Onboarding

When you start, MUI lets you, mostly, choose the work equipment of your choice. You get some guidelines and a budget. The budget can be used for a new laptop, screen, desk, or anything that improves your work environment and is compatible with your role.

Regular allowance

All roles. A baseline of $70/month. People can use this credit for up to 24 months in the future. So effectively to have an initial grant of up to 1,800 USD.

Then, depending on the case:

• Product, design, and engineering-related roles require more expensive hardware (e.g. dev rel, design engineer). These folks receive an extra $40/month. So effectively to have an initial grant of up to 2,750 USD ((70 + 40) * 25) when combined with the baseline.

Tax

• Employee MUI-owned equipment

  EU VAT is not supposed to be paid by businesses, MUI can recoup it. So if you are purchasing the equipment on behalf of MUI and there is EU VAT only consider the cost without tax.

• Contractor-owned equipment

  If you are purchasing on your behalf and can recoup the tax (e.g. sales tax, GST, VAT) only forward the without-tax cost to MUI.

Special budgets

• For design-related roles, they require high-quality screens (e.g. Design Engineer, Designer): give an initial grant, with a 3-year deprecation window (instead of 2-years for the rest as a great screen can be kept a lot longer), to buy one of: Examples of great screens

What can I expense?

If you're not sure if something can be expensed, just respond to this email to confirm before purchasing. In general, the stipend covers:

1. Laptop
2. Monitors
3. Desk or chair
4. Ergonomic keyboard, mouse, or other accessories
5. Monitor arms or clamps

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