Or you guys are allowed to expense your data etc in case you don't get a company phone?
You can get either as a company phone. Alternately you can bring your own device and elect to get company emails/calendar on it. Google will reimburse upto $80 for a personal phone line or you can expense your home internet for the same amount.
And spy on you
Do you demand corporate spyware to be installed?
We get a box of 64 Crayola crayons.
Use that imagination, friend
I use burnt sienna to color in the faces of our leaders, although I’m wondering if pumpkin more appropriate.
It's all up to your manager, by default you get nothing. My first director was a cheapskate, but when I switched managers I just silently filled a request and it was approved. Technically, it's based on business need.
anyway you want, iPhone, pixel, or reimburse the phone bill yourself