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ezst036 A lot of companies have that "write it off" mentality. They know they are not going to look backwards and know they shouldn't save shelf space for certain things so the trash is the inevitable answer to questions. But most companies don't have a designated ebay employee either. The manager doesn't want to sell these in his spare time and it would be viewed as a waste of "on the clock"/productive time. And the manager isn't going to tell employee x to go ebay these either. It's just an area that is simply unaccounted for, and it does have some negative impact for us all because the news story is a one-off, this situation does happen on occasion. Reply
TKPizze ezst036 said: The manager doesn't want to sell these in his spare time and it would be viewed as a waste of "on the clock"/productive time. And the manager isn't going to tell employee x to go ebay these either. I also really hate this wasteful procedure. They'd rather destroy hard drives and get it certified instead of giving working hardware away. You can argue that hard drives are not worth the time because a proper wipe can take a few days. Just don't risk anything, right? But there's another problem: Laws. They call it non-cash benefit or other bureaucracy. My company refuses to sell the "outdated" or no longer supported hardware to the employees. They'd rather sell it to some used-hardware company or turn it into e-waste because selling it to employees would cause more trouble with warranty and cash handling. These office people really don't know how much valuable stuff is thrown into these e-waste bins. I went dumpster diving when I got the chance, and saved some cables, power supplies and even docking stations. Not worth the hassle of selling it for a few bucks if there are companies buying such stuff based on weight I guess. Sure there's a lot of junk but hey, free stuff! But the really interesting parts would be whole servers and stuff. A few years ago, before it became more common, I could buy a used 12 TB hard drive with "just" 40k operating hours for 115 Euro on ebay. At that time, you could buy maybe a brand new 4 TB drive for that price. The shop looked like one of these recyclers. And if that's the price they charge, I'd be really interested what they paid for the whole container of "junk". I also had the chance to take a look at some used mini PC. I really have no clue HOW these people did that, but they ripped out the m.2 SSD and broke the whole m.2 slot. Like: Oh it's easier to break the slot than removing the screw. That breaks my heart. Really sad, that the world has to work like this. Reply
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