My company provided me a brand new laptop with a user manual DVD. The laptop does not have a DVD player.IvanJustIvan t1_ja95saw wrote
This is what happens when companies put Human Resources in charge of every decision
Desperate_Sea_1405 t1_ja99lwg wrote
Human Resources at HP chose what they send out with new laptops?
ApotheounX t1_ja9lrtv wrote
HP put the CD in the box, not someone at OP's company. IT probably prepped the machine and put it back in the retail box for shipping without touching any of the other contents.
Bitch__McConnell t1_ja9qvhb wrote
This is exactly what happened.
Source: it's part of my job, just sub Dell for HP. Don't give a fuck about a CD.
wessel1512 t1_ja98rdv wrote
Watch out. They may think that they need to provide a DVD player to every employee. So they can read the manual
the_kevlar_kid t1_ja99a6t wrote
No. This is what happens when IT and HR are discouraged from talking to each other.
Bitch__McConnell t1_ja9qomz wrote
This is what happens when IT doesn't give a shit if there is a disk included in the box. Just throw it away, it came from HP like that, all IT did was open the box to put an image on the laptop and then mail it to the user.
Bkwrzdub t1_ja9dm26 wrote
Let's face it...
HR doesn't like the technically right answer, will overrule I. T. But still won't bother getting the right software /hardware because "it's cheaper"
ApotheounX t1_ja9nev4 wrote
Dafuq you talking about? I've prepped hundreds of HP G6/G8 (this laptop, or similar). Every single one of them has this CD in the box, and I usually don't bother removing it before repacking and giving it to a new employee. HR has nothing to do with it, so you're on some weird tangential crusade.
If OP got the whole laptop box, that makes sense. If someone handed him the laptop, it was probably a new guy who didn't know to just throw the CD away.
Can't say for sure why HP does it, but there's probably a requirement for them to ship a manual with each product, and a CD is probably a cheaper way to fulfill that requirement.
Bkwrzdub t1_ja9zwrw wrote
talk to /u/the_kevlar_kid
he brought up hr
mattstorm360 t1_ja9fnhg wrote
That's what happens when HR has the power over every other department.
Bkwrzdub t1_ja9g2rf wrote
And why an I. T. Guy with job security is their worst nightmare
mattstorm360 t1_ja9ga5z wrote
Or worse, an IT guy doing an effective job.
Bkwrzdub t1_ja9h2ds wrote
When HR overrules everything... Quiet quitting becomes effective.
I would be too expensive for them to fire.
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