As wffurr said, you have to pick your battles. I was in a similar situation: absolutely didn't want to install work apps in my personal phone, so when told to install a crapload of software I asked if the company provided phones. When they said no I said:
Sure, wait a few days since I am getting a new phone. Spent ~$80 in what is probably the crappiest no-brand Android I could find in Amazon with questionable preinstalled software. Cleared it with IT and that's what I use to test my work-related stuff.
In my location they could not fire me for requiring a phone for my job-related work, but didn't want to make trouble for $80, specially when I was already fighting for my holidays (a much more important thing for me).
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As wffurr said, you have to pick your battles. I was in a similar situation: absolutely didn't want to install work apps in my personal phone, so when told to install a crapload of software I asked if the company provided phones. When they said no I said:
Sure, wait a few days since I am getting a new phone. Spent ~$80 in what is probably the crappiest no-brand Android I could find in Amazon with questionable preinstalled software. Cleared it with IT and that's what I use to test my work-related stuff.
In my location they could not fire me for requiring a phone for my job-related work, but didn't want to make trouble for $80, specially when I was already fighting for my holidays (a much more important thing for me).