Did anyone else's company CEO give junk to the IT department?
Posted by kirsion@reddit | sysadmin | View on Reddit | 142 comments
My CEO has a habit of giving his used personal items that he thinks can be used again, things like VCR remotes, floppy disk drives, outdated Verizon equipment, phone cases. Not sure why he doesn't realize that it is junk and just toss it in the trash, instead of giving it to us to toss in the dumpster
escragger@reddit
At a jewellery factory I used to work at, this used to happen with anything which was "tech" and had power connectors because "oh I was getting rid of this and knew you lot would be interested"
It got quite offensive eventually, especially when I once took something and put it in the bin that weekend and the person who "gifted" it to us saw me and then attempted to tell me off.
Some people are bnizarre.
r_keel_esq@reddit
Does the IT dept have a process for handling eWaste? If so (and the company's paying), surely him dropping off this random crap is better than him chucking it in with normal, landfill-bound waste.
ConsciousEquipment@reddit
sure thing lmao, and the "IT dept's" (=me) "process for handling eWaste" (=grabbing it by hand) is concluded with the eWaste being placed in the bin behind me.
gonna need a Gantt plan for all that special e-waste management and disposal over here
r_keel_esq@reddit
We have an arrangement with an eWaste recycling company who come once every few months and remove our crates of dead laptops, printers etc.
Your mileage may vary depending on the size of your organisation - we have circa 11k endpoints plus a few hundred on-premise servers, so we have a fair bit of churn in our hardware
IamHydrogenMike@reddit
They know it’s waste, they just don’t want to go through the waste process when they can offload it into someone else and have someone else pay for it.
Squossifrage@reddit
The proper "waste process" for the CEO is to hand it to someone else to deal with.
Rawme9@reddit
Right lol what other process would they use... they are at the head of the company. Certainly nobody is expecting the CEO to call an e-waste company and organize that lol
thecravenone@reddit
Per the original post, this is all the CEO's personal stuff, not company equipment. What other personal tasks should IT handle for the CEO? I guess I could walk his dog. Do I get overtime for that?
Rawme9@reddit
If they want to pay me my OT rate to walk the CEOs dog then call me Rover lmao.
Realistically this is within our wheelhouse and very little extra work. Use it as an opportunity to schmooze and then throw it in the pile.
For what it's worth I have exclusively worked in small businesses where this is not even close to unusual
RusticBucket2@reddit
Wait. So you’re the dog in this scenario or?
Rawme9@reddit
Rover is a website you can book dog walkers on
Squossifrage@reddit
Fucking lazy-ass CEOs always delegating tasks instead of doing what they've been hired to do, be the Officer in charge of the Executive functions of the company.
stoltzld@reddit
Our county offers free ewaste services for residents twice a year. I wonder how common that is. Every other time you can get most things recycled free except crts, microwaves, electronics with wooden cabinets, and I don't remember what else.
Frothyleet@reddit
I think it's pretty common. Our City-County does pop-ups around the metro area every quarter for taking in a variety of special disposal items (e-waste, tires, certain hazmat), and at any time residents can drop off a limited amount of e-waste at a specific center (businesses have to pay).
IamHydrogenMike@reddit
Ya but…I’m already going to the office and I don’t have to go anywhere else.
stoltzld@reddit
I get the being lazy bit, I just thought it was useful to mention there are free ewaste options sometimes for folks reading this that might not be aware.
Draoken@reddit
Honestly if the CEO of the damn company wants to properly dispose of electronics using company money instead of throwing it directly in the trash, I'm all for it.
canadian_sysadmin@reddit
"Thanks, we'll put this in the IT recycling bin".
"Oh, you can't use it?"
"Nope"
That's typically all it needs to be.
Inevitable_Trip137@reddit
OP should totally snag a floppy drive though. And a VCR remote.
hairycelery@reddit
Canadian sysadmin huh? Explains why your response was so polite, eh?
This is the best response though. I roll my eyes whenever I'm given random shit just because it uses batteries and has wires or some shit but there's definitely some subconscious good they're trying to do. Whether it's engaging or just trying to dispose of it in a better way they know IT will without just tossing their stuff in the general trash.
vagueAF_@reddit
I get it but guess what happens if youre a dickhead to the CEO 🫣
canadian_sysadmin@reddit
Yup, CEO's trying to "help", so you don't want to be dicks and disengage them. 'We'll deal with that for you', move on.
wizardglick412@reddit
Yep! The last thing I want my C-level people worrying about is tech issues. I'd rather them spend their time thinking 2 quarters ahead to make sure we all have jobs in the future.
ncc74656m@reddit
I may try to let people know that we can't accept their e-waste, just because it can cost us money to dispose of it, to say nothing of the space to store it, but that depends on the item. I accept computers because most e-waste vendors in the area do free pickups if you have a minimum number of computers, regardless of age.
