reason it doesn't work, CIO is responsible for making it work. They're responsible for migrating your data, too. You slam it on the table and yell "give me the fuck a machine that works".

@Damon I think you oversimplified the disadvantages. I work with a client who literally requires you to have special permission to install Firefox, and I'm a developer. I'd be amazed if I could install Notepad++ or MSYS2, tools I use daily, which, more to the point of my previous comment, I will then have to configure as well. (E.g., I always set up Notepad++ to trim trailing space when I press Ctrl+S.) Thus far, I haven't been forced to work directly on one of their machines, but I will be soon. "Get over it" is not the appropriate answer when it actually interferes with my ability to work.

@jpmc26 look into the USB stick versions of those softwares then. I know notepad++, firefox, msys2, and many more have installerless packages available you can shove onto a USB stick or even install them to portableapps.com and use them.

@marcus-mclean is this question closed? Have you chosen an answer?

100 employees is a medium sized company?

I once worked for a fortune 50 company in the IT department and there policy was basically "you can use your on device but you have to install are remote control software [so it can be wiped encase it gets stolen] any your devices basically becomes ours".

Your work contract. It is binding for you, and also for your company. There is also a job description which surely contain that you must work according the IT policy of your employer, which probably forbids to connect anything to your workplace network without permission. I also don't like this, but this is still much better as using my home computer, without employment and salary.