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He was denied buying an external screen to be more efficient since he then could have more information on the screen (eg an application next to a browse
by JohnBooty 7y ago
He was denied buying an external screen to be more
efficient since he then could have more information on the
screen (eg an application next to a browser), "because
then everybody wants one", even buying it himself.
My wife was denied permission to bring her own secondary monitor from home for that reason. Unreal.
I also faced pushback at one job for bringing my own monitor from home. Same reason given. I'm an entitled software developer though, so I basically disregarded my manager on that one and he let it go.
- CoolGuySteve 7y agoWe set up a monitor for my wife at her large corporate job without asking permission. While the rest of her office had tiny 1280x1024 screens from 10 years ago, she had a 1920x1200 24" monitor in addition to the corporate shit monitor. Sometimes people would ask her about it, she would say she bought it herself, and they would say "oh" and move on about their day. It was a complete non-issue. You could argue people shouldn't be plugging in random components at work and whatnot, but at the end of the day, IT is really powerless to do much about it. Nobody's going to fire you for buying your own productivity enhancers, the situation is just too embarrassing for management if they're reasonable people. And really, Excel is so focused on visual space that having a larger display for her is a quality of life issue that only costs $120.
- JohnBooty 7y agoI completely agree, but there really are managers petty or shortsighted enough to block this stuff. I think one mistake my wife made, though, was mentioning it to her boss before she did it. What she should have done was done it. Then her boss would be more inclined to let her keep it.