In September 2021 I made a business case for how we should move away from a random mishmash of aging desktops and monitors, and get the entire company onto a modern, mobile-friendly IT-platform. A laptop for everyone – even if they won't actually be traveling, new monitors, and new peripherals for those who wanted it.
Initially it was a bit of a struggle, but with the help of a bunch of TCO calculations put into C-level friendly bar graphs we finally got approval, and got working.
In June 2019 we were done. The entire company had been moved to spiffy new laptops. Everyone had dual monitors at 24″ or lager. Everyone had the option to take their laptop to a meeting, to a conference, or home, and continue working almost as if they were still at their desk.
Less than a year later “The situation” hits. Now we're all working from home as much as we can, and apart from a few teething problems with applications that hadn't been tested extensively enough through the VPN we're practically doing business as usual.
This morning I log on to a mail from my boss. It's an immediate extra raise of ~$1100/year on top of my already negotiated raise. Yay!Next is a mail from the CEO congratulating me on convincing management of the benefits of a mobile workforce, and adding a gift certificate for a three-day all-inclusive stay for two at a luxury resort.
I've been ranting about management's stupid decisions before, but the last few months they've apparently realized that they've cut too deep and had begun hiring old people back. (probably because wait times have gone through the roof) And now this.
I guess this is sort of an anti-rant. I'm just.. flabbergasted I guess.