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Why don't you just do those on a second, personal, laptop? Does your workplace restrict you from bringing it in?
by MichaelZuo 3y ago
Why don't you just do those on a second, personal, laptop?
Does your workplace restrict you from bringing it in?
- BytesAndGears 3y agoConvenience, I suppose… and that doesn’t solve all of the issues (eg Copilot) I’m fine with it because I know there’s no management software on this laptop, but yeah it’s a totally different story if I had to use a newer one with SSO and management software
- MichaelZuo 3y agoPart of the comp. package is presumably paying for you to endure some level of inconvenience at the company's request. Such as isolating work and personal things on separate systems. At least that's how it works in the vast majority of companies.
- jen729w 3y agoI’ve been in the same situation. With two laptops you lose the ability to, say, send email directly to your task system. It’s really easy to say ‘don’t use your personal stuff at work’, but when work is some locked-down behemoth whose view of productivity software is ‘just use Office’, and you’re really trying to be better at your job, using your own tools can be the only solution. And in my situation, yeah, they didn’t want you bringing things in. I worked in a secure area.
- pests 3y agoThen you need to let the employer see your lack of productivity when you are limited by the locked-down system. Finding solutions to work around the systems, on your own time and dime, only hurts in the long run. They think everything is fine. Nothing will ever get fixed. Voice these concerns.
- comex 3y agoHurts who? If you’ve worked around it then it doesn’t hurt you, at least not too badly. It still hurts the company as a whole. But is that your problem? You might feel a sense of social obligation or solidarity with the company. I usually do. But if I was placed in a dehumanizing situation like that – forced to work inefficiently due to overly rigid policies that assume everyone’s needs are the same – well, whether I worked around it or not, my empathy for the company would be at a nadir whenever I thought about it.
- jen729w 3y agoI’m not being snarky, but have you ever worked for a company the size of, say, HP? The tools are the tools. There’s nothing me or my boss or theirs can do about it. They just don’t care. But I care, because if nothing else it’s my reputation. (HP used purely for size comparison. I’ve never worked there.)
- MichaelZuo 3y agoThen why not leave if there's no prospects of change in the near future and if you really care?
- jen729w 3y agoBecause I was working with friends, on a project that was interesting, mentally valuable, and in the national interest. Just because the org that hires you is a shambles doesn’t mean you give up and quit. Thank fuck we don’t all think like that. And, again, reputation. I have a stellar reputation because I stick it out, and I care. I’ve worked with people who quit because ‘it’s shit here’. Nobody will ever work with them again.
- MichaelZuo 3y agoThen you clearly care a lot more about these other aspects over 'tools'... So why raise the point in the first place if it's a minor quibble relative to your top priority(s)?
- Xeyz0r 3y agoWhy carry a second laptop when you can log in wherever you need to on your work laptop? It's easier for me to store all my passwords in a password manager and log in to the websites I need from my work laptop.
- DANmode 3y agoIf raw ease of use dictates your tech decisions, you're eventually gonna have a bad time.