Apparently, the PC I was given by my employer less than a year ago is too out of date (uses Windows 10) and I have to have Windows 11 now for security reasons.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.
No, the correct answer is “No, it’s your duty as employer to provide me with the tools to do my work”.
No beed to start bluffing and making excuses when the other end is wrong from the start.
Right except in shitty telemarking jobs the response to that is “Sure thing, so there’s the door, goodbye”. I know because I have had family work in them, and they’ll just hire someone else. I was trying to give an example of how to be tactful and maybe not get fired.
If you get fired for that, you should take them to your state’s Labor board and/or to court.
If they’re making minimum wage working paycheck to paycheck they probably can’t afford being out of work for very long, neither of those options puts food on the table next week. Going to court also requires a lawyer that is going to cost much more, especially if they have no income. You keep talking about what should happen. Yes, what you’re saying should be the way to go, but in reality it doesn’t work.
Going to the Labor board, at least here in Oregon, is pretty painless and may be doable while still working there. My only experience with them was after an employer just locked us all out of the building and closed one day, so continuing to work wasn’t an option for me. They treated me well and got me money quickly, then took the guy to court to get it back themselves.
Also, I don’t “keep talking” about much here; the comment you replied to was the first one I made :).
Sorry you’re right, I didn’t notice the change in user. I am tired of the argument though that “Why don’t they just sue”, and people being unwilling to see that the vast majority of Americans can’t afford the luxury of suing, that our legal system is a pay to play system. What you’re describing, if you already don’t have the job I say go for it 100%, anything you can do you should. But, I don’t blame anyone for avoiding getting fired even though they’re morally in the right
You would include all court costs and legal fees in the lawsuit. Plus significant damages.
Right and in the meantime they have no income. That’s not an immediate process, it can take months, years even. In the immediate if they lose their job they have no income. It means no rent payment, no food money, most people have no savings and live paycheck to paycheck. They have to find another job while waiting on this lawsuit. I don’t blame someone in that position for not wanting to get fired, even if they are morally in the right.