Hey Mark, I remember one place where it took weeks for me to get a desk & chair after I started - I had to play musical chairs with people who were overseas at the time. Getting a computer (and one that worked) was a bonus...
For the record I tried for a long time at that company to get IT budget tied to salary budget. If a new person was employed at a salary of say $50K then upto 10% of salary or $5K, was allocated for one off costs (to purchase a new computer, software etc) and 33% of that amount was allocated per year for IT support for that person. The budget was probably was too low, but it was frustrating to see senior managers getting a $30K company car for a perk & then complaining about the speed/reliability of cruddy old computers on their desk :-(.
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> From: Mark Derricutt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, 20 March 2001 09:49
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> Subject: Re:RE: [DUG-OFFTOPIC]: Resourcing IT...
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> I hope wasn't a development position :) 3 weeks without a
> pc? how do they
> expect you to code?
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> --On Tuesday, March 20, 2001 7:55 AM +1200
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> > One place I started at - 3 weeks before I got my own PC and
> another 3
> > before I
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