New guy started today. Nobody knew this. CPO forgot. There was no computer available. He was sent home after an hour of waiting in reception.

Good job boss

No team laptop available? On the first day he only needs a computer to browse the documentation and organisational stuff on the intranet

@ddephor we have a 10 year old laptop that we use to test IE but it's needed almost every second of the day. So wasn't feasible this time saddly.

The sad thing is, this isn't the first time this has happened. And I doubt the last.

@CogInTheWheel go to HR, smooth employee enrollment is crucial

At least they let him go home. Where I work one new guy was in the same situation in his first day and they made him sit in kitchen for whole 8 hour work day waiting for his desk and computer that arrived next morning.

@wlinx wow. That's really sad. Did he say anything about it?

My work always has one or two laptops spare that we give out.

However, ever since I started, I still don't have a dedicated desk space. (It's a colab space however the table is not big enough)

@wlinx that's brutal! :O

@gitcommit no, it was his first job so he was stressed and they kept telling him that he just have to wait for a little while longer every hour, because they are still preparing his desk. After about 5 hours some guy gave him a book to read so he doesn't have to stare at wall all day.

@CogInTheWheel when I was starting here I got full workspace and some other dev came by to say hi. He saw I was already working and said "wow they got you a computer on your first day?! Lucky man!" I laughed then because I thought he was joking :P

Update he had a computer this morning but couldn't use it till the afternoon as he had to wait for someone to setup an account for him. :/