Got bought these by our CEO today as a way of him saying thank you. Means a lot to get such recognition from someone you look up to.

I've been considering buying those exact headphones (in white/gold)

How are they?

@Root I'm really liking them. I didn't have anything noise cancelling or of such high quality before so can't really compare them to much else unfortunately.

@StyxOfDynamite Phooey. but okay, thanks!

I bet it costs about 5H of your salary and it’s cheaper than to pay you extra hours you work.
But yes, it’s always nice to have a gift or something “free” from company. Our place has “Unlimited sushi” every time dev team manages to sell 2-3H of service.

@NoToJavaScript Thank you

@NoToJavaScript Mmm...

Are you sure you haven't been blasting music in the office through speakers and getting up on everybody's nerves?

JK they look nice, I'm just jealous... 🙃

Sound quality-wise? Beats are 👌

Build quality? I have 3 broken pairs with a year of carefulness gone to absolute shit after a drop from 2 feet off a table. Absolute SHIT 💩

Take care of them like you would take care of a child you do or do not have...YET. They are that delicate and I would never buy a pair of Beats ever again. I am proud of my recent purchase of these Skull Candy Crusher Wireless 💀

But enough about me bitching about shit quality headphones. You got those suckers for FREE and that’s what counts most. On top of having a decent CEO who has blessed you with GOLD headphones 🎧

It ain’t always about me, this is your rant, your time to shine 🙏

@aggelalex Haha I think my music taste would surprise a few of my colleagues. 🤣

@Root I would recommend the Sony WH-1000MX3 instead. They are "the best" according to quite a few reviewers.

If noise canceling is not needed, ATH M50xBT is really nice.

Beats are overpriced Chinese produced nonsense for teenagers obsessed with branding. There are much better headphones for much cheaper. If your CEO is buying you gifts like that it's time to figure out if your salary is fair because he may be buying you those because he is trying to keep you happy being underpayed. Headphones, overpriced as they are, are still considerably cheaper than actually raising your standard of living because of your high performance level. When people do well at their jobs as adults they should be getting raises and bonuses that are in the thousands of dollars, not a set of headphones like they finally sold enough magazine subscriptions for their high school. Don't be so easily bought when you have an incredibly valuable and rare skillset.

@smirving I get bonuses and regular pay increases too. Just happened to be a nice thing he wanted to do as well.