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Restructuring Announcement

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261 points markx2 | 6 comments | 02 Apr 25 18:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.843s | source | bottom
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zem ◴[02 Apr 25 19:21 UTC] No.43560470[source]▶
on the positive side, it's a small thing monetarily, but retention of company laptops is a nice goodwill gesture
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bmulholland ◴[02 Apr 25 19:24 UTC] No.43560520[source]▶
Eh, from the company's perspective this is logistically easiest--the laptop's value is hardly worth the effort.
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1. etchalon ◴[02 Apr 25 19:39 UTC] No.43560668[source]▶
We always let our ex-employees keep their laptops because a. why not? and b. I don't need laptops for positions that no longer exist.
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2. gopher_space ◴[02 Apr 25 19:57 UTC] No.43560846[source]▶
“Welcome to your new job at HighSpeed TopFlight. Here’s an old, used laptop.”
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3. MDGeist ◴[02 Apr 25 20:59 UTC] No.43561496[source]▶
I was at a company that let people keep laptops (after they were wiped) largely because the severance was so meager it seemed they expected people to sell the laptops for some extra cash. :p
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4. ornornor ◴[02 Apr 25 22:19 UTC] No.43562365[source]▶
I’ve had that happen to me at a new job. It disnt make my new employer shine.
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5. gopher_space ◴[02 Apr 25 23:06 UTC] No.43562819{3}[source]▶
One of my key metrics for evaluating employers is Time To Second Monitor.
6. dylan604 ◴[02 Apr 25 23:23 UTC] No.43562961[source]▶
doubtful it was considered extra cash, but just now not needing to spend cash on replacing the laptop with personal money