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> management has approved "requisitions" for monitors, computers, RAM and
> other equipment from the vacated cubicles. Everyone here seems to have the
> attitude of what can I grab to make it easier for me. There doesn't seem to
What's wrong with that? Don't you buy products every day with the
thought toward ..."what will make my job easier"
Why should I, as a company, who owns all the equipment in site, buy a
piece of equipment for $1,000 when there is something in the next
office, that would do just as well as soon as I dust off the cobwebs
becuase it hasn't been used for 6 months?
> be a lot of thought about what will happen if we have to call the people
> back. Is the outcome inevitable?
>
> Here are my questions.
>
> Is it typical to redistribute equipment among the survivors? I'd really
> like to think we will be calling the others back. I'm not sure I would want
You can "like to think" all you want...I'd "like to think" all kinds of
things.
> to come back after a lay-off to find my desk marauded.
>
It's not "your" desk...never was, never will be. The desk, the chair,
the monitor, the cpu, the output, etc., was always the company's. If it
was yours, you would take it when you leave, like I'll be taking my
software that I bought with my money when I leave this position. When
you are at "your" desk, you are borrowing it. Therefore, when and if you
come back, you will borrow stuff again...and maybe where you were
borrowing a 133 pc, you will get to borrow a 233 pc if you come back.
> Should I be looking for another job right now?
Are you enjoying yourself? If so, continue to do so. If not, why are you
still there?
Think objectively, not personally.
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