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Often the employees steal it apparently, or at least that's what was done in the dot com bust. I read a lot of books about those times during detentions in the

Often the employees steal it apparently, or at least that's what was done in the dot com bust. I read a lot of books about those times during detentions in the late 90s and early 2000s, and I wasn't there to see it, but the mental image of someone mad they're only going to have a six figure bank or retirement account wheeling a chair with a Xerox on it out the door amuses me, somneone who grew up lower middle class, to this day.

bpiche 4y ago
Detention, aka the only true elective class in high school
nsonha 4y ago
I'd guess think it still happening today, especially with remote work, it's so convenient to just "forget" posting back some of the equipments, to another country sometimes. I've got a monitor company sent me that I've never used. So tempted to sell it on ebay regardless of whether they ask for it back when I leave.
- jerlam 4y ago
  I doubt it's even worth it for many companies to deal with returning monitors and other sundry office supplies. The company has to spend time and money dealing with the employee to package up the monitor, ship it across the country, have someone make sure it arrives in decent condition, and then sell it to a liquidator for a fraction of its value anyway. Costs less to just let the employee keep it.
  - nsonha 4y ago
    In my home country where these things are more valuable relative to income, there are people running around scamming companies by joining them only to collect the macbook, sell a couple of days later and repeat. Apparently it happened enough times that recruiter started complaining on linkedin. I don't understand why anyone capable of landing a tech job would do that, they probably cheated on the interview process somehow.
  - nsonha 4y ago
    Last local company I worked for, they sent a carrier to pick up the laptop and send directly to liquidator. It might worth it if you pack up everything together not just a monitor.

bpiche 4y ago

Detention, aka the only true elective class in high school

nsonha 4y ago

I'd guess think it still happening today, especially with remote work, it's so convenient to just "forget" posting back some of the equipments, to another country sometimes. I've got a monitor company sent me that I've never used. So tempted to sell it on ebay regardless of whether they ask for it back when I leave.

jerlam 4y ago
I doubt it's even worth it for many companies to deal with returning monitors and other sundry office supplies. The company has to spend time and money dealing with the employee to package up the monitor, ship it across the country, have someone make sure it arrives in decent condition, and then sell it to a liquidator for a fraction of its value anyway. Costs less to just let the employee keep it.
- nsonha 4y ago
  In my home country where these things are more valuable relative to income, there are people running around scamming companies by joining them only to collect the macbook, sell a couple of days later and repeat. Apparently it happened enough times that recruiter started complaining on linkedin. I don't understand why anyone capable of landing a tech job would do that, they probably cheated on the interview process somehow.
- nsonha 4y ago
  Last local company I worked for, they sent a carrier to pick up the laptop and send directly to liquidator. It might worth it if you pack up everything together not just a monitor.