Not getting the right equipment for your job
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Just curious if anyone ever ran into this.
I started a new gig and after countless request I am still rocking a 14.5 inch laptop monitor. The problem is my neck is starting to hurt (years of computing I suppose) and now they are starting to load me up with some deliverables, but still the laptop. I followed up with management even going one level up.
Still nothing, the laptop.
Anyone ever run into something like this, where you are working below minimum standard (in regards to equipment)?
This is big deal to me, I go to an upper cervical specialist to treat my C1/C2 which has been a MAJOR blessing! But it's all for nothing if I have to hunch over a laptop like some salesman all day..........
I started a new gig and after countless request I am still rocking a 14.5 inch laptop monitor. The problem is my neck is starting to hurt (years of computing I suppose) and now they are starting to load me up with some deliverables, but still the laptop. I followed up with management even going one level up.
Still nothing, the laptop.
Anyone ever run into something like this, where you are working below minimum standard (in regards to equipment)?
This is big deal to me, I go to an upper cervical specialist to treat my C1/C2 which has been a MAJOR blessing! But it's all for nothing if I have to hunch over a laptop like some salesman all day..........
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Dude, do you have the work space to have an external monitor, mouse and keyboard?
I recommend this stand:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B006JG9RQ2/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Then get yourself a few 1440P IPS monitors with vesa mounting. It's some $ out of pocket, but long term it will let you do the job. Sometimes people can't appreciate what's not happening to them.
If they don't provide you with reasonable accommodations, you could try HR or workplace resources. Since your going to a specialist, I see no reason for them to not make any accommodations for you.
Edit: Of course if they don't take you seriously, just start looking for a new job. If your manager can't provide you with the resources you need to succeed. Your not going to succeed.
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If you have to go to HR with a doctors note to get your boss to do something at a new job your time there is about as close to done as it can be while still working there.
Yeah, but this is not some run-of-the-mill IT support Job. OP is a database Ninja making major bankroll.
I think you need to understand why they are doing this before thinking about escalating the issue further.
I second this stand! I have one myself, with a curved monitor in the middle and two flat ones on the sides. It's so nice, gives you lots of space underneath, and it works good with 27" monitors too!
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Sorry for the sidetrack, but keenon's signature is missing a vital second part:
Okay, back to the regularly scheduled program. For me, bring in the extra monitor you already have. I understand that the squeaky wheel gets the grease, but the tallest nail often gets hammered first.
I can think of a couple of reasons why they won't give you an external monitor:
- The average person in the company uses their computer for little more than emails, and only works on one task at a time. They don't have procedures in place for dealing with people who don't work like that. What if everyone wants one?
- They're worried about you getting injuries by trying to use multiple monitors at once. That doesn't appear to be the situation in your case, and it sounds like your laptop is likely to cause injuries.
Are you working on a project that has its own budget, that could afford to buy you one just for the project?
Bringing in your own monitor is slightly risky (electrical testing issues, what happens when you want it back?) but it might guilt them into buying you one.
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My manager just keep trucking, but no equipment.......
I'm just moving slow and not killing myself. Maybe it's a blessing in disguise.
I have one at work and now I want one at home. I want to put two 32" IPS 1440P Freesync monitors on it though.
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At my current gig? Rocking a 15" MBP with maxed out specs, they were super apologetic they only had a single monitor set up on my desk on day 1 (i.e. when I didn't even get a chance to turn on my computer), and I can honestly get as many monitors as I can physically connect. And got a company iPhone 6s after complaining that Slack stopped working on my old 5C.
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purchase your known and bring it in, it's amazing how buying your own will make them take notice. I had to do that once and from that point on employee requests were taken seriously
Just sayin'. Context matters.
Get the Stand, mouse & keyboard, and a couple of REALLY slick monitors.
Mgmt will definitely GET the message...
It didn't help I had an interview today for another company. Market is hot, 0 reason to deal with this.
If I get this job I'll give a one day notice, badge, key and 14.5 laptop sitting on my desk with an email to HR with all my previous emails attached. Oh and a nice note explaining that I will be no longer be an employee of the company.
Market it too hot to deal with this trash........
Think of it as an annulment.
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I also enjoyed waiting at a job site for an extra 2-3 hours waiting for the owner to bring a ladder that was tall enough to be able to mount an access point, after I had told him I needed a ladder taller than the 6' one he had. He literally drove to a job site another tech was working at and then drove the two hours to the job site I was at. The only thing that makes sense to me is that he didn't care how much time we spent on site because it was an hourly thing.
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Owner would buy crappy keystone jacks that wouldn't punch down properly. Instead of being forced into the insulation displacement contacts the cable would just hook over the top of the contact. He probably paid more money having us test, troubleshoot, locate, and redo the punchdowns and replace the keystones than it would have cost to buy some what decent keystone jacks.
Major national retail store was doing remodels/renovations. We would have to rip good cabling out and then run the crappy CCA cabling that the owner provided.
Work order would state that structured cabling would be done in accordance with national, state, and local standards. I actually bought the $300 BICSI book, so I would actually have an idea of what to do. Instead of providing J-hooks to hang the cables on, he would tell me there wasn't enough money in the work order and I should just throw the cables on top of the ceiling tiles and call it a day.
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All told I spent about $2-$3k on tools in the 6 or so months I worked there, just so I wouldn't look like an idiot showing up to a job site without the proper equipment to do the work order. I died quite a bit on the inside working there.