Switch jobs! Environments like that will grind down your soul. Or at least they did for mine.

Perhaps I'm projecting a little, but: please don't feel like you're stuck there. It's an illusion more often than not.

Switch from a well paying job instead of just getting another cheap phone?

Of all the hills I am willing to die on, getting another phone isn’t one. Especially if they provide a credit for your cell phone.

https://www.teamblind.com/post/Amazon-Cell-Phone-Reimburseme...

Perhaps when I was younger I would, and did, switch jobs immediately when something like that came up. I've gotten older and the cost of switching jobs is not zero for me anymore

I agree with my co-commenter. At least in Germany your employer isn't allowed to do this. They must provide the means to do your work, if they have specific requirements (having a mobile phone, being reachable, accessing company email and so on).

Well I am commenting from America and there is very little they cant do unless they go out of their way to officially state they are doing it for an illegal reason

You can always show up next day with a dumbphone or without phone at all if you are feeling risk-taking.

I personally just bought the cheapest $60-80 Android phone from a random Amazon seller.

Well, for me, that is a hill I choose to die on.

What if you don't have a smart phone?