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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 hours ago

I'm in a weird unicorn org where we were issued MacBooks, but some of the people on my team have been there >20 years. The broader org issues Thinkpads, my dept picked MacBooks because apparently that's what developers use and we didn't want to deal with corporate's locked-down images.

I've been there about 4 years now, which is almost as long as my dept has existed (we started w/ a contractor group for 1-2 years before I got hired on).

I hate macOS, but I really like the dept. We'll see what happens.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

My company is using Lenovo, and a bunch of my colleagues were already working there 20+ years ago, now I've got a permanent contract too... I think it might check out.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 hours ago

My company is using Lenovo

Someone died in front of it! ~~And that's how you got hired.~~

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 hours ago

Wait... but my manager has been at his job for 18 years and we use.... oh god, Lenovos. 😱

[–] [email protected] 28 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Imagine getting a new job. You come into the office on the first day. Instead of handing you a laptop, they just give you a chair in the break room. You'll be working off a linux distro that's been installed into the door of a smart fridge.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

But you're not allowed to sit directly in front of it. Don't block the fridge

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Nah, you will be allowed to sit in front. Part of your job will be cleaning out the fridge, keeping track of how long items have been there, and storing and retrieving items for people. You'll basically be a fridge librarian.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

The frigidairian, even.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

An acer: your boss is gonna try and f*ck you

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

Hmm, is the boss hot?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

My company switched from Lenovo to Toshiba... what does that mean?

Now we're switching to Dell

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

Now we’re switching to Dell

Fs in chat. O7

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago

My company just switched from Lenovo to Dell and gets rid of 20% of the workforce

[–] [email protected] 9 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

You guys are getting tech jobs?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Not all laptop users work in tech.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Do all tech workers work in tech?

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 hours ago

Some of them are in theatre.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 16 hours ago (2 children)

So what if all the desks are set up with thin or zero clients.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Layoffs will be a regular occurrence. Think you're safe because you have a lot of seniority? My wife was laid off by Chase just a couple weeks before her 20 year anniversary. Funnily enough, they had just switched everyone to thin clients a year or two before.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago

It was a sign they were trying to cut long term costs over user convenience long term when they switched to thing clients. Budget cuts are never a good sign in business that are "supposed" to be growing

[–] [email protected] 4 points 14 hours ago

Lol I got a layoff notice last Thursday at another financial institute. Our whole environment is Lenovo. I noticed at the end of last year that 2025s upcoming EOL refresh was going to be all thin laptop conversions.

But don't worry guys, I can apply for 10 dollars less an hour to the new contractor they are bring on to delay the inevitable.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

Your boss is constantly micromanaging you, but you can't get anything done because thin clients suck.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Joke's on you, I have a trackpoint on my Dell Latitude

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 hours ago

Still gonna get laid off, but at least your index finger gets a little more action.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

My last tech job gave me a Microsoft Surface, which possibly explains why I was hired with the promise that things would be really busy, barely did anything for a year, and then got let go because there just wasn't enough work to justify retaining my position.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 13 hours ago

I can second this too, 8 months same exact thing

[–] [email protected] 9 points 19 hours ago

Every month the CEO rolls a D100, if it's a 100 you're fired.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 day ago

We need to expand the meme!

[–] [email protected] 149 points 1 day ago (5 children)

HP laptop: your company has no idea what it's doing for it's entire technology department

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[–] [email protected] 184 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

HP laptop: please remember to log out of ~~your~~ the laptop in case someone else needs to use it.

Edit: Management took offence at the language of the previous memo.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago

Always "a" dildo, or "the" dildo, never "your" dildo...

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What about a Microsoft Surface?

[–] [email protected] 25 points 23 hours ago

From a sample size of one other commenter, you will be employed for 1 year until they can’t find enough for you to do and have to let you go.

[–] [email protected] 66 points 1 day ago (6 children)

Panasonic Toughbook: You're gone get wet and dirty.

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[–] [email protected] 59 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Lenovo replaced with Dell when the startup I work at was purchased by a multinational a year and a half ago. They’re closing our office down and moving operations out of state in June.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 day ago (3 children)

I was able to choose my own Lenovo. Twice. 14+ years at the same place.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

What if it is an IBM ThinkPad.

[–] Flatfire 32 points 1 day ago

Bonus security because you're clearly developing for legacy code.

[–] [email protected] 79 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Siemens PG: forget about making a resume ever again.

[–] [email protected] 79 points 1 day ago (23 children)

Had to look it up, the version with a handle killed me

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