ExcitingTabletop@reddit
Sure. Entire company should not use IT as ewaste disposal. But exception for the CEO or someone from payroll makes sense.
Real reason is, I drive out to e-Waste place with the junk. Oddly it always turns out to be a Friday afternoon when the weather is nice. My boss, who is the CEO, never seems to mind. Weird that.
exedore6@reddit
Why not bring it up to management.In my own experience, expanding it into an employee benefit might not add too much expense. You get more Fridays off, the boss gets to feel good about throwing their employees a bone, and helping the environment. Might be a win-win.
ExcitingTabletop@reddit
For big stuff it goes on a pallet. We don't have room for more and we only get one pickup per month. Slipping in small stuff is no biggie, but people have asked about TV's.
Kruug@reddit
The company I used to work for left it open for all, but it was never taken advantage of.
Sure, early on we may have gotten an old CRT TV or something, but they charge by weight and we'd always have 2 or 3 pallets full. Anything the employees dropped off was just a drop in the bucket of what we got rid of.
ExcitingTabletop@reddit
I'd love to, but we don't have the space. If I did, I would.
Rawme9@reddit
Glad to see you mention payroll.... Always keep the accountants in good graces lol.
Bubba89@reddit
The Exec/Admin Assistants, too. They have all the juiciest gossip.
ExcitingTabletop@reddit
I joke that the only person above the CEO in the org is payroll. No CEO disputed it, but I only told that joke to CEO's with a sense of humor.
ncc74656m@reddit
lmao, yes, well, there are always exceptions and good reasoning to those exceptions!
At an old job we didn't do personal or home-visit support as a matter of policy. Of course, we absolutely did for the CEO and Chairwoman. And I enjoyed that because it was always much too late in the day whenever we were finished to make the trip back to the office. Plus since it was my personal car I could submit for mileage which was good for an extra $50 or more for some trips, which just so happened to be out to the gorgeous countryside.
ExcitingTabletop@reddit
My go-to excuse was sensitive information disposal.
I don't do home visits. My go-to excuse for that is liability reasons. They can lug whatever into the office and I'm fine with that so long as no complaints about the time on my projects. If the drive worked in my favor, yeah, I'd consider it.
ncc74656m@reddit
We were a little different and refusal wasn't an option. Still, I didn't mind!
coukou76@reddit
Softskill 101 for sysadmin 🤣
_--_---__--_--_-_-_-@reddit
"Oh, you can't use it?"
"Nope"
"Well if you're willing to waste perfectly functioning equipment, it really makes me wonder what else you're throwing away that is costing us valuable operating revenue. I need you to prepare an inventory of all items including expendables, remotes, CDs & DVDs, cables, keyboards, mice and mouse pads, along with their date of purchase, vendor, total and per-item breakdown. This needs to be done by end of day"
whatsforsupa@reddit
Sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. Boss gave me a 5K iMac totally specced out one time because he bought a new computer.
Mostly, the stuff goes in the recycling bin
SAugsburger@reddit
True. Some execs that make F you money toss stuff that's actually still worth something, but most things people are getting rid of are clearly unusable or are so old to not be of much value beyond the scrap value of the metal.
Neat-Outcome-7532@reddit
It's funny, all the C-level execs with F you money that i've dealt with were stingy af. Like complaining that their 2014 macbook was slow, but not wanting a new one because he would be afraid to lose stuff.
Obvious-Water569@reddit
It got so bad at my work I sent an all staff email telling people not to just drop their trash on my desk, particularly when I'm not around.
They can either throw it in the WEEE waste bin or, if they aren't sure if I need to do anything with it, log a ticket and hold onto it until I reach out.
Vritrin@reddit
I have people bring their tech junk to me sometimes, but if it’s not something I can use I don’t take it from them. I just tell them “oh, you can dispose of this one yourself, no problem”.
Now if it’s like an old hd I will take that because we get those professionally disposed of and that IS an IT task. Don’t really have many loose hard drives lying around though.
