Apparently, the PC I was given by my employer less than a year ago is too out of date (uses Windows 10) and I have to have Windows 11 now for security reasons. I have a gaming PC, but it’s my partner’s, too, and it’d be a huge waste of its power and graphics card, plus it’d have to be moved. I really don’t want to do that.
A new company owns the company I work for now, but still. This is not what I agreed to. Ugh. I’m so annoyed.
It’s not that expensive, really ($200), but it’s the principle of the matter. How long will it be before they force me to do this again, anyway??? I already get paid a shit wage.
If their reason is truly for security, then having you use your own personal computer is a terrible idea! Enterprise hardware and software systems exist for many reasons, and keeping work and personal separate is not an insignificant one for us WFH folks. Do they really want you logging into secure systems from hardware they have no control over? Seems like an unnecessary liability for them.
And if when you got the job you were told that equipment would be provided, then they cannot expect you to even have your own PC let alone one that meets their security requirements.
This would piss me off so much, sorry they’re putting you through this bullshit.