Did I get a new MacBook because of remote onboarding?

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Apr 10, 2020 17 Comments

Do all FAANG employees get brand new laptops? I remote onboarded and I was sent a brand new MacBook Pro (box included). Just wondering how these companies can give new laptops to all new employees instead of recycling a used one from an employee that quit.

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  • Wayfair
    proghum

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    proghum
    I’ve never once been provisioned a used computer in my career in tech.
    Apr 10, 2020 0
  • Verifone
    audacity07

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    audacity07
    I think you should return back or if not tell em to cut the price from your salary ..

    Do something about it . don’t keep quiet
    Apr 10, 2020 1
  • Congratulations πŸŽ‰. It's tax deductible and essential. Probably the least expensive thing in your hiring process. Even non FAANG companies do that. It's not worth it for them to nikle and dime this and be cheap.
    Apr 10, 2020 0
  • Amazon
    rtsphrcc

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    rtsphrcc
    Is this your first job? it takes a lot time to get equipment back from someone, reimage it, clean/disinfect it especially if someones gross, and/or repair damaged parts to it. There are more people joining than leaving so the amount of good, clean re-issuable equipment is low to begin with, so its easier to just deploy a new one. Not to mention the hardware is usually out of date/EOL/expired SKUs that were superceded. The ones they do keep on hand are usually just spares/emergency backups.
    Apr 10, 2020 1
    • New
      talktalk1

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      talktalk1
      OP
      First job on FAANG. Most other companies give hand me down equipment, even large banks like JPMorgan.
      Apr 10, 2020
  • Imagine if your refurbished laptop failed and you weren't able to complete your work for a week. You're going to cost them more than the difference of a refurbished computer.

    All the jobs I've worked in SV came with brand new MacBooks
    Apr 11, 2020 0