alt Hacker NewsGoogle powerwashes your corp Chromebook when they let you go. A friend was composing an email on the train when their screen went black and the device reset itself to factory settings.
They even send the “you’re being fired” email to their personal email they have on file. Didn’t even schedule a meeting.
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laughing_man • today at 4:07 AM
Man, that's cold.
gear54rus • today at 6:40 AM
I think at least on windows you can powercycle it quickly a few times until it gives up this behavior. Not sure about Chromebooks.
Most of the employer behaviour described in such gleeful terms here would be outright illegal in most of Europe and open up the employer to risk of being sued for wrongful dismissal, etc.