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Some employees had it installed on corp devices, maybe to connect with their friends and families. Google has banned even installing that app on corp devices. N

by amf12 7y ago

Some employees had it installed on corp devices, maybe to connect with their friends and families. Google has banned even installing that app on corp devices. Nobody used it for corp work.

zozbot234 7y ago
Corporate devices should be for work. Especially if you're sheltering-in-place anyway and you're not even physically at the office.
- _delirium 7y ago
  It's surprisingly common for people not to own a non-work computer other than a phone/tablet, especially now that prevalence of desktop computers is declining. Some people do still have a home desktop, or a separate personal laptop, but a lot of people I know don't. Or they might have one but it's a shared family computer that's mostly used by the kids, while parents use their work laptops.
  - wolco 7y ago
    If you ever owned a desktop chance are you have one now. A lot of people skipped them and went straight to an iphone.
    - kyuudou 7y ago
      and if it gets compromised, who's liable and how for what
  - azurezyq 7y ago
    Not surprising at all. I'm also among them. Reasons are: 1. performant laptops are expensive. 2. If not for work, most of the time you don't need it.
    - thekyle 7y ago
      Do you use your work machine for side projects? If so who owns the IP?
      - filoleg 7y ago
        If you use your work machine for side projects, I think it is fairly clear that your employer owns the IP.
    - rurban 7y ago
      Like 400€ for the latest Ryzen 3,which blows away all my desktop PC's? Lenovo E495.
  - cosmodisk 7y ago
    This is correct.When all this Corona thing started,we put the entire office on remote. Before we did it,we had to assess who's got what at home. In my department it was about 20% without a laptop/pc. In others was similar.We simply gave company's PC to take home and called it a day. It's a small company, so obviously things are simpler here.
- ghaff 7y ago
  Eh. Depends on how much control the company has over devices being used for work. I have a number of different computers--including a company-issued laptop that I use as a Linux system. But I mostly use a personal MacBook for both personal and work use. I travel a lot (normally) and really wouldn't want to have to travel with a laptop that was strictly for work use.
- chrisseaton 7y ago
  > Corporate devices should be for work. Many (most?) companies are perfectly fine with you using your corporate machine for typical home-life stuff and side projects as well. Reduces waste of having to buy two devices. Seems nothing wrong with it to me?
  - tomrod 7y ago
    They also tend to claim ownership to IP created on their assets.
  - wnoise 7y ago
    In practice there's usually nothing wrong with it, but when something goes wrong it usually ends up being a big deal.
  - dodobirdlord 7y ago
    It's something I would strongly recommend against, since it gives your employer easy access to monitor you, and if for some reason your employer winds up in court, everything you used the machine for could end up read into the record.

by amf12 7y ago

Some employees had it installed on corp devices, maybe to connect with their friends and families. Google has banned even installing that app on corp devices. Nobody used it for corp work.

zozbot234 7y ago

Corporate devices should be for work. Especially if you're sheltering-in-place anyway and you're not even physically at the office.

_delirium 7y ago
It's surprisingly common for people not to own a non-work computer other than a phone/tablet, especially now that prevalence of desktop computers is declining. Some people do still have a home desktop, or a separate personal laptop, but a lot of people I know don't. Or they might have one but it's a shared family computer that's mostly used by the kids, while parents use their work laptops.
- wolco 7y ago
  If you ever owned a desktop chance are you have one now. A lot of people skipped them and went straight to an iphone.
  - kyuudou 7y ago
    and if it gets compromised, who's liable and how for what
- azurezyq 7y ago
  Not surprising at all. I'm also among them. Reasons are: 1. performant laptops are expensive. 2. If not for work, most of the time you don't need it.
  - thekyle 7y ago
    Do you use your work machine for side projects? If so who owns the IP?
    - filoleg 7y ago
      If you use your work machine for side projects, I think it is fairly clear that your employer owns the IP.
  - rurban 7y ago
    Like 400€ for the latest Ryzen 3,which blows away all my desktop PC's? Lenovo E495.
- cosmodisk 7y ago
  This is correct.When all this Corona thing started,we put the entire office on remote. Before we did it,we had to assess who's got what at home. In my department it was about 20% without a laptop/pc. In others was similar.We simply gave company's PC to take home and called it a day. It's a small company, so obviously things are simpler here.
ghaff 7y ago
Eh. Depends on how much control the company has over devices being used for work. I have a number of different computers--including a company-issued laptop that I use as a Linux system. But I mostly use a personal MacBook for both personal and work use. I travel a lot (normally) and really wouldn't want to have to travel with a laptop that was strictly for work use.
chrisseaton 7y ago
> Corporate devices should be for work. Many (most?) companies are perfectly fine with you using your corporate machine for typical home-life stuff and side projects as well. Reduces waste of having to buy two devices. Seems nothing wrong with it to me?
- tomrod 7y ago
  They also tend to claim ownership to IP created on their assets.
- wnoise 7y ago
  In practice there's usually nothing wrong with it, but when something goes wrong it usually ends up being a big deal.
- dodobirdlord 7y ago
  It's something I would strongly recommend against, since it gives your employer easy access to monitor you, and if for some reason your employer winds up in court, everything you used the machine for could end up read into the record.