981flacht6@reddit
We definitely don't want to collect excess non-company ewaste either. I tell them to take their stuff to the recycler the next time. Always happens but I've been able to successfully limit it.
trusound@reddit
A portable ac unit. The one that’s a tower and vents out the window. Even had maintenance hook it up. It actually heated up the room more than cooled
alivefromthedead@reddit
One old CEO gave me a Gibson Flying V. He was cool.
AshlarMJ@reddit
We have a giant box for ewaste like this. We just point.
darkhelmet46@reddit
On the other hand, I'm still coasting on the 2019 16" MacBook Pro my CEO gave me to "recycle" back in 2020. I recycled that shit directly to my laptop bag.
Consistent-Baby5904@reddit
mp3 player in form of a writing pen from 2004 ... LOL
has 16mb storage in it. have to load 64k - 128k sample rate for size limitations, lol ...
and instead of music, i loaded recorded episodes of it from The Office, and I would just random let it play on someone's desk.
it drove employees nuts.
RacconDownUnder@reddit
"Hey this old thing has a button on it"
"Give it to IT"
RoomyRoots@reddit
I fixed more fans working in IT than as an electrician.
Weary_Patience_7778@reddit
ewaste. You usually can’t just ‘toss it in the trash’.
Why pay someone to dispose of it when the minions at work can do it for you?
RubixRube@reddit
We have almost no storage and at least 30% of it is executive trash.
The kicker is I need approval to dispose.
Here is an example of what we have.
-Apple products. I am talking like 2010 iMacs I can't throw out because apple computers "hold their value".
Anyways. I think this is common. There is a weird disconnect. They dump shit because it is no longer useful in a home environment. Why they think it would be suitable for a corporate environment is beyond me.
Frothyleet@reddit
As a younger man frustrated with a similar situation, I discovered that approval was not in fact needed, because there was no inventory of the "precious junk pile".
RubixRube@reddit
I am going to do my future sys admin a favour just as the sys admins before me did and throw a bunch of it out in my notice period.
I get tonnes of questions about stuff that I know was sent to recycle about 3 months before I started, and I as much as my predecessor was a bit of a nightmare, he did that one thing right.
MeatPiston@reddit
There are some weird financial reasons to keep assets around even if they’re useless. They have “value” on a balance sheet. Usually you gotta talk to your fiscal department about it.
ZeroOpti@reddit
Depreciation is usually on a 3-5 year schedule, so I'm guessing all that stuff is done if it was bought with company funds. Seems more like an exec who can't let go of things and wants to save money where ever they can.
mrlinkwii@reddit
i mean theirs nothing wrong with it is it ? ( will it still work if it has to ?) its a backup , never complain about backups , also HDMI 1.0 isnt that old
it still usable ( far from the best but still usable) from a financial point of view it costs them more to get new gear
the reason is because they have other function on the financial spreadsheet
Squeezer999@reddit
At a small place I used to work at we would get stuff like that. But a local waste company would have a few fee-free e-recycle days a year. I'd just put all of that into a closet and on one of the free days load up the truck and take it all there for free
Dimens101@reddit
When stores where already selling the Ipad3, our boss found someone that made him a deal on a pallet full with ipad1's so good he could not resist to buy it before talking to us.
Special_Luck7537@reddit
Probably costs him money to throw it away at home...
saysjuan@reddit
Just toss it in the ewaste bin. Or better yet figure out how to extract gold from old equipment. Think of it as a surprise bonus with trading at $3358/oz
phalangepatella@reddit
Yeah, that happens with us too, but his “junk” is usually good stuff. Two year old MacBook Pro, iPads, Apple Watch, etc.
akindofuser@reddit
Every IT department I’ve ever worked in or managed handled e-waste. Maybe he is assuming this too? Maybe you should, you know, get that setup.
Professional_Sell984@reddit
Ceo thought about IT at a different time to "it's not working whos day should I fuck up" half your problems man 😂😂
DoTheThingNow@reddit
To be fair, back in like 2012 or so I got a still newish Macbook Air this way because “it’s too different”.
matrix2113@reddit
Not CEO but I work in K12 private school so we cycle things out every once in a while. I’ve had people bring me ancient speakers and keyboards instead of them tossing it out themselves. After they leave, it goes straight to the trash can.
StudioDroid@reddit
I worked in the camera department for a studio. People were always bringing their old camcorders and such for us. We accepted them with a smile, then eWasted the camera, recycled the battery, and kept the nice bag it was all in.
In IT people would bring clunker laptops, but the bag was nice. Toss the device and repurpose the bag.
cbarrick@reddit
It could just be that the IT department's recycle bin is the most accessible e-waste disposal available to the CEO (assuming IT has a proper e-waste process.)
