Comment by bmulholland
2 days ago
Eh, from the company's perspective this is logistically easiest--the laptop's value is hardly worth the effort.
2 days ago
Eh, from the company's perspective this is logistically easiest--the laptop's value is hardly worth the effort.
a lot of companies ask for equipment to be returned due to security concerns, or just on principle
A company which is even moderately "OK" at IT will already have the means to instantly lock and securely wipe devices of any employee at a moments notice. Doing this during a RIF is a hell of a lot better than making the mail room deal with a bunch of filthy laptops.
A large bunch of big companies, including some of the biggest on the planet don't even sell past-end-of-life laptops to their current employees.
Let that sink in. They're not even willing to <<sell>> old laptops, they would rather scrap them and contribute to pollution and overall waste.
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klarna allowed us to buy our work phone and macbook paying only the tax value. We had to give them the devices so they would be wiped out by a third party, then they mailed them to my home.
MacBooks and iPhones are amongst the easiest to wipe remotely.
You can wipe them fully (which would be the recommendation for MacBooks) and remove just work-installed apps on an iPhone.
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This is a G move, without a doubt the best way I've heard of this being done.
One former employer had this policy, and also refused to provide a way to ship said equipment back. No one was happy with my alternative solution: leaving it at the police station instead.
Is that what you proposed or what you actually did? I want a story!
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A former employer said that FedEx shipping info would be attached to my separation email. It was not. I emailed the two people at HR who had been involved in my separation. Three times each. No replies.
I still have the laptop. And a hard copy of the emails.
Also, as an aside, it is ABSURDLY easy to bypass MDM and DEP on a Macbook Pro, even a later M series laptop. Absurdly so (anyone here could do it in about a minute or less, and have a de-MDMed, fully updatable, no weirdness laptop. Theoretically).
When I left microsoft, I kept everything EXCEPT data bearing devices. I got the sense they REALLY didn't want to have to collect the laptops either, but the VPs were forced to by compliance.
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.
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
doubtful it was considered extra cash, but just now not needing to spend cash on replacing the laptop with personal money
“Welcome to your new job at HighSpeed TopFlight. Here’s an old, used laptop.”
I’ve had that happen to me at a new job. It disnt make my new employer shine.
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And yet only one company I've ever worked for went this way.
I wish more did; it really is such a small goodwill gesture to departing employees.