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Can I keep my old employer's office equipment if I assume the lease and they never ask for it back?

So I worked remote for a company, in an office they paid for and furnished. On Jan 1 I was let go, and I've assumed the lease and I'm starting a new company. My question is this: The office was furnished and had a few computers, etc. My old employer never asked for the equipment back. Now I'd like to either use the equipment or give it to Goodwill. How long must I hold onto this stuff, or is it now mine?

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  • Ryan M
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    What you did is called THEFT. It is YOUR responsibility to return the equipment. YOU know you have it. YOU know it does not belong to you. It is in NO WAY yours and it will never be your UNLESS the company has TOLD YOU it is now yours. YOU have to make the effort to return it! Have people lost all sense of personal accountability these days???

  • Anonymous
    9 years ago

    Hold on to it for 5 years. Then send them a storage bill.

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