Which is fine, I guess. E-waste is really fucking annoying to deal with in the US.
It is annoying to be reduced to a bin, though.
cbiggers@reddit
It's a cinch in California. Most (every?) municipal dump has an e-waste section. You tell the dump folks you're dropping off e-waste, no charge, toss it in, on your way.
Frothyleet@reddit
It's probably harder for people in rural areas, but we have an e-waste bin that a vendor swings by to pick up every month-ish.
Residentially we can also drop a set amount of e-waste off for free at a city facility. No lithium batteries but home depot (and presumably other locations) will take them for recycling for free.
FreeAnss@reddit
Rich people they’re still out of touch
unccvince@reddit
CEO wants to show his youngs what IT looked like before.
If one's smart, one'll ask the CEO what is the story and the purpose of the intriguing object he's brought, how he used it, how it had changed his daily life at the time.
It will be his pleasure to tell you the story and it will be your pleasure to listen to old timers tell you about good old times.
Then toss the item in the proper bin.
GhonaHerpaSyphilAids@reddit
Happened to me once and I found out from old laptop email the CEo was sleeping with his now wife back when she was 16 and his daughters friend when he was 47
Apprehensive_Bit4767@reddit
Absolutely and I would take it and smile and be like. Oh okay well I'll see how I can fit this into the company. If not, is it okay if I go ahead and get rid of it?.
Mister_Brevity@reddit
Yeah, our CEO even had friends dropping off 20 year old tvs and totally nonfunctional printers as “donations” and we weren’t allowed to say no, we just had to pay to have them hauled off.
mrlinkwii@reddit
tbf people spend big money for 20 year old tvs bonus if their CRT
Mister_Brevity@reddit
Yeah but these were home renovations dropping off piles of old Sony big screens that were burned/shadows/etc, there was no possible use for them - we were just more convenient than calling waste management
k0azv@reddit
No, but I had a director that would let his kids use laptops that were bought for institutional use and then wind up bringing them back in either extremely messed up or malware laden cause his kids would download infested software.
IDontWantToArgueOK@reddit
I encourage people to give me their e-waste. There's a dropoff spot for a good cause just down the street, and I collect laptops as they make excellent home servers and I never run out of ideas for uses.
The fact that the CEO didn't just toss it but thought of you is sweet in a CEO way. I would react like someone went out of their way to get me a gift they thought I'd like.
holycrapitsmyles@reddit
Our work vehicle broke down. So the boss bought his wife a new car, and gave us her old old mini van. Then got mad at us when it started to break down.
masterne0@reddit
I just take it and toss it. You will waste more time trying to explain to the person it useless. Easier to get rid of it urself, especially if you get a laptop/phone or some device with store data, you can at least ensure the person data is gone before getting rid of it.
Bob_12_Pack@reddit
My aunt used to be head of facilities at a community college. She talked about all the junk, mostly computers, that would get donated to the college. Like most colleges, hers had contracts with Dell or whomever to supply their PCs and servers and had no need for donated computers. They weren't allowed to just toss them in the recycle bin, but had to follow a process to dispose of them, which started with submitting it as state surplus to be sold, which actually cost them money in man hours and various other expenses, and in the end they usually had to pay to have most of it hauled away.
Vesalii@reddit
No but I've had users try to give me broken lamps etc. Some people thing if it runs on electricity, it's IT.
HudsonValleyNY@reddit
Maybe he is asking you to responsibly handle it as ewaste.
Ok_Employment_5340@reddit
Yes, our CEO gave her shitty relative to build and brand websites.
anonymousITCoward@reddit
There are a few of us that have new computers, most of the infra is used or reclaimed from clients... I don't think we've ever had a "new" server... just "new to us"
Tilt23Degrees@reddit
He's using you as a garbage disposal, which is probably exactly how he views your entire department.
Which is not uncommon for CEO's and the tech departments.
davidm2232@reddit
Most people cannot differentiate what is useful. I have had users be all proud of giving me a box of VGA cables and non-IP desk phones while showing me they threw away the 'outdated' Dell 3080 mini PC we just purchased last year.
ArshiyaXD@reddit
Yes XD
I mean they work so sometimes if someone in our Team needs it we take it home.
