It took Meta a year and mass lay-offs to lock the laptop they left me with after I resigned from the company in Nov 2021.

Even though by the time I created a ticket for equipment return. They never came for iPhone and MacBook
I wrote to them with a question if they could unlock it, so I could transfer some data from it.

The answer came almost as a quote from the Kafka novel

The Company policy requires all Company-provided assets be returned upon your exit from the company. These assets are now inaccessible and locked in accordance with policy.

I will create a task on your behalf for equipment return. Can you please provide all of the information?

My answer was brief:

Thank you for the reply

I created a task for equipment return 14 months ago.

No worries, I can wait.