(July 30, 2020 at 11:03 pm)arewethereyet Wrote:(July 30, 2020 at 10:52 pm)Fireball Wrote: Isn't what you work on considered proprietary, at some level? Not trying to pick your nose, BTW. My wife's employer was actually looking at employees working from home before the government order came out. Her supervisor even brought her monitors and the interface box to our house! While I don't think mentioning her employer's name is appropriate, I will say that they care about their employees in a way that I never experienced in any company I have EVER worked for.
She has said to tell her what I need. I have been there a month and want to make sure that this is going to last a while before she, or I, invest too much. I really would like to have a desktop for the office...or maybe even another laptop as I really like mine. I have been offered monitors they already have at the office that are pretty new. I just am not quibbling too much over a 15 hour a week job.
I do think one thing I am going to buy is an office chair that won't cripple me like the old task chair my son left here when he moved out.
edit - a lot of what I do is work in programs that are in the cloud. The things I keep local are spreadsheets in progress that I upload to Google docs when they are complete.
OK, different work environments I understand. I worked for a defense company for a long time, and even if the information wasn't secret in some way, it had an economic advantage over our competitors. It just seems to me that unless you use that new computer ONLY for your new employer's work, there will be data spillage. If it doesn't involve anyone else's personal information, it's probably a moot point. On a side note, I got in an accident where I was rear-ended in '97. HR sent out a person to evaluate my work station. The building manager got pissed at ME because they had to order ergonomic equipment for me! If you work from home, all that stuff is on your head, and if you're only part time, it's on your wallet. I'm so sick of corporate entities taking advantage of people. I hope it all works out for you.
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