I'm stuck with a MacBook pro (small screen). IT team is not ready to give bigger one because of non availability.

How do you look at that all day long without stressing your eyes? M1 is good and all but I've to make weird back postures/level my head at different angles to be able to see stuff on it. Feels like torture. This little machine should be banned.

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Buy your own monitor and get it shipped to the office.

That will:
a. Shame the CEO into action
b. Light a fire under the IT guys ass

Money well spent!

Bonus: You will be the hero for all the other SWEs that are taking the abuse silently.

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R1, yes, that's a great move. I am doing that at my current company. Not for monitor though, but for headphones, keyboard, mouse, chair back rest and foot rest. 😆
They have like million years old keyboard and mouse provided which is disaster to code with. And those headphone, don't even get me started on that.

So I bought every thing of my own at the office. A cool and comfortable to type gaming keyboard and mouse of Redragon, gaming headsets of ENT eSports (because those are really comfortable and with active noise cancellation).

The effect of that:
1. People around me started bringing their own stuffs.
2. Gradually the IT guys have atleast upgraded the headphones (not that good though, but better than before).

Anyways, companies does not think about your comfort. They only think about cost cutting. Your comfort, your responsibility. 🤷

mmm...Use a monitor....?

@ Accenture 1

Good suggestion, Yeah ! that'll atleast help with the angle.

Inform to senior people since it is startup senior people open for feedback from employee .

I'll talk to CTO about this. He did take in lots of demands from us for the new building as there's a plan to shift to a building that's owned by the company. But not this year. Perhaps next mid.

Buy a monitor

Most organizations give a monitor to work.. check if you can get one.. if you can't then God help you!

There is shortage for larger screen for Mac Book Pro , that's why companies giving lower screen

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