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[-] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

LTT had a video where they rolled dice to build a computer that they were giving away (or "selling" for a dollar to avoid the legal issues around a giveaway, though IMO loopholes like that should be closed), and it was a bit of a shitshow where they were making/adjusting the rules as they went because some of the parts weren't even compatible.

But the main point I'm making is when they were rolling for the GPUs, they even mentioned that a few of the GPUs they had as potential give away ones were ones that they didn't own and that the company wanted back. No "oops" discovered after the fact, they said right in the video that it wasn't theirs to sell but they were doing it anyways. They were EVGA cards that they wanted for their museum IIRC.

Not to mention the whole having a big sale where they make money from review samples sent to them for free seems shady. Like if they want to sell the hardware they bought themselves, fine, or if they are getting permission from the manufacturer or vendor to sell them, ok. But the fact that they sold that company's best prototype despite clear indication that they wanted it back, not even at some vague future point but "right now" implies to me that LTT either doesn't care or is so poorly organised that they are unable to manage borrowing inventory. I hope there were or are legal repercussions for that sale.

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 1 year ago

My best guess was: Communication is bad. The company is vwry new and growed way too fast, way too big.

Even the company I work at has these issue and is only 20 colleague strong and 25 years old.
Now imagine that, a boss with adhd, bad communication and too much power for someone untrained to be an executive for a >100 employee strong company.

[-] turddle@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

Yep. This stuff happens even in big corps with trained professionals trying to look out for the stuff.

If record-keeping & communication falter, things slip through the cracks that are made. These guys have so much hardware coming in and out that I can imagine the cracks are much wider due to their situation like you said.

[-] ashok36@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

The fact that half his employees steal gear from the office for their own use and it's treated like a joke very much backs up your point.

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