> it still takes VP of engineering approval to get a second $700 monitor because "policy says employees only get a single monitor" This is a bit shocking for a

> it still takes VP of engineering approval to get a second $700 monitor because "policy says employees only get a single monitor" This is a bit shocking for a tech startup. In a crappy backwards bank that was my last job everybody got as many monitors as they wanted, without putting in any request (there was always a pile of new monitors available, you only needed to notify the admin that you're grabbing one). Some people even got five of them.