Comments on: Enterprises urged to pay staff to use their own kit

By: Steve Dale

Steve Dale — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:18:39 +0000

Hi Sandra – many thanks for your kind words.

Steve

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sandrar — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:00:12 +0000

Hi! I was surfing and found your blog post… nice! I love your blog. Cheers! Sandra. R.

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By: Steve Dale

Steve Dale — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:42:28 +0000

Hi Matthew,

this would be tolerable for me provided I had some control over what applications I could use on the employer PC. For example, I use iTunes on my own laptop, but this is not permitted on the corporate laptops. If all you need is in the cloud (and you’re permitted to get at it) then your example makes perfect sense. I’m still some way from having everything I need and use available in the cloud.

By: Matthew Rees

Matthew Rees — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 15:09:18 +0000

I worked at a consultancy once where you had to provide your own laptop (and mobile) so that they could keep their costs down, not just the purchasing and support but also the administration. In return they offered a (very) competitive salary so using your own kit was no big deal.

I now find myself in the opposite situation. My home PC died recently and with two work PCs (employer and client) I decided not to replace it. Everything is in the cloud these days so why get a PC when your employer provides one?