itsamberduh
Junior Member
What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Massachusetts
I worked for an internet startup company until December 2008 when all of the employees were laid off. The owner bought everyone macbooks and when we were laid off we were given an employment termination package with a little blurb stating that the computers were the property of the company and would be retained by the employees during the period of maintenance for the site. The company then merged with another company and needless to say the maintenance went out the window. Still, nobody asked for the computers to be returned... until today. I have not heard from my former employer in over 2 years. I have spent a lot of time and money upgrading hardware and software on the macbook, now he wants it back so he can ship it to the company he merged with. It's an outdated machine, I'm not entirely sure what they're going to do with it. For the purposes of web development, it's not very useful.
I feel like at this point it's mine. He never once asked me until this point if I still had the machine. He has not been in contact with me since I was laid off. He can't expect that I would just store the computer for an indefinite period of time. I don't want to give the machine back. The parts I've bought for it won't work in a new model of macbook, so it would be wasted money.
I worked for an internet startup company until December 2008 when all of the employees were laid off. The owner bought everyone macbooks and when we were laid off we were given an employment termination package with a little blurb stating that the computers were the property of the company and would be retained by the employees during the period of maintenance for the site. The company then merged with another company and needless to say the maintenance went out the window. Still, nobody asked for the computers to be returned... until today. I have not heard from my former employer in over 2 years. I have spent a lot of time and money upgrading hardware and software on the macbook, now he wants it back so he can ship it to the company he merged with. It's an outdated machine, I'm not entirely sure what they're going to do with it. For the purposes of web development, it's not very useful.
I feel like at this point it's mine. He never once asked me until this point if I still had the machine. He has not been in contact with me since I was laid off. He can't expect that I would just store the computer for an indefinite period of time. I don't want to give the machine back. The parts I've bought for it won't work in a new model of macbook, so it would be wasted money.