Eh, from the company's perspective this is logistically easiest--the laptop's value is har...

bmulholland • 04/02/2025 • 3 replies • view on HN

Eh, from the company's perspective this is logistically easiest--the laptop's value is hardly worth the effort.

zem • 04/02/2025

a lot of companies ask for equipment to be returned due to security concerns, or just on principle

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etchalon • 04/02/2025

We always let our ex-employees keep their laptops because a. why not? and b. I don't need laptops for positions that no longer exist.

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javawizard • 04/02/2025

And yet only one company I've ever worked for went this way.

I wish more did; it really is such a small goodwill gesture to departing employees.

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