• sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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    11 minutes 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.

  • lennivelkant@discuss.tchncs.de
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    58 minutes ago

    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.

  • WoodScientist@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    8 hours ago

    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.

      • WoodScientist@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        5 hours ago

        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.

    • Malfeasant@lemm.ee
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      9 hours ago

      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.

      • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        8 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

      • Edgarallenpwn@midwest.socialEnglish
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        9 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.

    • CgH10N4Co2@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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      11 hours ago

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

      • dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de
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        5 hours ago

        Haha.

        I know this was a joke but I like to shout out that my employers are amazing.

        I’m a software developer for a small company, less than 10 employees. Recently we got given a pay rise and a reduction in hours at the same time. They started the business to have a good life, not to work their employees to death.

        We get so much support when needed and there is never an issue if you’re sick or just need a mental health day. We don’t get targets and the work just gets done. We are fair with our clients and they come back for repeat work and recommend us.

  • PieMePlenty@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    We got lenovo’s in my last job. I did support software tools for internal usage. Pay was low but work was not overbearing and I could have spent my whole life there. Current job, I got a MinisForum mini PC, what does that mean?

    • reallykindasorta@slrpnk.netOP
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      19 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.

  • Carl@lemm.eeEnglish
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    21 hours ago

    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.