It would be a shame to waste something that still walks... or crawls
arslearsle@reddit
All the time , not just from CEOs - but from most of the c level imbecills
You should see our basement, full of ancient stuff - mobile phones, pcs and macs - funniest is the c level assholes that got fired - which sometimes means you also get their kids old game consoles 😂
nevermind - we hire some teenager every second year or so - and send a fat bill to customer 😂
Cyberenixx@reddit
It can be frustrating, but our general policy is to just dispose of it when we have the rest of our Ewaste picked up. I like to think my contribution is preventing as much Tech/adjacent items from ending up in traditional landfills.
Our Tech recycling partner typically just charges by the pallet we send out, so as long as it isn’t a metric ton of crap, who really cares?
Ok_SysAdmin@reddit
It is a boomer thing.
Ok_SysAdmin@reddit
Its a boomer thing.
SoonerMedic72@reddit
Our CEO gives us her old computing equipment and we shred the storage/device. I am all for it. Its like $5 and I know that her personal records aren't at risk of a dumpster diver. 🤷♂️
A slightly smaller version of our business was recently scammed out of like $10+ million after the CEO was extorted with personal data. They folded and everyone lost their jobs.
illicITparameters@reddit
They’re trying to be helpful, or they’re giving it to the IT dept to put it with all their e-waste.
natefrogg1@reddit
I got a sweet Apple 17” titanium g4 PowerBook like that recently, the battery is shot but I put an ssd in it and it’s super fast now on osx 10.4 I think, hoping to trade it for a clamshell for system 9
uprightanimal@reddit
My family and friends stopped bringing me junk when they visited when I started asking why.
"Why are you giving this to me, why don't you want it?"
"Oh It's no good anymore, so I thought you could use it"
"..."
steveatari@reddit
Im such an old school tool user myself I want to see us breath life into outdated dead shit but the truth is there is just no need for an underperforming piece of tech you're trying to save outside of one or two here or there. Overall, its more headache/power/time waste then is warranted
MeatPiston@reddit
Equipment disposal is a cost and it should be tracked accounted for. They’re pretty strict about it where I work because if you dump an old copier or a junk box of “IT stuff” it’s a cost your department/group/unit must be responsible for.
KickedAbyss@reddit
I'm not sure the ceo has ever talked to our IT department directly.
Dragon_Flu@reddit
Meh, I just take it as part of the job. Some of it goes into waste, some goes home with me, some goes home with a coworker I know could use it. They're just using me as a way to get rid of their trash which is fine by me as long as it stays tech adjacent waste.
Vel-Crow@reddit
Maybe he is actually a Crow or Magpie, and because he loves you all so much is bringing you the shinies he finds through the day.
When clients bring in their trash I explain why we can't use it/donate it to another client, how old the tech is, and offer to recycle it.
billyjack669@reddit
why can’t they give me their old flat panel TVs and arcade games?
skspoppa733@reddit
My CFO did that a long time ago. He was a tech hobbyist who accumulated lots of obscure gear that was cool a generation ago that he thought somebody would want. We tossed most of it in the trash and donated what was still semi useful.
golferguy12@reddit
Regular employees do it
_SirFatty_@reddit
You should be recycling it anyway.. maybe he assumes you're doing the right thing.
just_change_it@reddit
Company owners where I work brought in a bunch of e-waste when we did our last drive. The support guys walked away with a ps4, two xbox of some modern flavor, and a pile of games.
scriminal@reddit
i'd rather the CEO hand over random things to be properly sanitized and disposed of than throwing corporate assets in his trash and having a data breach event.
SixtyAteWhiskey68@reddit
Because your CEO is a user.
Users don’t know the difference.
Due_Peak_6428@reddit
Them filthy users
Alzzary@reddit
End users is a description, not an order. But I wish it was.
ARobertNotABob@reddit
So Say Us All
stromm@reddit
Personal stuff no. It’s a legal liability.
And using company funds to handle and dispose (ewaste processing has a cost to the company) is a violation of ethics regulations if not an abuse of company funds.
3tek@reddit
My whole company does this. I'll get random interoffice envelopes full of random cables, dongles, etc.
yotengodormir@reddit
Hah, yeah, I worked for a small company where that would happen. "Thank you, I'll take care of it!" Then straight to our ewaste bin.
No_Investigator3369@reddit
Start adhering them together into a statue called "CEO of Value" or something like that. When he gets fired you can unveil in and help the board with their sad feelings by showing it was indeed the correct move.
frac6969@reddit
Ha, my CEO is the opposite. He tries to take our old junk home for free. Recently he’s been bugging me again for more disposed laptops or monitors that he could take home. I don’t understand why he doesn’t just use the company money to buy whatever computer he wants since his iPhones and iPads were all bought with company money and they cost much more than our computers.
