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| ▲ | preinheimer 2 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| If you scrap a laptop you get a nice, auditable, chain of custody from the end user to the company that will certify it's been destroyed. If you sell someone their old laptop you need to ensure that it's actually been wiped, not just "I copied my files over and started using the new one". I've seen a few IT departments be not great at "Sam got their new laptop two weeks ago, someone should follow up now to see if the wipe on the old one happened". One choice won't get you fired, the other might save you a bit of cash. |
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| ▲ | oblio 2 days ago | parent [-] | | I'm talking about some companies that should have the best IT departments on the planet. | | |
| ▲ | dylan604 2 days ago | parent [-] | | Writing off equipment through depreciation is a time honored thing for corps. If they sell them, they are no longer a write off. That's now more work for the bean counters. |
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| ▲ | johannes1234321 2 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| If they sell to (ex-)employees they sell to consumers. This then includes consumer warranties etc. However what large companies do is to get an agreement with a refurbishing company, which will collect and refurbish them and and pay the corporation some share. This works in some mix calculation - the well treated machines can be sold well, some machines can be used to reuse some parts and some machines are nothing but cost for disposal. |
