• surewhynotlem@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    You’re in a meeting with 16 people with identical corporate laptops. Easy way to see whose is whose if they’re not open.

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      11 months ago

      Pfft, that’s what the asset tags are for. Clearly my laptop is the one with the number 2760754 on a… sticker… son of a bitch!

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      11 months ago

      I’ve never been in a corporate environment where stickers on laptops that weren’t branded for the company itself was considered acceptable or professional.

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        11 months ago

        I sticker my laptops.

        I view it as theft deterrent. It stands out so it’s easier to see in someone’s hands, and makes an expensive laptop looks kind of shitty.

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          11 months ago

          Extensively. Nobody has stickers on their laptops. Maybe that’s some “fresh out of college” shit.

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            11 months ago

            Maybe. Maybe it’s a “We can’t afford to alienate expensive engineers over stickers” thing, or a “We care more about the quality of work than sticks on laptops” thing.

            Must be a fun place you work at. Do you wear a suit to work and work in cubicles?

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        11 months ago

        Yeah, god forbid anyone have a little fun in a corporate environment. Gotta stay in uniform.

        I put a rainbow peel off sticker next to my camera just so I had something nice to look at during the endless Zoom meetings. No one but I could see it. Still got a bollocksing because some boomer passed too close behind my work station once in four years.