This is true up until a point, and then the pattern starts to reverse. Like, the receptionist isn't going to get 2 monitors. They're likely to get one monitor and a very old desktop, or an old laptop.

Edit: Also an intern / co-op student / work experience student, etc. is probably as low as you can go on the totem pole of office work. I bet in many cases they're not even assigned a permanent office / cubicle since they're expected to shadow / be mentored by a variety of people. As a result, they probably get a second-hand, used laptop.

And, if the company has retail sales, techs who do installations, etc. they're often very low on the totem pole, and they're often not getting a computer at all. Maybe in some cases they'd get a "work phone", so they'd have the same kind of equipment as the CEO, but effectively be at the opposite end of the pole from them.

[–] BigPotato@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago (3 children)

It's like, I have a 13" laptop, a 15" inch one, and two monitors at my desk with a dock... But so the my director... Actually, he doesn't have the 13" one! Am I actually the director?

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Which do you use most often?

A CEO might have a nice desktop, but is always out playing golf and so mostly uses his phone.

[–] jj4211@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Forget using his phone screen, all an important CEO needs is wireless earbuds

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Heh, I bet if you're the CEO of a megacorp, you might not even carry your own electronics. You just have a gaggle of assistants around you who you bark orders at, and then they use their electronics to do something.

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