Seriously? You can't budget an extra 10-20k for hardware upgrades for the Software Engineer that you are paying 300k a year for ?

Plus, not to mention the return on investment you get from retaining the talent and the value they add to your product and organization.

If you walk into a mechanic shop, just the Snap On primary tool kit is like 50k.

It always amazes me that companies go cheap on basic tools for their employees, yet waste millions in pointless endeavors.