Academic_Deal7872@reddit
He might volunteer or sit on a board for a non-profit. I work at a non-profit and trustees are always trying to offload electronics. Some useful, some not. I say thank you, and send what we don't use to recycling which we are able to do for free as a non-profit. We are a school so there are a ton of uses for electronics other than spare parts and computing. Our tech club takes a lot of stuff apart to let the kid learn internals and how to use tools.
cjcox4@reddit
But, oh, the many times I get asked, "Do you have...?" And that "junk" just became priceless, at least for some.
I still hear people wanting to transfer their VHS tapes to digital. I'm like, "you didn't (way back then)?" Some people wait a really, really, really long time.
Also, for whatever reason, retro. People wanting old school stereo equipment, etc. I mean, that $20 stereo from the drug store goes for hundreds of dollars today in "not so great" shape. Lots of resurgence of "old stuff". Things like Portable Media Players, etc.
So, sometimes junk, if you wait long enough, gets very valuable (but, not everything).
stoltzld@reddit
Our library bought 2 VHS converters because people keep asking about converting old VHS stuff.
Lonecoon@reddit
I make it a point to have a cabinet that's just obsolete media readers. Tape decks, VCRs, I think there's even a Zip Drive back there. I've only got one with the cables to connect it, but it's there. It's for the once every five years that someone brings me a critical piece of information that's on a piece of media that hasn't been used in decades.
AngleTricky6586@reddit
Yes - we take it,Thank him and then dump it.
DrBhu@reddit
He loves to dunp hos shit on my desk as if my "magic hands" could turn the 2009 macbook into something usable
TheShmoe13@reddit
I had a CEO bring in a brand new Oculus Rift and a dedicated Dell gaming laptop complete with co-branded backpack for us to "set up for him to use". Then he forgot about it for almost a year.
stoltzld@reddit
Maybe he's hoping that your company is big enough or responsible enough to have some sort of ewaste processing policy. The library I worked for would have a company haul off our old electronic junk once or twice a year.
meagainpansy@reddit
This is when you start putting it on eBay, then bringing the profit back to him and act like you think it's a lot of money.
Big-Penalty-6897@reddit
I happily accept old electronics from my users. But I also have a local e-waste outfit that picks up at no charge whenever I ask.
elixmetallica@reddit
i’m in a similar situation which i don’t mind, because we get plain phone cases for current phones that we can give people
BlowOutKit22@reddit
They're at least trying to be slightly green about it by not throwing it in the trash, and they don't have to go out of their way to going to Best Buy or whereever else does e-recycling.
Lonecoon@reddit
I get stuff all the time from managers, staff, everyone. Since we do electronics recycling three times a year, it just goes into the pile to be recycled.
ryan42@reddit
This is actually fine with me. Sometimes there is treasure in those hand me downs
MrBr1an1204@reddit
I got a direct TV cable box one time... We don't have Satellite or any other live TV service at our office.
maglax@reddit
I mean I'd rather get electronic junk than "Please implement this junk that doesn't work the way I think it does".
Trammster@reddit
I actually received some stuff I had thrown out, along with a base to an electric kettle and some pieces of wood.
Easy-Task3001@reddit
We get odd stuff like that from various folks in our organization. We toss it in with our regular electronics recycling or destruction, depending on if it could contain data or not.
Some folks seem to think that anything that they paid for must still have worth so it can't be thrown away.
davegcr420@reddit
The easiest way to get rid of crap you don't want/need anymore is to give it away. IT department is being used as a recycling depot.
Responsible-Gur-3630@reddit
My last CEO was like that. Brought in a bunch of weird things. We'd just throw it in the ewaste. The one time they brought in a cheaper Canon DSLR camera that I knew I could fix so I took it home and they tried to claim they wanted it listed on eBay afterwards. I just shrugged and said it was already gone.
Its funny how they think they are being generous but then turned around when they realized something might have actually had a little value.
WhitePower252@reddit
I hope he doesn't have this same mentality when it's time to discuss cost of living raises and bonuses.
snebsnek@reddit
bless. That's quite sweet in a dumb way. I certainly wouldn't "um actually" the CEO over this!
vi-shift-zz@reddit
I believe the proper response is "thank you for thinking of us, this was great in its day!" Then quietly put them in the recycling bin.
J-Dawgzz@reddit
Yeah we played football with his shitty HP laptop from 2002 in the IT stockroom
robvas@reddit
How generous