To think it’s unprofessional for an employer to give me a work laptop without a case?

[BusyEagle]

I started a new job this week and I was issued a work laptop, but it didn’t come with a case or sleeve for protection. AIBU to think that’s a bit improper or unprofessional? Surely, if they expect me to take care of it, they should provide something to keep it safe?

I don’t have a works laptop case. I just use my own laptop rucksack. The last time I had a carrying case provided, was over a decade ago.

Same thing happened to me last week. So I bought a laptop sleeve for £10. Problem solved.

YANBU. I've always been given a case and I've always used it. I'll be buggered if I'm buying my own.

Excellent work ethic, you must be a real asset to any employer! 🙄

Is it unreasonable for your workplace to not provide a laptop. Even during a time when we had to do online lessons.

What ??? Yeah because the employer is really going to come on here talking about a laptop case 🙄

Is this is your threshold for complaining I think you are going to find working very challenging.

What bugs me more is being given a laptop for work and having to buy my own stand, keyboard, mouse. I really want an extra screen but not even sure how to source that.

...buy a monitor from Currys/Amazon/anywhere and a HDMI cable...away you go

Just read the thread and now I have a massive urge to upgrade my freebie cumbersome laptop bag with a nice rucksack for the one day per month I go to the office.

My laptop cover was £1 from the pound shop and it’s lasted me years!

How is not wanting to spend money at work at all related to your work ethic?

I feel like OP is the type of person who keeps her phone in one of those flip-open leather cases.

OP if it’s a reasonable sized organisation the laptop hardware won’t even have cost them very much (possibly just leased), it’s not the Ark of the Covenant. The reason employers are so strict about keeping laptops “safe” is because of the data they contain, they are not that fussed about physical damage. A case would not stop you leaving it in a pub or on the train. Actually, come to think of it, you are less likely to lose/forget it/get it stolen if you put it into your main rucksack - which almost certainly has a laptop compartment in it- rather than carrying it in a separate bag.

Is this this your first job ? 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

I used to just put my laptop in my backpack but there's always various bits of detritus in there and more than once I've found something jammed in a port on the laptop. Now my laptop goes in a sleeve that then gets put in my backpack.

Thank you - but I do have to say, why should all this come out of my salary?

Depends if you work from home by choice or not. If you always have the option to go to an office with a monitor, keyboard etc then I can see why they might not be willing to find a full home working setup.

That said, my employer does give us screen/mouse keyboard for home even though we are free to work from the office full time if we wish. They are quite a profitable private sector organisation but I can see that it is a choice not all employers would make. They draw the line at providing office chairs for home working though, so I don’t think it’s a health and safety thing.

Hello everyone, just a heads up: we do not think the OP is genuine and they won't be returning. But since their thread has gained momentum we are going to let it run.
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We're not given them at my workplace, but I have a rucksack with a compartment for a laptop, so I use that. I think if I felt strongly about it they'd order me a case but these days most people already have bags with laptop compartments.

My company employing 400k people globally does provide sleeves. Worked there 15 years.

Was meant to say:"does NOT provide sleeves" 🙄

This has reminded me that my work offered to get me a laptop bag if I wanted. At the start, I wasn't that bothered as I put it in my backpack but actually, the laptop itself is so heavy I'd quite like a separate bag now. But I'll just ask, like an adult.

Maybe it’s someone responsible for the stationery budget who is sick of being asked to order laptop cases. I got people asking for really fancy ones but never ordered them. Public sector, so public funds.

Good Lord I hate being an employer 😂
Luckily I’ve currently got nobody on my team like you.