Who owns your hardware?
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Question for those of you employed as designers. Who owns the hardware you work on? Perhaps many of you have a work and a home computer?
I am able to propose anything (withine reason) to my employer about purchasing hardware, but wonder if I am better off buying what I want, and using it for work. Has anyone else been through this experience... any creative solutions?
PS: Work buys the software, no problems there.
- jamble0
It's pretty clear cut for me, my employer owns what I work on at work. I own what I work on at home.
I did think at first glance this topic was called "who owns your hair" though.
- blastofv0
if they're buying the gear, it's theirs. why would you buy your own hardware to do work for someone else's company? let them foot the bill and worry about your own set-up once you move on to something new
my take anyway
- honest0
don't lease your hardware, it's not that great a deal in the long run.
- danthon0
When you own your own gear, then are a contractor and you should be compensated for providing your own gear. If they own it, you are an employee and you should not provide anything. Don't get too attached to your employers machine.
- ldww0
where are you working, at home or in someone's office? if yo work at home - yea buy your own. but why on earth would you buy a computer and bring it to your office?
when the company i used to work for shut down - i took my computer home :)
- RedFoxxworth0
Bring your own external drive to work.
But you should have both a personal and work machine.
The external hard drive is nice cause worse comes to worse u can at least jet with all the files you did at work on your own drive...
Also essential for maintaining an impeccably groomed 60 gigabyte iTunes Library in the office.
- bedenken0
The external drive seems to be the best solutions, as I don't like having files on two computers.