Introducing ChatGPT Plus

Re:Introducing ChatGPT Plus by heleninboodler on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @03:33PM (#34617226)

I think you're failing to make a distinction between equipment that is critical to your job and equipment that simply helps you by making it more enjoyable and comfortable. Yes, the company should buy the equipment that is critical. Could I actually do my job on a 19" monitor? Yes, absolutely. Could I do it at a desk with no personal effects or decorations? Yes, absolutely. Both the monitor upgrade and pictures of my kids are things that are worth the expense to me to make the job more enjoyable. Would it be nice if the company sprang for enormous monitors for everyone? Yes indeed, that would be something to applaud. Is it necessary? No.

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Re:Introducing ChatGPT Plus by BolexNOLA on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @03:37PM (#34617297)

My Red wasn't critical and they had a crappy camera on-hand so it's not like I couldn't have done the job, just so we are clear. I don't need my lights, or my primes, or any of my stuff. They had the very bare minimum. But it was garbage so I negotiated accordingly. And we all won in the end!

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Re:Introducing ChatGPT Plus by jmacd on Wednesday February 01, 2023 @09:44PM (#34621375)

Negotiating an increased salary for the use of your capitalized equipment is a terrible use of resources. The fact that they agreed to that tells me that they detected it was a touchy subject for you and went the appeasement rout. If they cared about the equipment they would have preferred to purchase/finance it or lease it.

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Re:Introducing ChatGPT Plus by BolexNOLA on Thursday February 02, 2023 @10:54AM (#34628289)

>The fact that they agreed to that tells me that they detected it was a touchy subject for you and went the appeasement rout.

It wasn't touchy, it was reasonable. I guarantee you not one engineer at our company uses their personal computer. It's no different than saying "I want a work computer." They were going to buy me film equipment but hadn't determined exactly what we needed yet and hadn't set aside enough resources (cash) for it yet. So this was a useful stopgap that worked for everyone. Plus it's not like I got 10k more or something absurd. It was a modest amount that made me happy and got them what they needed.

>If they cared about the equipment they would have preferred to purchase/finance it or lease it.

Wasn't for sale and neither of us wanted to get into a lease. Plus they absolutely made out like bandits if we put dollar costs on this. I was just happy to have some cash for using my gear that made my life easier while also establishing a precedent that my gear isn't there for them to joyride.

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Re:Introducing ChatGPT Plus by heleninboodler on Thursday February 02, 2023 @12:12PM (#34629697)

I also think a big factor is what kind of equipment we're talking about. If you expect the equipment's value to be impacted by the use, as your "my gear isn't there for them to joyride" comment touches on, this is a bigger issue. I would never use my personal computer (or expensive camera equipment) for work without some sort of compensation because that usage implies a certain amount of deterioration (physical wear/damage) and/or compromise (corporate software/policies imposed on my machine). This seems pretty negligible for a monitor.

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Re:Introducing ChatGPT Plus by BolexNOLA on Thursday February 02, 2023 @02:54PM (#34632112)

I'm confused what you were disagreeing with me about then tbh. Sure you can argue a monitor doesn't rise to that level but clearly we agree that there is some line here, even if we don't agree on where it is.

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Re:Introducing ChatGPT Plus by heleninboodler on Thursday February 02, 2023 @06:05PM (#34634561)

Was I disagreeing with you? I don't think so. I was just making a distinction between the use cases since you objected to the monitor purchase by comparing it to the use of your camera.

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