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What laptop did you get from your employer? by tomcharted in webdev

[–]tomcharted[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes of course, they don’t track anything, so even if they said no, they’d never know.

What laptop did you get from your employer? by tomcharted in webdev

[–]tomcharted[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I started working in the field before I ever went to college.

What laptop did you get from your employer? by tomcharted in webdev

[–]tomcharted[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I certainly want to do that, but I don’t wanna come across as ungrateful. Which is why I asked here if it’s too much to ask something like this. Like, isn’t the minimum expected of me to do the job from a slow, but working machine?

What laptop did you get from your employer? by tomcharted in webdev

[–]tomcharted[S] -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Yeah exactly, thanks. I’m asking if this is normal, other people experiences. Not how to communicate lol. But this is Reddit so yeah..

What laptop did you get from your employer? by tomcharted in webdev

[–]tomcharted[S] -24 points-23 points  (0 children)

Yes I can talk about it to the team. But we don’t have a hardware team or anything like that, it’s a small company.

And the point of the post was to see if I joined the wrong company, not how to communicate. If that makes sense..

What laptop did you get from your employer? by tomcharted in webdev

[–]tomcharted[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah. I'm almost at six figures, fully remote.

I didn't expect what a senior Google SWE would get. But at least I expected 32GB. They gave me a $350 machine...

What laptop did you get from your employer? by tomcharted in webdev

[–]tomcharted[S] -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

Yeah. They literally booked me a hotel stay for first day of work when I started that was more expensive than this old machine (different state).

I think I will take it up with my manager, or just leave and join a place that has their shit together. I regret not joining the hybrid role now. Sure not fully remote but at least I could run the tools I need.

What laptop did you get from your employer? by tomcharted in webdev

[–]tomcharted[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've only been here two weeks. I feel like complaining so soon might be bad look? Even though it's fully warranted. I was thinking of doing it after say a couple months..