work phone

Professional contact device

A work phone is a telephone or mobile device provided by an employer or used primarily for job-related communication.

The term distinguishes it from a personal phone: Let me give you my work phone number.

Having separate devices allows people to leave work behind—or at least silence it: I don't check my work phone on weekends.

Related

voicemail · missed call · cubicle · company line · receptionist · hold · transfer · dial · ring · caller ID · corporate · business · professional · colleague · meeting · callback · on hold · directory

Categories
Opposites
professional vs. personal use

work phonehome phone

Residential wired telephone

burner phone · private number

Family

work, phone, works, worked, working, worker, workers, workable, workman

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G