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To the many people coming here to comment about why she had personal apps on a work phone: Some Apple employees are reportedly required to link their personal iCloud with their work account/devices.

https://www.theverge.com/22648265/apple-employee-privacy-icl...

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It's not "required", the office culture is just one that encourages employees to dogfood new features and whatnot on their daily drivers. It's not uncommon for Apple employees to make new regular Apple IDs for work: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28242037

It's fair to say that combining personal data with work data won't end well.

Shouldn’t you probably degoogle or deapple your online stuff before working for a competitor? I know that’s a high bar, but there’s probably a point between lowest rung worker and VP where it makes sense professionally/personally.

You’d have a revolt at Google of you tried to take away their MacBooks and iPhones.

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