Ha ha, that happened to me years ago at a small startup. I spent the first day scavenging spare parts around the office and was able to build a working desktop PC.

Similar thing happened to a friend who joined a large defense contractor. They had stacks of new computers sitting in a storeroom but the workforce was partially unionized and only union electricians were allowed to plug in new computers. Totally crazy, but he had to wait a couple weeks until they got around to it.