That’s not how it works in “communist” China.
Comment on Microsoft bans China-based employees from using Android devices for work, mandates switch to iPhones
Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
Any staff in the country using Android handsets, including those from Huawei or Xiaomi, will be provided with an iPhone 15, as a one-time purchase
Fuck off. If you’re mandating what device I’m to use for work; you’re going to provide said device free of charge, or shut the fuck up when I use whatever I like.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 months ago
demonsword@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Workers don’t have too many rights.
Maybe not stellar but still better than quite a few of the 135 countries surveyed by this NGO in 2022. Behind Brazil, Russia and South Africa but ahead of India. Better than the so-called “land of the free” also, so maybe the joke’s on them?
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 months ago
That’s a lot of whataboutism you’re doing there.
demonsword@lemmy.world 4 months ago
sorry if the data I brought disturbed your China bashing, you’re free to ignore it
Freefall@lemmy.world 4 months ago
In China you don’t get to have that opinion.
thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
That’s my read of it, or am I misunderstanding something?
Microsoft will purchase for their Android using employees an iPhone 15. The reference to one-time being that employees are only entitled to one, in the event they were to lose or damage it?
Darkassassin07@lemmy.ca 4 months ago
I could be wrong; but it came across to me as a “we’ll sell you one at a special discount”
thatKamGuy@sh.itjust.works 4 months ago
Fair enough; it’s a bit vaguely worded and could be interpreted multiple ways.
From my experience, big corporations have always either provided me with company-issued phones for official use, or offered an additional allowance if I’ve opted to use my own personal device.
Then again, given how absolutely absurd some of Microsoft’s recent decisions have been (eg. Recall) - you can’t really be certain.
turddle@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Considering they are designating “collection points” for the phones, I think you read it correctly.
One-time purchase is probably to incentivize not losing/selling your company phone.