on the positive side, it's a small thing monetarily, but retention of company laptops is a nice goodwill gesture
Eh, from the company's perspective this is logistically easiest--the laptop's value is hardly worth the effort.
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.
“Welcome to your new job at HighSpeed TopFlight. Here’s an old, used laptop.”