[fragmede]

Yeah but it's yours. Replacing it is so much harder for you than it is for corporate IT which buys laptops by the pallet.

If you'd lost a work laptop ever than yeah I could see not wanting to lose another one, but the mere possibility of losing one isn't anywhere near being "the person who is always losing their work laptop".

Losing my personal laptop would be a big deal for me. Losing my work laptop, while still not ideal, is just what IT calls Tuesday.

[RajT88]

We probably think about risk differently, I think. And may also have a different view in making personal sacrifices to further/protect career.

For what it's worth, I've never been caught up in the 10+ rounds of layoffs which have taken place in my career across all the places I've worked.