Most likely monitoring your PC. Not your provider. If so I'd quit.
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How are you even sure they are doing a full-tunnel VPN instead of a split tunnel, OP?

My initial thought is they're likely not running a full.
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I may be failing to see the issue but is your connection provided by your work? Or is it your private account? If it yours and they can somehow manage to track your usage then I agree with eDave and would get out of that situation.
I work from home on occasions and we are tracked but only when we are connected on a vpn and only for the device that is using the vpn. Basically they can only track my VPN connected devices to their network. They can't see what I am doing on my personal desktop, laptop or any other device.
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OP must be into some weird porn.
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Great points. I'd say it breaks down like this:

- If you are at the office, then any device on THEIR network can be monitored (personal laptop, mobile phone using their WiFi, etc)
- If you are at home and your company provided you with a hardware router with a site to site VPN (unlikely) then you can be monitored
- If you are using the router provided by your Internet provider, then most likely your company is using a software VPN client that is installed on your business computer.

No matter what, you'll need to be using a separate computer for privacy. If you really, really want to play it safe, install your own software VPN using a provider like PureVPN, or TorGuard on your personal computer. That essentially encrypts your data and shields you from prying eyes.
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While I agree with you that acquiring a secondary internet circuit should be easier, I find your paranoia unfounded - speaking strictly from a technical perspective.
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Look, man. If you plug your own PC or laptop into your internet router, your employer will have zero visibility. I feel like you're misunderstanding some basic physics here. If you use the laptop they gave you they can see what you do, even though it's 99% chance they don't care. But a PC you own plugged into your internet is beyond anything they can see. Now, your internet service provider can still see what you visit, but assuming you aren't doing anything illegal that shouldn't matter.
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Just wrap your laptop in tinfoil. It will also prevent aliens dromedary reading your emails as well as keep your employer’s snooping eyes away.
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Guys,

I appreciate the reassurance, but I know for certain my previous organization was capable of monitoring my network, they did not provide the modem/router but paid for it, had language in the contract stating you would have zero privacy. How do I know they had this capability? Bc my manager would literally call you out for playing games on xbox, for watching inappropriate material on a personal computer, or submitting your resume to another employer just moments after you did so in an effort to intimidate you. You can't quit if you're broke and rely on them for money. I am pretty much a layman when it comes to IT but work for highly sophisticated organizations, I've seen and experienced other IT magic that you would not believe. The kind of companies making more annual revenue than most countries and consider themselves above the law. I understand VPNs and how they work, I have one for my personal devices. However, due to issues I had at my previous employer, I am highly sensitive and sure, even paranoid, in regards to these matters & would feel most comfortable with 2 entirely different internet sources.

You see, it's not all about "physics" for me, there's a psychological and emotional component as well, and I am just asking for answers specific to my question = "how best to get 2 internets in the same house efficiently?"

...Does anyone have a suggestion for a mifi hotspot with a legit unlimited plan, maybe for business instead of a personal account?
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Correct, all of the above already in place. The ask here is to go one step further and find a way to add a separate internet efficiency for peace of mind.
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I know this is crazy, but anything you do on a company device can be easily shadow played. I can log everything even a recording of all your screens.

If you wanna browse do it on your home computer.

Hope this helps

PS plenty of software specializes in this, I hate implementing it because it feels wrong.
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No offense, but yeah you're being really paranoid. They wouldn't really be capable of doing any of the stuff you're worrying about. It is all about the physical capabilities of the technology. It's just not really possible. "Psychological and emotion component" = "Paranoia"

Regardless, your options would probably be limited to satellite internet or a mobile hotspot via your phone provider.
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If you are in an apartment but can only run one line to your place, why don't you just tell your neighbor that you will pay for his/her internet on the condition that you can piggyback on their wifi network?
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Their VPN installed on his machine could monitor packets on his internal network to/from other devices on that network.

My suggestion? Build your own router with its own VPN and connect your work laptop with its VPN behind it.
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I second this. I don't know who you use to work for but unless they owned your internet provider or was the nsa. There is no way they tracked your personal internet unless they hacked your router.

They probably had software on your work computer. They could run a wire shark program to monitor your network traffic. The amount of effort and time to do this would not be worth it as a company stand point. If you are that paranoid get a managed switch and vlan your personal traffic and work traffic.

Even if your company was monitoring your traffic from your work computer. They would not be able to see any traffic from your personal VLAN.
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